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Litigation

Jul. 25, 2015

Class action fairness

The House Judiciary Committee recently approved a bill that takes aim at so-called "no injury" class actions. By Steve Atlee and Holly Farless


By Steve Atlee and Holly Farless


The House Judiciary Committee recently approved the Fairness in Class Action Litigation
Act of 2015, which would require that "[n]o Federal court shall certify any proposed
class seeking monetary relief for personal injury or economic loss unless the party
seeking to maintain such class action affirmatively demonstrates that each proposed
class member suffered the s...

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