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Military Law

Apr. 8, 2021

Class actions arrive at the VA

Wanna bet which proves more effective in speeding up justice for veterans… more government regulations or class action lawyers?

Until recently, the ability to file a class action against the Department of Veterans Affairs wasn't recognized. In 2017, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held that the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims has jurisdiction to certify and adjudicate class actions; it also held that the CAVC could create its own class action rules. A few months ago, the CAVC set forth its first ever class action rules that provide the mechanism for class actions by vete...

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