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Finally! The Inaugural Class Action Fairness Act Case Before the U.S. Supreme Court and What It’s All About

December 2012

BNA Class Action Litigation ReportThe Class Action Fairness Act has generated extensive litigation on damages stipulations since its 2005 enactment, but the law remains unsettled, say attorneys Anthony Rollo, Michael Ferachi, and Kimberly Higginbotham in this BNA Insight. The U.S. Supreme Court may soon rule on the issue in Standard Fire Insurance Co. v. Knowles, and the authors predict a decision will “forever impact the manner in which class actions are litigated.”