Update: Class action reform

Recent news in class action reform (see Dec. 5 and links therein): Fox News on ATLA attempts to defeat the Class Action Fairness Act (Kelley Beaucar Vlahos, “Class-Action Lawsuit Reform Near but No Cigar Yet”, Feb. 18); the failings of coupon settlements, including of a coupon-trading service, to protect consumers (Ameet Sachdev, “Class-Action Coupon Settlements […]

Recent news in class action reform (see Dec. 5 and links therein): Fox News on ATLA attempts to defeat the Class Action Fairness Act (Kelley Beaucar Vlahos, “Class-Action Lawsuit Reform Near but No Cigar Yet”, Feb. 18); the failings of coupon settlements, including of a coupon-trading service, to protect consumers (Ameet Sachdev, “Class-Action Coupon Settlements Draw Ire in Congress, Courts”, Knight-Ridder/Tribune, Feb. 29); the Kansas House of Representatives decide whether to join the federal courts in permitting interlocutory appeals of class certification decisions (Dan Margolies, “Proposed change in class-action law moves ahead”, Kansas City Star, Mar. 2).

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