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Author: McGlinchey Stafford is a defense law firm with offices in Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Ohio and New York.

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Recent Posts from CAFA Law Blog

If It Walks Like a Defendant, Quacks Like a Defendant, Looks Like a Defendant, It Must Be a Defendant. WRONG!
Wells Fargo Bank v. Gilleland, 621 F.Supp.2d 545 (N.D.Ohio 2009) A defendant is only a defendant if it was named as a defendant in the original complaint, according to the Ohio district court in Gilleland. There,…
Where's Jimmy Carter When You Need Him?
Anderson v. Hackett, 09-227 (S.D. Ill. July 30, 2009) Unlike Love Canal, the plaintiffs in Anderson don't have a President Carter to evacuate their toxic village . . . but at least they can rely…
ABCs of CAFA and Weight Loss
Forlenza v. Dynakor Pharmacal, LLC, CV09-03730 MMM (C.D. Cal. June 18, 2009). If you are looking for a primer on CAFA jurisdiction, this is it. The Central District of California has done a great job of…
Jersey? What exit?
Coleman v. Chase Home Finance, LLC, 08-2215NLHJS, 2009 WL 1323598 (D.N.J., May 11, 2009). Pay attention to those citizenship allegations, litigators, or you risk being forced off the federal court turnpike at the next exit! Remember that…
I Won't Pay. I Know Too Much About Extortion -Tony Soprano.
Kaufman v. Allstate New Jersey Insurance Company, et al, 561 F. 3d 144 (3rd Cir. 2009). When I read this case I thought hmm, insurance, New Jersey, the Sopranos. Then I thought, is it really fair…
Jurisdictional Burden of Proof Explained...at least for the Ninth Circuit.
Green v. Staples Contract and Commercial, Inc., CV08-7138-SVW (C.D. Cal. December 10, 2008). In this case, the Central District of California was kind enough to explain AGAIN the Ninth Circuit’s three different burdens of proof…
CAFA Jurisdiction Cannot Live By Arithmetic Alone
Mathews v. ALC Partner Inc., No. 4:08-cv-10636, --- F.Supp.2d ----, 2009 WL 2390526 (E.D. Mich. July 31, 2009) The Zen philosopher Basho once wrote, “A flute with no hole, is not a flute; and a CAFA…
Live Tweets from ACI09 American Conference Institute's 3rd Annual Defense Counsel Forum on Positioning the Class Action Defense for Early Success
Follow this CafaLawBlog page for the latest live tweets from American Conference Institute's 3rd Annual Defense Counsel Forum on Positioning the Class Action Defense for Early Success.
Learn How to Manage Complex Federal Litigation in Chicago; You Can't Do Worse than Lou Piniella or Ozzie Guillen
Ordinarily, you wouldn’t think to go to Chicago to learn how to manage anything in October given the track record of the Cubs and White Sox. Nevertheless, our friends at Practicing Law Institute invite you to…
Really!?! Another Commencement Case?
Bemis v. Safeco Ins. Co. of America et al., No. 09-315, 2009 WL 1972169 (S.D. Ill. Jul. 8, 2009). Yes, we are still…in the second half of 2009… seeing new remand opinions addressing whether a lawsuit was…