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Major Changes Are Coming to Federal Venue and Removal Practice
Throw away those dusty Civ Pro outlines! Thanks to the Jurisdiction and Venue Clarification Act of 2011–which passed the Senate on November 30 and which the President is expected to sign–major changes...
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Update: President Signs JVCA
On December 7, 2011, President Obama signed the Jurisidiction and Venue Clarification Act of 2011. The JVCA takes effect 30 days after signing, so a new era of federal court practice begins on January...
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Happy JVCA Day!
As we previously wrote about here and here, the Juridiction Venue and Clarification Act of 2011 goes into effect today. Also on this day in history: Joan of Arc was born, Samuel Morse demo-ed the...
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SCOTUS Unanimously Rules that Class Action Plaintiffs Can’t Stipulate Their...
Plaintiffs’ lawyers will need to get more creative if they want to keep class actions in state court. Today, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled unanimously that class action plaintiffs can’t...
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3 Days Gone: New Federal Rules Take Effect Today
A quick reminder to all federal court practitioners: 2016 just keeps piling it on. Not content to simply let us rest after everything we’ve been through this year, new Federal Rules of Civil Procedure...
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