The American Class Action Fairness Act and Forum Shopping American-Style^*

Author: Mullenix, Linda S

Source: The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance - Issues and Practice, Volume 31, Number 2, April 2006 , pp. 357-375(19)

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

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Abstract:

This paper looks at the practice of forum shopping in the United States and focuses on the new Class Action Fairness Act which was passed in 2005 and is one of the most sweeping legislative initiatives relating to class action litigation.The Geneva Papers (2006) 31, 357–375. doi:10.1057/palgrave.gpp.2510081

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.gpp.2510081

Affiliations: 1: aMorris and Rita Atlas Chair in Advocacy, University of Texas School of Law, 727 East Dean Keeton Street, Austin, TX 78705, U.S.A., Email: LMullenix@law.utexas.edu

Publication date: 2006-04-01