Lipe Lyons Murphy Nahrstadt & Pontikis Ltd. | A Chicago Civil Litigation Law Firm | <strong >The Class Action Fairness Act of 2005: Two Years Later</strong >
This links to the home page
News

The Class Action Fairness Act of 2005: Two Years Later

December 1, 2008
The Class Action Fairness Act was passed, ostensibly, in order to combat perceived abuses in class action litigation. In this article, the authors survey, briefly, the impact of CAFA during its first 2 years of existence, describe the controversial areas of its interpretation and highlight the most important issues relating to the Acts application in the future.