Our legal system is supposed to give all of us the chance to be heard after we have been wronged, but we all know that civil lawsuits don't put everyone on an equal footing. This becomes all too obvious when an average person tries to take legal action against a large...
Any lawsuit can be complex and the same is true for class action lawsuits. One major part of a class action lawsuit is determining which court will hear the case—federal court or state court. The Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA) of 2005 addresses the topic of when a...
Class action lawsuits are brought by one person on behalf of many people who otherwise would have filed the same lawsuit on their own. The ruling in the class action lawsuit applies to everyone in the class. Class action lawsuits bring efficiency to the legal system,...