U. Penn Law Review Publishes Articles From CAFA Symosium

The University of Pennsylvania Law Review has just published pieces from a recent Symposium entitled FAIRNESS TO WHOM? PERSPECTIVES ON THE CLASS ACTION FAIRNESS ACT OF 2005 (Volume 156, Number 6, June 2008). Here are the articles that appear as part of the Symposium:

- The Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 in Historical Context: A Preliminary View, Stephen B. Burbank, University of Pennsylvania Law Review, Volume 156, Number 6, June 2008, p.1439

- CAFA’s Impact on Class Action Lawyers, Howard M. Erichson, University of Pennsylvania Law Review, Volume 156, Number 6, June 2008, p.1593

- The Impact of the Class Action Fairness Act on the Federal Courts: An Empirical Analysis of Filings and Removals, Emery G. Lee, III & Thomas E. Willging, University of Pennsylvania Law Review, Volume 156, Number 6, June 2008, p.1723

- The Class Action Fairness Act in Perspective: The Old and the New in Federal Jurisdictional Reform, Edward A. Purcell, Jr., University of Pennsylvania Law Review, Volume 156, Number 6, June 2008, p.1823

- Lessons in Federalism from the 1960s Class Action Rule and the 2005 Class Action Fairness Act: “The Political Safeguards" of Aggregate Translocal Actions, Judith Resnik, University of Pennsylvania Law Review, Volume 156, Number 6, June 2008, p.1929

- Federal Jurisdiction and Due Process in the Era of the Nationwide Class Action, Tobias Barrington Wolff, University of Pennsylvania Law Review, Volume 156, Number 6, June 2008, p.2035