In February, President Bush signed his first piece of “tort reform” legislation, the Class Action Fairness Act (the Act), into law. The Act expands federal diversity jurisdiction to encompass most large class actions, including employment law related class actions.
Class Action Fairness Act Raises Issues for Employment Litigation
In February, President Bush signed his first piece of "tort reform" legislation, the Class Action Fairness Act (the Act), into law. The Act expands federal diversity jurisdiction to encompass most large class actions, including employment law related class actions. One area of employment litigation that the Act may likely impact is in the wage and hour class action context where, as discussed below, litigants file wage and hour class actions in state court while also pursuing Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) collective actions in federal court.
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