Major Changes Are Coming to Federal Venue and Removal Practice
Throw away those dusty Civ Pro outlines! Thanks to the Jurisdiction and Venue Clarification Act of 2011–which passed the Senate on November 30 and which the President is expected to sign–major changes...
View ArticleUpdate: President Signs JVCA
On December 7, 2011, President Obama signed the Jurisidiction and Venue Clarification Act of 2011. The JVCA takes effect 30 days after signing, so a new era of federal court practice begins on January...
View ArticleThe Latest Edition of the Indiana Appellate Civil Case Law Summary Is Available
Each issue of Res Gestae, the Journal of the Indiana State Bar Association, includes a summary of the recent civil case law decisions published by the Indiana Supreme Court and Indiana Court of...
View ArticleHappy JVCA Day!
As we previously wrote about here and here, the Juridiction Venue and Clarification Act of 2011 goes into effect today. Also on this day in history: Joan of Arc was born, Samuel Morse demo-ed the...
View ArticleSCOTUS Unanimously Rules that Class Action Plaintiffs Can’t Stipulate Their...
Plaintiffs’ lawyers will need to get more creative if they want to keep class actions in state court. Today, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled unanimously that class action plaintiffs can’t...
View ArticleLaurin and Huang comment on the changing landscape of determining venue
Check out page 9 of this week’s Indiana Lawyer for a guest column by Bose McKinney & Evans attorneys Sam Laurin and John Huang on the changing landscape of determining venue. The text of the...
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