United States:
House Approves Major Class Action Reform Bill
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We previously wrote
(here) about the Fairness in Class Action Litigation Act of
2017 (H.R. 985), a bill recently proposed by U.S. Rep. Bob
Goodlatte (R-Va), which, if enacted, would dramatically change the
landscape of federal class action litigation. On March 9, 2017, the
Republican-controlled House approved the bill by a vote of 220-201.
The next stop is the Senate, where the bill was received and
referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee on March 13, 2017. We
will continue to monitor key developments.
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