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2 October 2025

Class Action Decisions Published August 2025

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Shook, Hardy & Bacon

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Shook, Hardy & Bacon has long been recognized as one of the premier litigation firms in the country. For more than a century, the firm has defended companies in their most substantial national and international products liability, mass tort and complex litigation matters.

The firm has leveraged its complex product liability litigation expertise to expand into several other practice areas and advance its mission of “being the best in the world at providing creative and practical solutions at unsurpassed value.” As a result, the firm has built nationally recognized practices in areas such as intellectual property, environmental and toxic tort, employment litigation, commercial litigation, government enforcement and compliance, and public policy.

Class Action Fairness Act. The Fourth Circuit held: (1) for purposes of CAFA's local-controversy exception, the term "citizen" carries...
United States Litigation, Mediation & Arbitration

A highlight from this issue includes: 

  • Class Action Fairness Act. The Fourth Circuit held: (1) for purposes of CAFA's local-controversy exception, the term "citizen" carries the same meaning as it does for diversity jurisdiction under § 1332(a), (2) residency suffices to create a rebuttable presumption of citizenship, and (3) CAFA's requirement that a local defendant's conduct form "a significant basis" of the plaintiffs' claims means more than one defendant can be a "significant basis."

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