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Supreme Court should affirm federal efforts to stop class action abuse

June 22, 2016 | By ANASTASIA BODEN

Readers of this blog are likely no stranger to class action lawsuit abuse.  Egregious examples abound. Congress responded to that abuse in 2005 by enacting the Class Action Fairness Act, or CAFA.  That law allows parties to remove class action lawsuits to federal courts—which Congress thought would better police the class action process.  ...