Friday, February 18, 2005
Congress Approves Moving Class Action Suits to Federal Court
On Thursday, Congress passed legislation that would transfer most large, multistate class action lawsuits to federal court, fulfilling one of President Bush's second-term goals. The aim of the bill was to protect businesses and stop lawyers from reaping huge profits by filing suits in carefully selected state courts. The National Law Journal ran an article on this story today. Read the full article.