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9th Circ. Comes Around On CAFA

Law360, New York ( April 14, 2015, 4:52 PM EDT) -- When Congress passed the Class Action Fairness Act in 2005, the Ninth Circuit was slow to understand CAFA's expansive reach. In decisions like Abrego Abrego v. Dow Chemical Co. , the Ninth Circuit was not convinced that Congress had intended "to alter the jurisdictional terrain,"[1] unless CAFA's plain language dictated otherwise. The Ninth Circuit's view was narrow. That has now changed. . . .

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