Litigation Publication: Class Action Newsletter
10/15/2002
The Fall 2002 issue of the Class Action Newsletter features several matters:
- Third Circuit decision to revisit En Banc a ruling that an offer of judgment to the named plaintiff mooted his claims and precluded class certification
- Federal courts beginning to delineate the limits of federal court jurisdiction over securities fraud class actions under the Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act (SLUSA)
- Employee benefit class actions arising out of 401(k) plan management decisions, which are on the increase in the wake of Enron
- Status of proposed changes to Rule 23
Highlighted in this issue are also a variety of matters out of the U.S. Supreme Court, the Second and Seventh Circuits, and various state courts, touching on antitrust class action, class certification, consumer class action, environmental products liability and challenging class membership.
