Welcome, please join us! On behalf of the Executive Committee of the 2017-2018 AALS Section on Civil Procedure, please join us on Friday, Jan. 5, at 8:30AM for our 2018 program, Procedure as Technology/Technology as Procedure. Our session is co-sponsored by the AALS Section on Litigation. After the Civil Procedure section’s program, please join the […]
The law regarding subject-matter jurisdiction (SMJ) for class actions is complex. The table below summarizes how to analyze the basics of SMJ under the normal diversity statute (1332(a)) without supplemental jurisdiction, with supplemental jurisdiction (after Exxon), and under the Class Action Fairness Act (1332(d)). The analyses below assume that the class action asserts a state-law claim rather than a federal cause […]
Subject matter Can it be waived? Can it be pierced by court? Privilege Communication between privileged persons Yes No Work product Prepared in anticipation of litigation or trial Yes Yes Posted Feb. 21, 2016
