Employment and Labor Law

Two recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court provide employers with some helpful means of combating employment claims brought on a classwide or collective basis.

Standard Fire Insurance Co. v. Knowles

Contact: Kevin Gaut and Amr Shabaik; Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP (Los Angeles, California, USA)

In Standard Fire Insurance Co. v. Knowles, a unanimous United States Supreme Court held that class action plaintiffs cannot avoid federal jurisdiction under the Class Action Fairness Act (“CAFA”) merely by stipulating that total class damages will not exceed $5 million. The decision is a victory for defendants who often prefer that class actions be decided in federal court.

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