Takeaway: Class action plaintiffs often endeavor to structure their complaints to avoid federal jurisdiction. To avoid federal diversity jurisdiction, for example, class plaintiffs often will name non ...

The arguments next Tuesday in The Hain Celestial Group v Palmquist probably will sound like a session of a first-year civil procedure course, as the Supreme Court will consider what to do when a trial ...

Corporations do not enjoy all the rights of citizenship, but in some cases a corporation's citizenship can be important. For example, the diversity jurisdiction of the federal courts depends upon ...