iv Litigating CA Wage & Hour and Labor Code Class Actions (22nd Edition) Seyfarth Shaw LLP | www.seyfarth.com XIV. Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 .......................................................................... 92 A. The Purpose of the Act ............................................................................................ 92 B. General Requirements ............................................................................................. 93 C. Removal Under CAFA.............................................................................................. 93 1. The Timeliness Requirement For A CAFA Removal..................................................................................................... 93 2. Premature Removal and Sanctions ............................................................ 94 3. Establishing The “Amount In Controversy” In A CAFA Removal .......................................................................................... 95 4. The Amount In Controversy Does Not Include Non-Class Action Claims............................................................................ 97 D. Exceptions to CAFA Jurisdiction .............................................................................. 98 1. Local Controversy Exception...................................................................... 98 2. Home State Exception................................................................................ 99 E. Waiver...................................................................................................................... 99 F. After Removal and Effect of Denial of Class Certification ....................................... 100 G. Settlement Process ................................................................................................ 101 XV. Class Certification .................................................................................................. 103 A. General Requirements ........................................................................................... 103 B. Class Certification in Exempt Misclassification Cases ............................................ 104 C. Subclasses ............................................................................................................ 108 D. Opt-In Classes ....................................................................................................... 109 E. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes—The Supreme Court Shifts the Landscape of Class Certification ...................................................................... 111 1. Class Members Must All Suffer A Common Injury Capable Of Class-Wide Resolution .......................................................... 111 2. The Similarly Situated And Commonality Standards Are Not So Different ................................................................ 112 3. Dukes Presents An Early Evidentiary Hurdle For Plaintiffs ................................................................................................... 113 4. Individualized Issues Preclude Certification.............................................. 114 F. In Comcast v. Behrend, The Supreme Court Emphasizes That It Meant What It Said in Dukes ....................................................................... 115 1. The Supreme Court Holding..................................................................... 115 2. The Antitrust Claim................................................................................... 115 3. The District Court Opinion ........................................................................ 116
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