Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1115) to amend the procedures that apply to consideration of interstate class actions to assure fairer outcomes for class members and defendants, to outlaw certain practices that provide inadequate settlements for class members, to assure that attorneys do not receive a disproportionate amount of settlements at the expense of class members, to provide for clearer and simpler information in class action settlement notices, to assure prompt consideration of interstate class actions, to amend title 28, United States Code, to allow the application of the principles of Federal diversity jurisdiction to interstate class actions, and for other purposes.
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Passed
Latest Action · June 12, 2003
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced on June 11, 2003. The summary of that version is repeated here.)Sets forth the rule for the consideration of H.R. 1115 (class action fairness).
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