CLASS ACTION: ONE BILL, TWO WORLDVIEWS
February 11, 2005 13:57

All legislation attracts competing claims about its real-world impact. But the class action debate is in a class by itself, with each side, it seems, dealing in an alternate reality. Even the bill's formal title, the Class Action Fairness Act, is either descriptive or ironic, depending on whether one is pro-defendant or pro-plaintiff. Conflicting assertions about the bill have been flying about for weeks now as the legislation, widely expected to pass the Senate and reach the president's desk soon after, nears the end of a seven-year legislative trek. Among the hype, however, are precious few actual facts and a couple of glaring misconceptions.
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