Re: Class Action Jurisdiction Act of 1998

[Ron Smith <kansbar5@ink.org>]

The following is a post from the ABA governmental Affairs office in
Washington, DC.  "Lillian" is Lillian Gaskin, a lobbyist for the ABA/WDC
office.  She covers this topic for them.  

At 09:33 AM 6/22/98 -0500, you wrote:
>I [Lillian Gaskin] attended the hearing on H.R. 3789, the Class Action
Jurisdiction Act
>of 1988, last week.  At the hearing, it was announced that the subcommittee
>will mark up the bill on June 24th.  The Chairman of the subcommittee said
>the bill may be amended at the mark up.  Congressman Frank said he believed
>some of the amendments suggested by Stanley Grossman of the National
>Association of Securities and Commercial Law Attorneys make sense.  He said
>he thought language should be crafted to provide for a discretionary remand
>procedure by the federal judges as suggested by Mr. Grossman.  Other members
>of the subcommittee agreed with that suggestion.  I have copies of testimony
>summaries on the bill.  If you would like copies, let me know.  If you have
>further questions on this bill, you can call Lillian at 202/662-1768 or
>e-mail her at gaskinl@staff.abanet.org.
>
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