Legal Backgrounders

December 6, 2002

Legal Backgrounders

State Courts Should Reject Nationwide Class Status For Consumer Fraud Lawsuits

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Ronni E. Fuchs, a partner in the Philadelphia law firm Dechert, discusses a promising trend in federal and state courts regarding the application of one state’s consumer protection laws to cases involving plaintiffs from multiple other states.

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