WERNER v. KPMG LLP

No. Civ.A. H-05-0821.

415 F.Supp.2d 688 (2006)

Marc WERNER, et al., Plaintiffs, v. KPMG LLP, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. Texas, Houston Division.

February 7, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David E. Warden, Yetter & Warden, L.L.P., Demetrios Anaipakos, Ahmad, Zavitsanos & Anaipakos, P.C., Houston, TX, for Plaintiffs/Intervenor Plaintiffs.

Alexander C. Chae, Amy Catherine Dinn, Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP, Paul J. Dobrowski, Dobrowski L.L.P., Bradley R. Gammell, Attorney At Law, Thomas C. Godbold, Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P., Houston, TX, for Intervenor Plaintiffs.


MEMORANDUM AND OPINION

ROSENTHAL, District Judge.

The Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA),1 enacted on February 18, 2005, expands federal jurisdiction over certain class actions that assert state-law claims. CAFA applies to civil actions "commenced" on or before February 18, 2005.2 In the year since CAFA's enactment, courts have had to determine whether cases pending in state courts before February 18...

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