Civil Procedure

"Key features [of this updated text include]: discussion of 'notice of motion' requirement under Pennsylvania law; updates on Rule 11's certification requirement; expanded discussion of preclusion and public law litigation (How should a court address successive constitutional challenges to a statute?); expanded discussion of voluntary dismissals under Rule 41(a); expanded discussion on defining the transaction/occurrence for permissive joinder. (How should a court define the transaction or occurrence (or series of transactions or occurrences) out of which the claims must all arise in order to satisfy the joinder requirements of Rule 20?); discussion of recent Supreme Court rulings re: further specification of methods/requirements of proof at the certification stage and materials on class certification and the 'fraud on the market' theory; and discussion of Supreme Court's decision (Standard Fire Ins. v. Knowles) on the amount in controversy requirement that imposes some limits on the ability of plaintiffs to avoid removal under the Class Action Fairness Act."--