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Florida's approach to class actions is similar to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 23. [19] Two differences are that Florida requires that the pleading alleges that the class action prerequisites are met in a specific formulaic way, and Florida usually requires class members to be notified in all class actions. [20]
In federal courts, class actions are governed by Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 23 and 28 U.S.C.A. § 1332(d). [74] Cases in federal courts are only allowed to proceed as class actions if the court has jurisdiction to hear the case, and if the case meets the criteria set out in Rule 23.
Forum non conveniens (Latin for "an inconvenient forum" [1] [2] [3]) (FNC) is a mostly common law legal doctrine through which a court acknowledges that another forum or court where the case might have been brought is a more appropriate venue for a legal case, and dismisses the case.
According to the report, the fiscal year 2007 ended with 4,600 investigations. The increase is nearly 50 percent from fiscal year 2002 to year 2007. The report also concluded that federal criminal tax convictions increased by 6.7% from fiscal year 2006 to fiscal year 2007. The number of persons convicted in fiscal year 2007 was 2,155. [46]
Tony Luetkemeyer (born September 21, 1983) is an attorney and the state senator for the 34th Senatorial District of the Missouri Senate, representing Buchanan and Platte counties in northwest Missouri.