Case Updates
Seventh Circuit holds that defendants cannot establish fraudulent joinder by evidence that plaintiffs had no genuine interest in pursuing claims against nondiverse defendants, but instead only by evidence that plaintiffs pleaded false allegations of jurisdictional facts or have no chance of success on their claims against the non-diverse defendants, after resolving all issues of fact and law in their favor
July 28, 2026
U.S. Chamber files amicus brief urging Seventh Circuit to reject plaintiffs’ attempt to defeat federal removal by fraudulently adding in-state defendants with have no real intent to pursue claims against those in-state defendants
November 25, 2025
Jonathan S. Franklin of Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP served as outside counsel.