Snap removals will be allowed in the Fifth Circuit unless Congress eliminates them, but In re Levy clarifies they will not be the snap many defendants presumed in the wake of Texas Brine v. American ...

April 11 (Reuters) - The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals had a chance on Wednesday to become the fourth federal circuit to weigh in on “snap removal,” a controversial but increasingly common defense ...

A recent ruling by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in Lemmon v. Snap provides a reminder that while Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act provides broad immunity to the owners and operators ...

The Situation: Defendants sued in state court are making use of a procedural technique known as "snap removal" to get otherwise non‑removable cases into federal court. Snap removal takes advantage of ...

Defendants generally prefer to be in federal court. Among other advantages for defendants in federal court are more favorable procedural rules for defendants, limitations on voir dire, tighter control ...