Mealey's (November 29, 2016, 1:38 PM EST) -- EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. — A class suit accusing an accounting firm of failing to safeguard individuals’ personal information after an email account was hacked belongs in state court because the firm failed to provide evidence supporting its prediction that the unidentified amount in controversy exceeds the Class Action Fairness Act’s (CAFA) threshold, an Illinois federal judge ruled Nov. 22 (Jennifer Bohnenstiehl, et al. v. McBride, Lock, and Associates, LLC, No. 16-306, S.D. Ill.; 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 161900)....