Mealey's (June 27, 2019, 11:32 AM EDT) -- SAN JOSE, Calif. — Fast food workers’ wage-and-hour class claims against a Taco Bell franchisee belong in state court and not federal court pursuant to the Class Action Fairness Act’s (CAFA) local controversy and home state exceptions, a federal magistrate judge in California ruled June 19 in two related cases (Ethan Collins, et al. v. Golden Gate Bell, LLC, No. 18-6442, Maurice Frank v. Golden Gate Bell, LLC, No. 18-6297, N.D. Calif., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 102814)....