9th Circuit Says Removal Clock Requires Unequivocal Certainty

Mealey's (October 6, 2021, 9:24 AM EDT) -- LOS ANGELES — Clarifying the bright-line standard for removal, a Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel said Oct. 1 that the clock for removing an asbestos case did not begin until it was “‘unequivocally clear and certain’” that the case belonged in federal court....