7th Circuit Remands Groupon Right Of Publicity Suit For Jurisdictional Finding

Mealey's (October 11, 2019, 1:37 PM EDT) -- CHICAGO — Concluding that Groupon Inc. failed to properly plead federal diversity jurisdiction in removing a right of publicity putative class action from state court, a Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Oct. 9 remanded an appeal over a class certification denial to the trial court for a determination of whether federal jurisdiction exists (Christine Dancel v. Groupon Inc., No. 19-1831, 7th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 30246)....