5th Circuit: Intervening ADT Is A Primary Defendant In Privacy Class Suit

Mealey's (August 26, 2021, 11:41 AM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — A security company that properly intervened in a class lawsuit accusing a former employee of privacy violations when he allegedly accessed security cameras dozens of times after they were installed is a primary defendant under the Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA), a Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled Aug. 24, reversing a trial court’s remand order that had been based on CAFA’s “home state” exception....