WI: Supreme Court Aligns State Class Actions Rule With FRCP 23

Last week the Wisconsin Supreme Court unanimously adopted proposed amendments to the state’s class action procedures designed to bring them into alignment with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23.  The order replaces a one-sentence class action statute that is a hold-over from the nineteenth century Field Code.  The order is here:   Download DC-#649050-v1-2017_amendments_to_Wisconsin_class_action_rule