Looking to weaken the field of magnet jurisdictions and dial down the heat of judicial hellholes, five years ago last month the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 (CAFA) took effect, creating a federal forum for most significant class actions, which previously were often brought–and would remain–in state court.

To the extent CAFA’s primary goal was to move significant class actions out of state courts, the class action bar says it has worked out as Congress intended.