Lonny Hoffman (Univ. of Houston, visiting at Texas) has posted a new article analyzing the first year of caselaw concerning CAFA's commencement issue. Though the issue of when a class action "commenced" for purposes of whether or not CAFA applies is an issue that will fade with time. Professor Hoffman argues that there are important lessons for statutory commencement issues generally that can be drawn from the CAFA caselaw.