According to the San Fernando Valley Business Journal, AB 298, CJAC's latest incarnation of its perennial effort to permit interlocutory appeals by defendants when a trial court certifies a class action, died in committe.  (Tom Senzee, Class Action Bill Dead, Reformers Vow to Keep Trying (April 13, 2009) www.sfvbj.com.)  AB 298 was discussed in this earlier post here.