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Archive for July 9th, 2009

A Securities Docket post today tipped me off to this Reuters article discussing the enactment of “Italy’s first law establishing class actions.”  The law will take effect January 2010 and will apply only to conduct occuring after the law’s effective date.  At first, I wasn’t sure whether this April 1, 2008, ClassActionBlawg article announcing Italy’s first class action law was [...]

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Economist David Gulley, Ph.D., of Navigant Consulting, has authored an informative white paper entitled Recent Trends in Rule 23 Class Certification Expert Analysis.  Dr. Gulley’s article explores the expanding role of experts and increased scrutiny over expert opinion testimony in class certification proceedings in light of recent federal appellate decisions placing renewed emphasis on the rigorous analysis standard.  See the Second Circuit’s [...]

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