For those of you interested in the forthcoming book, World Class Actions, here’s a quick update. The page proofs should be ready by the end of next week, and barring unexpected delay, we are still on pace for an early summer publication date. For those that haven’t yet heard about the book, it is a [...]
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World Class Actions Update
Posted in International Class Action Law, Lawyers' Resources, tagged global class action, international class action, International Class Action Law, oup, oxford, transnational class action, world class actions on March 29, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Baker Hostetler Employment Class Action Blog – Much More than Quality Employment Class Actions News
Posted in Class Action Trends, Federal Civil Procedure, Federal Court Decisions, Lawyers' Resources, Other class action blogs, tagged american express merchants, amex III, arbitration, class action, compucredit, concepcion, employment class action, FAA, federal arbitration act, federal common law, federal statutory law, greenwood, iqbal, lewis, mersol, pleading, rule 8, scalia, twombly, unconscionability on February 9, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The Baker Hostetler Employment Class Action Blog is constantly putting out quality content, but they have two new recent posts that I would especially recommend to my readers. They include: This February 6 post from John Lewis discussing the impacts, both on employment cases and otherwise, of the Second Circuit’s recent Amex III decision. This February [...]
Looking for a Primer on Drug and Device Products Liability Litigation? Look No Further.
Posted in Lawyers' Resources, tagged alden, drug and device law, herrmann, mass tort, pharmaceutical, product liability, product liability class action, products liability, products liability class action on December 1, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Ok, just a bit further… Mark Herrmann, former contributor to the wildly successful Drug and Device Law Blog, sent me a note the other day that his book co-authored with Jones Day Partner David B. Alden entitled Drug and Device Product Liability Litigation Strategy (Oxford Univ. Press 2011) is now available. Here is a link to [...]
Research Guide to Consumer Protection Laws of All 50 States
Posted in Lawyers' Resources, Practice Tips, tagged 50 states, consumer class action, consumer fraud, consumer protection, little ftc, research guide, research paper on January 20, 2011 | 1 Comment »
While doing research for another article today, I came across a terrific resource that could come in handy to any lawyer who handles consumer class actions. It is a 2005 article from Alan S. Brown and Larry E. Hepler entitled Comparison of Consumer Fraud Statutes Across the Fifty States, 55 Fed’n Def. & Corp. Couns. Q. 263 (2005). [...]
The Class Action Playbook: the Essential Reference for Class Action Practitioners
Posted in Lawyers' Resources, Practice Tips, Uncategorized, tagged ascertainability, class action book, class action playbook, class action practice guide, class action scholarship, class certification, class certification brief, numerosity, plain language notice, practice tip, trask on October 12, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Andrew Trask, author of the blog Class Action Countermeasures, recently sent me an advance copy of a new book that he co-authored with O’Melveny partner Brian Anderson: The Class Action Playbook (Oxford University Press 2010). The title is self-explanatory, and the book lives up to its name. It’s clear after just a few pages that the authors are [...]
Expert Testimony and the Rigorous Analysis Standard
Posted in Lawyers' Resources, Reports and Surveys, rule 23, tagged expert testimony, frcp 23, rigorous analysis, rule 23, white paper on July 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
Judicial Council of California Report on Class Action Trends Released
Posted in Class Action Trends, Lawyers' Resources, Reports and Surveys on April 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Hilary Hehman, Senior Research Analyst, Office of Court Research, Judicial Council of California, offered the following comment today, which deserves its own entry: The Judicial Council of California just released the first in a series of reports detailing the findings of a study of class action litigation in California state courts. The first interim report [...]
Strategies for Pursuing Appellate Review Under FRCP 23(f)…Or Not
Posted in CLE Programs, Federal Court Decisions, Lawyers' Resources, rule 23 on January 14, 2009 | 5 Comments »
If my recent post about the upcoming January 20, 2009 Class Action Law Monitor/Strafford Publications CLE on Rule 23(f) appeals didn’t convince you to sign up, perhaps this preview of the speakers and topics will: I. Key features of Rule 23(f) (Barry Sullivan, Partner, Jenner & Block, Chicago) A. No automatic right to appeal B. No automatic stay of [...]
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