NOTE: The following is a copy of a post that I did for the recently-released Baker Hostetler Class Action Lawsuit Defense Blog. Be sure to check out the new blog for other fantastic class-action-related content! Globalization has brought with it the growing problem of how to deal with mass disputes that transcend jurisdictional boundaries, as [...]
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BH Class Action Lawsuit Defense Blog Post: Class and Collective Actions in the Age of Globalization
Posted in Class Action Trends, International Class Action Law, Other class action blogs, tagged 10b, 10b-5, AAA, alien tort, atca, australia class action, australian class action, canada class action, canadian class action, chevron, class arbitration, collective settlement, dutch class action, dutch law, ecuador, f-cubed, foreign cubed, global class action, international arbitration, international class action, israeli class action, kiobel, morrison, national australia bank, netherlands class action, stolt-nielsen, transnational class action, us class action on March 27, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Check Out the New Baker Hostetler Class Action Lawsuit Defense Blog
Posted in Other class action blogs on March 27, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The class action defense practice team at Baker Hostetler has a new blog, http://classactionlawsuitdefense.com. The blog will showcase the insights of our firm’s many capable class action defense lawyers and covers a wide-range of class-action-related topics. The blog already has around 20 informative posts from various members of our team. Check it out!
Are US Class Actions in Danger of Being Outsourced to Mexico?
Posted in Class Action Trends, International Class Action Law, Other class action blogs, Reports and Surveys, Securities Class Actions, tagged australia class action, f-cubed, foreign cubed, international class action, mexican class action, mexico, mexico class action, morrison, national australia bank, securities class action on March 5, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Kevin LaCroix, whose blog The D&O Diary is a premier source for the latest trends in securities-related class action litigation, has an excellent post out today discussing two key developments in an area that is very close to my heart, international class action litigation. The first part of LaCroix’s post discusses a recent publication from Asia-based International law firm King & Wood Mallesons discussing class action [...]
Can’t Seem to Find Common Ground with Plaintiff’s Counsel? Try the Trustee.
Posted in CAFA Requirements, Class Action Decisions, Class Action Settlements, Class Action Trends, Other class action blogs, tagged article 77, bank of america, blackrock financial, CAFA, class action, diversity jurisdiction, erisa, frankel, new york state code, opt out, second circuit, securities class action, securities class action trends, securities exception, trustee on February 27, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Alison Frankel, whose On the Case blog is featured in the Thomson Reuters News and Insight section, posted this interesting article today discussing a novel alternative to the class action as a device to resolve mass disputes. The procedural device in question is Article 77 of the New York State Code, which allows a trustee to seek court approval of decisions relating [...]
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 [...]
Trask’s Key Insights from the 5th Annual Conference on the Globalization of Class Actions
Posted in Commentary, Other class action blogs, tagged classactioncountermeasures, global class action, International Class Action Law, trask on December 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Fellow class action blogger and defense lawyer Andrew Trask has posted some key insights from his notes of the 5th Annual Conference on the Globalization of Class Actions, on his excellent blog, ClassActionCountermeasures. I had the pleasure of finally meeting Andrew in person at the conference, and he was every bit as engaging in person as he is [...]
Vote for TheRacetotheBottom.org in the Annual ABA Journal Blawg 100 Competition
Posted in Other class action blogs, tagged aba journal, blawg, corporate governance, securities class action on December 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I have to put in a little pitch for one of the many worthy blogs nominated for the ABA Journal’s Blawg 100 awards this year. I must admit my bias. TheRacetotheBottom.org is edited by one of my favorite law school professors, Jay Brown, and the contributors are students and other faculty from my alma mater, the University [...]
Baker Hostetler Employment Class Action Newsletter Highlights Key Class Action Developments
Posted in Class Action Decisions, Class Action Trends, Other class action blogs, tagged arbitration, AT&T Mobility, Baker Hostetler, class action, class action waiver, class arbitration, class arbitration waiver, class certification, concepcion, daubert, dukes, expert testimony, FAA, wal-mart on October 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Today’s edition of the Baker Hostetler Employment Class Actions Newsletter has two great articles worth noting. My colleague here in Denver, Holli Hartman, authored an article summarizing developments in challenges to class arbitration waivers following the Court’s decision in AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion. Cleveland Partner Greg Mersol and Summer Associate George Skupski contributed an entry examining the application [...]
Don’t Miss the Class Action Symposium on SCOTUSblog
Posted in Articles, Class Action Trends, Commentary, Other class action blogs, Supreme Court Decisions, tagged class action, class action symposium, Class Action Trends, class certification, dukes, erica p. john fund, halliburton, scotus, smith v. bayer, Supreme Court, wal-mart on August 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The award-winning U.S. Supreme Court blog SCOTUSblog is presenting a symposium on recent Supreme Court developments in the area of class actions that you won’t want to miss. Click here for an introduction to the symposium and here to see a list of the various contributions as they are released. I’m extremely honored to be listed [...]


Demanding More from Outside Counsel
Posted in Commentary, Other class action blogs, rule 23, tagged class action, constitutional law, constitutionality, herrmann, legal theory, outside counsel, redish, rule 23, trends on January 14, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Mark Herrmann, former contributor to Drug and Device Law Blog and Vice President and Chief Counsel for Litigation at Aon, Inc., recently authored and entertaining and enlightening post in the legal industry blog, Above The Law. In Inside Straight, Torpedoing Class Actions, Herrmann highlighted a 2009 book by Northwestern Law’s Martin Redish entitled Wholesale Justice: Constitutional Democracy and the Problem of the Class [...]
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