This is the fourth in a multi-part post summarizing last week’s 5th Annual Conference on the Globalization of Class Actions and Mass Litigation. Click these links to see the summaries for Session 1, Session 2, and Session 3. Giving Away Money: Calculating Damages & Allocating Damages Professor Francis McGovern, Duke University Law School chaired this [...]
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Notes from the 5th Annual Conference on the Globalization of Class Actions and Mass Litigation, Session 4 – Giving Away Money
Posted in Class Action Settlements, CLE Programs, International Class Action Law, tagged settlement fund, agent orange, mass tort, compensation program, reparation, feinberg, mcgovern, kalajdzic, wuhler, altena, rough justice, des, kuwait, iraq, iran, united nations, irs, indian residential schools, 9/11, bp, gulf coast, september 11, mass claims on December 30, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Judge Jack Weinstein on Judge Jack Weinstein
Posted in Articles, class action reform, Class Action Trends, tagged agent orange, asbestos, breast implant class action, cardozo law review, hand gun class action, jack weinstein, mass tort, tobacco, zyprexa on June 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Senior U.S. District Court Judge Jack B. Weinstein (E.D.N.Y), has become well known for his often-cited and sometimes controversial opinions in mass tort and class action cases. He recently authored a commentary in the Cardozo Law Review’s new online journal de novo on some of his key decisions in cases involving subjects ranging from Agent Orange, asbestos, and tobacco to breast [...]

