From time to time we will troll the class action blogosphere for news and information about our favorite class action topics. Here are just a few of the recent headlines from around the web. Complex litigation as a commodity investment? Hedge funds have traditionally been willing to explore new territory in the non-traditional investment sphere. [...]
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Class Action Blogosphere Periodic Review
Posted in Class Action Trends, tagged bp, dukes, e-discovery, employment class action, esi, hedge fund, litigation funding, oil spill, parens patriae, ponzi, trustee, wal-mart on March 22, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
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 9/11, agent orange, altena, bp, compensation program, des, feinberg, gulf coast, indian residential schools, iran, iraq, irs, kalajdzic, kuwait, mass claims, mass tort, mcgovern, reparation, rough justice, september 11, settlement fund, united nations, wuhler on December 30, 2011 | 3 Comments »
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 [...]

