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David H. Kaye, Distinguished Professor of Law and Weiss Family Faculty Scholar at the Penn State School of Law, recently published a fascinating commentary in the BNA Insights section of the BNA Product Safety & Liability and Class Action Reporters, entitled Trapped in the Matrixx: The U.S. Supreme Court And the Need for Statistical Significance.  In the article, [...]

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Colorado litigators, I hope you will consider attending our next Class Action Subsection Luncheon scheduled for next Thursday, June 30, 2011 at noon.  The topic is “Statistics in the Courtroom.”  I will be presenting the law, and my co-presenter, Justin Hopson of Hitachi Consulting, will  be presenting the science.  Among other things, we will analyze the [...]

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I must have more readers than I thought, and some quality readers at that!  Andrew Oh-Willeke, Denver lawyer and author of the blog Wash Park Prophet, posted this question as a comment to one of my recent posts, and it seemed like a great topic deserving of its own post: Do you know of any [...]

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PriceWaterhouseCoopers has published its 13th annual report on trends in private securities class actions.  The 2008 report offers a variety of statistics, trends, and insights into securities class action litigation from the past year.  Some of the statistical highlights include an overall increase in filings but a decrease in the number and amount of settlements.  The [...]

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Two news sources reported today on a forum sponsored by the Manhattan Institute to discuss a research paper releaseed by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Institute of Legal Reform (ILR).  See the Wall Street Journal’s Market Watch section and an American Lawyer article by Brian Baxter posted on Law.com.  The report and press release is available for [...]

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