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In December, I posted this preview of the then forthcoming book, Drug and Device Product Liability Litigation Strategy, by Mark Herrmann and David B. Alden (Oxford University Press 2011).  I received my copy of the book just before the holidays, and it is as good as advertised.  The book has many strengths.  It is comprehensive, generally accessible, eloquently written, [...]

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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 [...]

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Conventional wisdom says that for a defendant, class certification is to be avoided at all costs, and many defendants may assume that the best strategy for dealing with a certified class, short of settlement, is to find a way to get the class decertified.  But it’s important to remember that a class action judgment has a preclusive [...]

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