Lewis & Clark Law Review
Volume 24, Issue 2 (2020)
On November 1–2, 2019, the Pound Civil Justice Institute and Lewis & Clark Law School together presented a unique academic symposium, addressing “Class Actions, Mass Torts, and MDLS: The Next 50 Years.” This symposium brought together distinguished legal academics, judges, and practitioners to consider the present status of class actions, mass torts, and multidistrict litigation in the United States, as well as possible future developments.Front Matter
Preface
Foreword
Articles
Layers of Lawyers: Parsing the Complexities of Claimant Representation in Mass Tort MDLs
Lynn A. Baker and Stephen J. Herman
Procedural Self-Inflicted Wounds?
Joshua P. Davis and Brian J. Devine
Multidistrict Litigation and Common Law Procedure
Alexandra D. Lahav
What Is a Fair Price for Objector Blackmail? Class Action Objectors and the 2018 Amendments to Rule 23
Elizabeth J. Cabraser and Adam N. Steinman
In Defense of the Cy-Pres-Only Class Action
Robert G. Bone
The Importance of Cy Pres in Modern Class Action Jurisprudence and Myths Concerning Its Use
Gerson H. Smoger
Collective Preclusion and Inaccessible Arbitration: Data, Non-Disclosure, and Public Knowledge
Judith Resnik, Stephanie Garlock, and Annie J. Wang
Deregulation and Private Enforcement
Brian T. Fitzpatrick
Symposium Interview on Aggregate Litigation
Arthur R. Miller and Robert Klonoff
Notes and Comments
Multidistrict Litigation and Personal Jurisdiction
Zachary T. Nelson
Editors
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- Audrey Davis
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