Class Actions FORUM ARCHIVE
The class action device, in principle, is an expeditious way for people with similar grievances to join in a common suit and get compensated for injuries.... Unfortunately, the class action device suffers from inherent difficulties.... Continue reading...
Fen-Phen Lawyers Go on Trial in Kentucky By Carter Wood, 05-12-2008 Litigation slush funds, cont'd: $8 million windfall for W.V. law school By Walter Olson, 05-08-2008 Silberblatt v. Morgan Stanley: seeing through class action recovery claims By Walter Olson, 05-06-2008 Around the Web, May 4 By Carter Wood, 05-04-2008 How the Supreme Court's Recent Punitive Damages Decisions Affect Class Actions By Ted Frank, 05-03-2008 Oregon Supreme Court Requires Harm in Tobacco Suit By Carter Wood, 05-01-2008 Class Action Fairness Act, Under Attack By Carter Wood, 05-01-2008 Worthwhile Canadian Initiative -- Really! By Carter Wood, 04-28-2008 Around the Web, April 28 By Carter Wood, 04-28-2008 Obama Cites His Tort Reform Credentials By Carter Wood, 04-27-2008 U.S.-style antitrust class actions? Nein danke, non merci, gracias no... By Walter Olson, 04-20-2008 Recent opinion roundup By Ted Frank, 04-09-2008 Google Sued For Taking Picture of House By Michael Krauss, 04-07-2008 John Stossel on plaintiff's bar scandals By Walter Olson, 04-04-2008 Breaking: Second Circuit tosses light cigarette class action By Ted Frank, 04-03-2008 Judge won't dismiss Milberg money-laundering charges By Walter Olson, 03-31-2008 Subprime class actions By Walter Olson, 03-29-2008 Cardozo conference on class actions By Walter Olson, 03-25-2008 Mini-blinds maxi-suit By Walter Olson, 03-21-2008 Melvyn Weiss guilty plea By Walter Olson, 03-20-2008 California: getting class proceeds to class members By Walter Olson, 03-17-2008 Huge Punitive Damage Award Likely To Be Trimmed, Not Eliminated By Hans Bader, 02-28-2008 Litigating Backwards By Hans Bader, 02-25-2008 ILEP: Mark Tapscott of The Examiner responds By Walter Olson, 02-24-2008 Judicial seminars: a response from ILEP By Walter Olson, 02-24-2008 Milberg's judicial seminars By Walter Olson, 02-22-2008 Lerach sentencing By Walter Olson, 02-12-2008 Wall St. Journal Editorial: Lerach Gets Two By Michael Krauss, 02-12-2008 Lerach: "Everybody was paying plaintiffs" By Walter Olson, 02-11-2008 Denmark introduces class actions By Walter Olson, 02-09-2008 Milberg Weiss, guardians of class action collegiality? By Ted Frank, 02-08-2008 "IBM responds to overtime lawsuits with 15% salary cuts" By Walter Olson, 01-25-2008 Atkins on Stoneridge By Ted Frank, 01-25-2008 Class action central: coupon for plaintiff, $290K for lawyer By Michael Krauss, 01-24-2008 "Enron, Extortion Interrupted" By Ted Frank, 01-23-2008 Why securities litigation hurts investors (and how to fix it) By Ted Frank, 01-20-2008 Stoneridge coverage By Ted Frank, 01-18-2008 One plaintiff win, one defense win in securities class action trials By Ted Frank, 01-17-2008 Breaking: 5-3 decision against plaintiffs in Stoneridge v. Scientific-Atlanta By Ted Frank, 01-15-2008 Racially "targeting" predatory subprime loans? The NAACP and Baltimore suits By Ted Frank, 01-12-2008 Bloomberg and securities class actions By Walter Olson, 12-23-2007 Cy pres: "When judges get generous" By Walter Olson, 12-21-2007 U.K. class actions: a carom-shot strategy? By Walter Olson, 12-19-2007 "November Securities Lawsuit Filings Continue Upward Trend" By Walter Olson, 12-13-2007 Dukes v. Wal-Mart redux By Ted Frank, 12-12-2007 Scrutinizing class action claims at the certification stage By Ted Frank, 12-10-2007 Cy pres: "Any fear that judges will abuse their power in these matters is misguided." By Walter Olson, 12-04-2007 California class actions By Walter Olson, 11-25-2007 More on FACTA By Ted Frank, 11-06-2007 Mel's Milberg mistakes By Walter Olson, 11-01-2007 FACTA's billion-dollar problem By Ted Frank, 10-31-2007 In-state plaintiff, out-of-state corporate defendant... By Michael Krauss, 10-26-2007 $96m Smokeless Tobacco Cases class action settlement By Ted Frank, 10-19-2007 Public Citizen, "The Arbitration Trap" By Walter Olson, 10-18-2007 $2M for lawyer, coupon for clients: judge throws out settlement By Michael Krauss, 10-12-2007 Apple iPhone lawsuit By Ted Frank, 10-12-2007 On Bloomberg TV today By Ted Frank, 10-08-2007 Stoneridge-fest in the WSJ By Ted Frank, 10-06-2007 The magic of employment class actions By Walter Olson, 10-06-2007 Parallel Stoneridge events October 5 By Ted Frank, 10-04-2007 SEC roundtable on reform By Ted Frank, 09-27-2007 "Contingency-Fee Con-Men" By Ted Frank, 09-25-2007 September 2007 Class Action Watch By Ted Frank, 09-25-2007 Lerach plea By Walter Olson, 09-18-2007 Federalist panel on class actions Thursday in Chicago By Walter Olson, 09-16-2007 A valentine to Bill Lerach By Walter Olson, 09-14-2007 "Charities reaping lawsuit dividends" By Ted Frank, 09-10-2007 California class action initiative By Walter Olson, 09-05-2007 Texas judge's son withdraws from odometer class action By Walter Olson, 08-31-2007 Lerach retires; nearing a plea deal? By Walter Olson, 08-29-2007 My Examiner column on Stoneridge By James R. Copland, 08-22-2007 Amex pays $3 million and class action objectors go away By Walter Olson, 08-22-2007 Class actions: one French consumerist's view By Walter Olson, 08-21-2007 Dissents on Milberg prosecution By Walter Olson, 08-08-2007 Moller on Dukes v. Wal-Mart By Walter Olson, 08-01-2007 Mass tort bankruptcies under scrutiny By Walter Olson, 07-24-2007 "Consumer Class Actions Usurping Personal Injury Claims" By Walter Olson, 07-19-2007 Bogus class representative? Ambush 'em By Walter Olson, 07-17-2007 "So the money was passed, literally, under the table?" By Walter Olson, 07-13-2007 Standards-based financial regulation? By Walter Olson, 07-11-2007 Ben Stein playing Enron with Central Bank By Larry Ribstein, 06-24-2007 Object to a class action settlement, face a RICO suit By Walter Olson, 06-22-2007 8-1 decision in Tellabs By Ted Frank, 06-21-2007 Henry Paulson on Stoneridge By Ted Frank, 06-21-2007 Speaking in Austin June 20, and Houston June 21 By Ted Frank, 06-15-2007 Trial lawyers begin backlash over Stoneridge By Ted Frank, 06-14-2007 Mass litigation stymied in UK? By Walter Olson, 06-09-2007 Wallison on Stoneridge By Ted Frank, 06-07-2007 The Madison County Dell-hole By Walter Olson, 06-04-2007 Stoneridge and Enron update By Ted Frank, 06-02-2007 Popeo on Lerach and Stoneridge By James R. Copland, 06-01-2007 CAFA: One plaintiff's-side view By Walter Olson, 06-01-2007 Lerach to quit? By James R. Copland, 05-31-2007 Ted on the SEC and Stoneridge By Walter Olson, 05-31-2007 Milberg indictment, one year later By Walter Olson, 05-20-2007 Forbes on consumer class actions By Ted Frank, 05-18-2007 Moody v. Sears: Lawyers, $1M; Class, $2,402. By Ted Frank, 05-18-2007 Harold Meyerson on Enron By Ted Frank, 05-17-2007 Clients: Lerach settled our case and never told us By Walter Olson, 05-14-2007 "Lerach shouldn't lecture to anyone" By Walter Olson, 05-11-2007 California lawmakers kill class action reform By Walter Olson, 05-10-2007 Illinois "light" cigarette case, revived? By Walter Olson, 05-07-2007 More on Microsoft Iowa settlement By Walter Olson, 05-05-2007 California class action reform By Walter Olson, 05-04-2007 Milberg Weiss case: Schulman heard from By Walter Olson, 04-28-2007 Shareholder arbitration: "The One Best Idea" By Walter Olson, 04-27-2007 Shell settlement hailed as Europe-wide class action By Walter Olson, 04-19-2007 Cert petition in Regents v. CSFB By Ted Frank, 04-05-2007 Federalist Society Class Action Watch By Ted Frank, 04-04-2007 Tellabs roundup By Ted Frank, 04-01-2007 "The Class Action Fairness Act Two Years Later" By Ted Frank, 03-29-2007 Banner year for securities settlements, but new filings plunge By Walter Olson, 03-28-2007 SCOTUS to hear Stoneridge Investment v. Scientific-Atlanta By Ted Frank, 03-27-2007 California Supreme Court to review billion-dollar BoA case By Ted Frank, 03-23-2007 "Capital Complaints" By Ted Frank, 03-20-2007 Fifth Circuit vindicates Merrill Lynch & CSFB decision to fight Lerach By Ted Frank, 03-19-2007 Around the web, March 16 By Walter Olson, 03-16-2007 Microsoft settles Iowa class action By Walter Olson, 03-14-2007 Parade of new blogs By Walter Olson, 03-11-2007 AOL securities opt-outs By Walter Olson, 03-08-2007 Involuntary client succeeds in shedding Lerach Coughlin By Walter Olson, 03-06-2007 National Law Journal on obesity litigation By Ted Frank, 02-28-2007 Still more on Philip Morris v. Williams By Ted Frank, 02-28-2007 New featured column: "The long, long, long goodbye" By Walter Olson, 02-27-2007 Colorado Home Astroturf By James R. Copland, 02-26-2007 Philip Morris v. Williams and the Wal-Mart case By Walter Olson, 02-22-2007 The trouble with cy pres By Ted Frank, 02-15-2007 "Class Action Fairness Act: Two Years Later" (Federalist Society) By Ted Frank, 02-14-2007 Was Milberg satisfied, or just shy? By Walter Olson, 02-13-2007 More on Dukes v. Wal-Mart By Ted Frank, 02-08-2007 The dangers of the Restatement By Ted Frank, 02-08-2007 Pick your poison: class actions or corporate criminal prosecutions? By Larry Ribstein, 02-07-2007 Wal-Mart class affirmed by Ninth Circuit, 2-1 By Ted Frank, 02-07-2007 Parloff on tobacco litigation By Ted Frank, 02-02-2007 Federalist Society Event on CAFA By Ted Frank, 02-02-2007 Dumping and suing, cont'd By Walter Olson, 01-31-2007 "Looking Under the Hood" of the State Farm Katrina Settlement By Ted Frank, 01-30-2007 WV Courts Continue to Follow in Sen. Byrd's Footsteps By Michael Krauss, 01-29-2007 Not so fast: Judge Senter puts the brakes on State Farm Katrina settlement By Ted Frank, 01-27-2007 What Europe pays for America's "class action addiction" By Walter Olson, 01-27-2007 A call to end American Pipe's tolling rule By Ted Frank, 01-26-2007 Medical monitoring class actions; bellwether trials By Ted Frank, 01-19-2007 Lawyers defend AOL/Time Warner claims handling By Walter Olson, 01-18-2007 New Jersey court revives Vioxx medical monitoring class action By Ted Frank, 01-17-2007 Watson v. Philip Morris By Ted Frank, 01-10-2007 "Class Action Lawmaking: An Administrative Law Model" By Walter Olson, 01-08-2007 Going bare By Walter Olson, 01-08-2007 Securities class actions down in 2006 By Ted Frank, 01-05-2007 The Lakin class action club By Walter Olson, 01-03-2007 AOL securities class action By Walter Olson, 12-22-2006 How important is "actual injury" to Prop 64? By Ted Frank, 12-18-2006 Schulman's Milberg departure, cont'd By Walter Olson, 12-15-2006 State AGs not so hyperactive after all By Walter Olson, 12-12-2006 Schulman quits Milberg Weiss By Walter Olson, 12-08-2006 Reforming consumer class actions By Ted Frank, 12-02-2006 More on the Committee on Capital Markets Regulation By Ted Frank, 12-01-2006 Milberg Weiss is right (sort of): Bell Atlantic v. Twombly By Ted Frank, 11-27-2006 SCOTUS won't reconsider Price v. Philip Morris By Ted Frank, 11-27-2006 Update: Bank of America class action judgment reversed By Ted Frank, 11-27-2006 Sued for not suing By Walter Olson, 11-27-2006 Civil 10b-5 not going anywhere By Ted Frank, 11-22-2006 Judge: Tell how you became Milberg plaintiffs By Walter Olson, 11-16-2006 New featured column: "How a lawsuit almost strangled pensions" By Walter Olson, 11-14-2006 France approves class actions By Ted Frank, 11-13-2006 NYSE's John Thain By Walter Olson, 11-12-2006 Ben Stein: no shame, or no memory? By Walter Olson, 11-01-2006 Will a California court ruling bankrupt banks? By Ted Frank, 10-27-2006 Did the PSLRA help shareholders? By Ted Frank, 10-25-2006 "Class Action Changes Bring Quick Impact" By Walter Olson, 10-23-2006 Panel may recommend shareholder-suit reforms By Walter Olson, 10-19-2006 Tobacco companies move to stay Schwab litigation By Ted Frank, 10-17-2006 London pension fund: oops, we just sued BP By Walter Olson, 10-17-2006 Securities litigation receding By Walter Olson, 10-11-2006 "Lay people are likely to scratch their heads" By Walter Olson, 10-01-2006 Judicial elections and the New York Times By Ted Frank, 10-01-2006 Pain and suffering from "lost innovation" By Walter Olson, 09-28-2006 Further reading on Weinstein's light-cigarette tobacco class action By Ted Frank, 09-25-2006 Judge Weinstein is back at work By Michael Krauss, 09-25-2006 More Milberg indictments? By Walter Olson, 09-22-2006 Pelman v. McDonald's going forward By Ted Frank, 09-22-2006 Class Action For Discarded Spinach By Michael Krauss, 09-21-2006 Class Action Status Denied for MS Katrina Homeowners By Michael Krauss, 09-14-2006 "'Judicial hellhole' freezes over"(?) By Ted Frank, 09-11-2006 Think Tank Town By Ted Frank, 09-07-2006 Australian wheat board sued By Walter Olson, 09-04-2006 Chutzpah files: Madison County judge-shopping By Ted Frank, 09-02-2006 "A Taxonomy of Obesity Litigation" By Ted Frank, 08-28-2006 Number of Mass Tort Suits Falling, WSJ reports By Michael Krauss, 08-26-2006 3M settles LePage's piggyback class action By Ted Frank, 08-25-2006 Pat Hynes leaving Milberg Weiss By James R. Copland, 08-25-2006 Milberg Weiss "nearing iceberg" By Walter Olson, 08-23-2006 Junk Science: Atrazine By Al Adomite, 08-09-2006 Rough Summer in Southern Illinois By Al Adomite, 08-08-2006 Lead-counsel auctions, considered By Walter Olson, 08-01-2006 Foreign investors as securities plaintiffs By Walter Olson, 07-28-2006 Peacocks in the barnyard By Walter Olson, 07-24-2006 Milberg disclosure By Walter Olson, 07-22-2006 The many hats of Jay Angoff By Walter Olson, 07-19-2006 Milberg partners plead not guilty By Walter Olson, 07-18-2006 Update: municipal Crown Victoria suits By Walter Olson, 07-18-2006 Milberg indictment vs. Andersen indictment By Walter Olson, 07-14-2006 No Sanctions for O'Quinn By Sam Munson, 07-10-2006 Hearings on H.R. 5491 By Jonathan B. Wilson, 07-10-2006 John C. Coffee, Jr., on Milberg case By Walter Olson, 07-07-2006 Tobacco Road to Victory By Sam Munson, 07-06-2006 Legalized Extortion Department: the HMO class actions By Ted Frank, 07-05-2006 Investor Protection: A Review of Plaintiffs' Attorney Abuses in Securities Litigation and Legislative Remedies By Ted Frank, 06-27-2006 "Why Pay a Fraud Plaintiff to Sue?" By Ted Frank, 06-26-2006 Larry Schonbrun on class actions By Walter Olson, 06-25-2006 Class Action Award Against Philip Morris Thrown Out By Ohio Supremes By Michael Krauss, 06-15-2006 Milberg recusals galore By Walter Olson, 06-12-2006 New, Horrible Class Action By Sam Munson, 06-08-2006 What to do about bad litigation? By Larry Ribstein, 06-06-2006 KPMG lead plaintiff: I was offered inducements By Walter Olson, 05-26-2006 Hevesi's Milberg connection By Walter Olson, 05-26-2006 Milberg kickbacks defensible? By Walter Olson, 05-25-2006 Lawsuits over monitoring of phone data By Michael Krauss, 05-23-2006 NYTimes: what Milberg story? By Walter Olson, 05-23-2006 Class action refresher course By Walter Olson, 05-22-2006 "Inside Milberg's Credenza" By Walter Olson, 05-22-2006 Blogs on Milberg indictment, cont'd By Walter Olson, 05-21-2006 Dell Discrimination By Sam Munson, 05-09-2006 SAT gets sued II -- opportunity for intrepid reporters By Ted Frank, 04-09-2006 SAT gets sued By Michael Krauss, 04-09-2006 McKinney and employment class actions By James R. Copland, 04-06-2006 Hanging Tough By Sam Munson, 04-04-2006 Here Comes The Sunscreen Suit By Sam Munson, 03-31-2006 Today in the Supreme Court By Ted Frank, 03-27-2006 "Trial gives behind-scene look at class-action suits" By Ted Frank, 03-27-2006 Ironies of the Times By Walter Olson, 03-25-2006 Europe: down the American litigation path? By Walter Olson, 03-03-2006 Milberg Weiss's bipartisanship By Walter Olson, 02-28-2006 "Big Tobacco Challenged in Suit By Conservative Seniors Group" By Ted Frank, 02-23-2006 Goulden's Lerach profile By Walter Olson, 02-23-2006 Pirate's Booty settlement struck By Ted Frank, 02-09-2006 Bedfellows: Lerach and the unions By Ted Frank, 01-30-2006 Shareholder suits target corporate lawyers By Walter Olson, 01-30-2006 Private Securities Litigation Ten Years After the PSLRA: What's Working, What's Not? By Ted Frank, 01-27-2006 "A windfall for Madison County taxpayers" By Walter Olson, 01-19-2006 Milberg Weiss probe, cont'd By Walter Olson, 01-15-2006 "'Pick me' urgency" By Walter Olson, 01-12-2006 Avery v. State Farm By Walter Olson, 01-04-2006 AutoNation paperwork class action By Walter Olson, 12-21-2005 BREAKING: Illinois Supreme Court reverses $10.1 billion judgment By Ted Frank, 12-15-2005 Blog discussion of Chamber securities study By Walter Olson, 12-07-2005 Securities Class Action Litigation Fails to Compensate Investors By Jonathan B. Wilson, 12-06-2005 Avery v. State Farm repercussions in Madison County By Ted Frank, 11-28-2005 Final update: Oracle settlement By Ted Frank, 11-23-2005 Weiss blasts "Trial Lawyers Inc." By Walter Olson, 11-15-2005 Tucker on Torkelsen and silicosis By Walter Olson, 11-13-2005 Is Blood Thicker than Water v. Wind? By Martin F Grace, 10-19-2005 AJP's "Legal Reform Speaker's Resource" By Walter Olson, 10-17-2005 CAFA blog By Walter Olson, 10-05-2005 Smart Plaintiffs/Foolish Lawsuits? By Walter Olson, 10-05-2005 Update: Ellison's charitable settlement By Ted Frank, 09-27-2005 More on Katrina and the legal system By Michael DeBow, 09-26-2005 Indirect purchaser class actions By Ted Frank, 09-21-2005 Oracle settlement By Walter Olson, 09-20-2005 Ellison's charitable settlement By Walter Olson, 09-17-2005 Class Action Fairness Act By Walter Olson, 09-08-2005 Clinical trials By Walter Olson, 08-29-2005 WSJ on State Farm reversal By Walter Olson, 08-23-2005 "Rodzilla" and trade association liability By Walter Olson, 08-22-2005 Avery....Finally. By Martin F Grace, 08-18-2005 Good guys win Avery v. State Farm By Ted Frank, 08-18-2005 JetBlue privacy suit fizzles By Walter Olson, 08-12-2005 Constitutional limits on class actions? By Walter Olson, 08-09-2005 Milberg probe heats up By Walter Olson, 08-08-2005 New from the Washington Legal Foundation By James R. Copland, 07-29-2005 NERA study on securities class actions By Ted Frank, 07-21-2005 Thanks to Lyle Roberts By Walter Olson, 07-21-2005 The Rehnquist Court And Corporate America By Lyle Roberts, 07-14-2005 An Ounce Of Prevention By Lyle Roberts, 07-12-2005 Lessons From The PSLRA By Lyle Roberts, 07-11-2005 New guestblogger this week: Lyle Roberts By Walter Olson, 07-11-2005 The Shoe is on the Other Foot By Martin F Grace, 06-27-2005 How securities lawyers get clients By Walter Olson, 06-10-2005 Greve on consumer class actions By Walter Olson, 06-06-2005 End run around Proposition 64? By Walter Olson, 06-04-2005 Constitutional infirmities of class actions? By Walter Olson, 05-30-2005 Crying wolf over CAFA By Walter Olson, 05-19-2005 Berger Litowitz By Walter Olson, 05-12-2005 Fee objectors By Walter Olson, 05-11-2005 Second Circuit throws out tobacco class action By James R. Copland, 05-09-2005 Barbie doll class action decertified By Walter Olson, 04-19-2005 For me but not for thee By Ted Frank, 04-14-2005 "Lawsuit Lollapalooza" By Walter Olson, 03-15-2005 On the Supreme Court's docket By Walter Olson, 03-14-2005 Weinstein dismisses Vietnam Agent Orange case By James R. Copland, 03-10-2005 "The Class Action Fairness Act of 2005: Lessons, Opportunities & Challenges" By Ted Frank, 03-09-2005 Fen-Phen Follies By James R. Copland, 03-01-2005 Agent Orange is back... By James R. Copland, 02-28-2005 Does Stephenson limit the benefits of CAFA? By Ted Frank, 02-27-2005 Avery v. State Farm discussed By Walter Olson, 02-20-2005 CAFA flashback: Kamilewicz v. Bank of Boston By Ted Frank, 02-20-2005 Litigation lobby can't get its talking points straight By Ted Frank, 02-19-2005 Bush signs CAFA By James R. Copland, 02-18-2005 The benefits of CAFA: one example By Ted Frank, 02-18-2005 Breaking news: House passes CAFA By Ted Frank, 02-17-2005 Welcome Washington Times readers By James R. Copland, 02-15-2005 Insurance accounting By Walter Olson, 02-14-2005 Biden: let us now praise "bottom-feeders" By Walter Olson, 02-14-2005 A bipartisan win By Walter Olson, 02-13-2005 Chicago Tribune on class actions By Walter Olson, 02-12-2005 George Priest in NRO By Walter Olson, 02-11-2005 New class action study By James R. Copland, 02-10-2005 Class Action Fairness Act: reflection By James R. Copland, 02-10-2005 Class Action Fairness Act: perspective By James R. Copland, 02-10-2005 More on Senate passage of class action reform By James R. Copland, 02-10-2005 Senate passes class action reform By Michael DeBow, 02-10-2005 Class Action Fairness Act clears committee By James R. Copland, 02-03-2005 2nd Circuit weighs in By James R. Copland, 01-26-2005 Class action reform By Walter Olson, 01-24-2005 Wall Street research lawsuits By Walter Olson, 01-18-2005 Sacramento's revolving door By Walter Olson, 01-17-2005 Employment: class-action-quake By Walter Olson, 01-13-2005 Bush: "I'm here to talk about how we need to fix a broken medical liability system." By Ted Frank, 01-06-2005 ERISA suits By Walter Olson, 01-05-2005 Bush to Madison County By James R. Copland, 01-03-2005 Latest airline class action By Walter Olson, 12-23-2004 Prop 64: "Let's not buy a landslide" By Walter Olson, 12-22-2004 Insurers and replacement auto parts By Walter Olson, 12-08-2004 Biotech startups By Walter Olson, 12-03-2004 Europe discovers securities litigation By Walter Olson, 11-30-2004 Fighting a class action? Cite Justice Gonzales By Walter Olson, 11-22-2004 Chances for federal legislation By Walter Olson, 11-10-2004 Insurance broker scandals By Walter Olson, 10-28-2004 Sinclair Broadcasting: Meet Trial Lawyers, Inc. By James R. Copland, 10-25-2004 Nonprofit hospital suit tossed out By Michael DeBow, 10-25-2004 Madison County magnifying glass By Walter Olson, 09-23-2004 Examiner piece By James R. Copland, 09-15-2004 Dial F for Fees By Walter Olson, 09-14-2004 Wal-Mart class certification By Walter Olson, 09-07-2004 Class action writings: coupon settlements and regulation through litigation By Leah Lorber, 09-03-2004 WalMart discrimination suit, cont'd By James R. Copland, 08-16-2004 Those "light" cigarettes, Part Deux By James R. Copland, 08-16-2004 Shareholder-suit trends By Walter Olson, 08-09-2004 Bristol-Myers wins suit, pays $300M By Michael Krauss, 08-02-2004 FTC conference on class actions By Walter Olson, 08-02-2004 Always low class certification standards. Always By Walter Olson, 07-22-2004 NYT on Lerach-Weiss divorce, cont'd By Walter Olson, 07-13-2004 NYT on "the kings of tort" By James R. Copland, 07-12-2004 Class Action Fairness Act stalls in Senate By James R. Copland, 07-09-2004 Wall Street Journal on trial lawyers By James R. Copland, 07-08-2004 WalMart challenges gender discrimination class certification By James R. Copland, 07-08-2004 Editorials on class action reform By Walter Olson, 07-07-2004 Class Action Fairness Act to hit the Senate floor By James R. Copland, 07-06-2004 Further thoughts on the Walmart gender-discrimination class action By James R. Copland, 07-02-2004 Wal-Mart class action By Walter Olson, 06-29-2004 Corporate law: what to read By Walter Olson, 06-08-2004 It's on... no, it's off By James R. Copland, 06-02-2004 Update: Ness Motley and James Down By Ted Frank, 05-19-2004 Mississippi changes venue and joinder rules By Ted Frank, 05-18-2004 Update: Eisenberg/Miller study By Ted Frank, 05-18-2004 Jacob Sullum on class actions By Walter Olson, 05-17-2004 The Lawsuits of Madison County By Ted Frank, 05-17-2004 "Plaintiffs' Lawyers Seek $107M in Lucent Case Fees" By Ted Frank, 05-16-2004 Class conflicts: a dose of theory By Walter Olson, 05-14-2004 New vs. Old Democrats on Class Actions By Walter Olson, 05-14-2004 Larry Schonbrun profile By Ted Frank, 05-14-2004 FTC commissioner on class actions By Ted Frank, 05-13-2004
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