This Article surveys several areas in which legislation might enhance the utility of federal class actions. It does not suggest a statutory form of class action like statutory interpleader, but it takes initial inspiration from the interpleader statutes\u27 treatment of subjects beyond the joinder device itself--subject-matter jurisdiction, venue, personal jurisdiction, and antisuit injunctions. The matters on which legislation might be most useful are supplemental jurisdiction, to overrule the limiting holding of Zahn v. International Paper Co. with some possible parallel broadenings of supplemental jurisdiction for nonclass contexts; and authority to enjoin state-court proceedings that could substantially interfere with the conduct of a f...
This Article discusses the significance of the Consumer Class Action Bill of Rights, found in sectio...
Using case studies and interviews with lawyers and representatives in class actions, this article ex...
This Article focuses on class actions in the Washington State courts. It compares and contrasts the ...
This Article surveys several areas in which legislation might enhance the utility of federal class a...
An ever-increasing number of courts and commentators have advocated a simple solution to the seeming...
In this article we situate consideration of class actions in a framework, and fortify it with data, ...
An ever-increasing number of courts and commentators have advocated a simple solution to the seeming...
This Article describes the evolution of the perception of the modern class action from populist darl...
There is a growing movement in the federal courts to redress the grievances of groups, rather than i...
There is a growing movement in the federal courts to redress the grievances of groups, rather than i...
I. Introduction II. Conflicts of Interest ... A. Factors Outside the Class Structure Which May Inter...
This Note argues that a Rule 23 class action offers the best way to manage multiple actions for puni...
A lingering issue in class action law concerns the case or controversy requirement of Article III, o...
In the last fifteen years, Congress has enacted Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23, The Private Secu...
A lingering issue in class action law concerns the case or controversy requirement of Article III, o...
This Article discusses the significance of the Consumer Class Action Bill of Rights, found in sectio...
Using case studies and interviews with lawyers and representatives in class actions, this article ex...
This Article focuses on class actions in the Washington State courts. It compares and contrasts the ...
This Article surveys several areas in which legislation might enhance the utility of federal class a...
An ever-increasing number of courts and commentators have advocated a simple solution to the seeming...
In this article we situate consideration of class actions in a framework, and fortify it with data, ...
An ever-increasing number of courts and commentators have advocated a simple solution to the seeming...
This Article describes the evolution of the perception of the modern class action from populist darl...
There is a growing movement in the federal courts to redress the grievances of groups, rather than i...
There is a growing movement in the federal courts to redress the grievances of groups, rather than i...
I. Introduction II. Conflicts of Interest ... A. Factors Outside the Class Structure Which May Inter...
This Note argues that a Rule 23 class action offers the best way to manage multiple actions for puni...
A lingering issue in class action law concerns the case or controversy requirement of Article III, o...
In the last fifteen years, Congress has enacted Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23, The Private Secu...
A lingering issue in class action law concerns the case or controversy requirement of Article III, o...
This Article discusses the significance of the Consumer Class Action Bill of Rights, found in sectio...
Using case studies and interviews with lawyers and representatives in class actions, this article ex...
This Article focuses on class actions in the Washington State courts. It compares and contrasts the ...