The Absence of Legal Ethics in the ALI’s Principles of Aggregate Litigation: A Missed Opportunity – And More
Nancy J. Moore · February 2011 79 GEO. WASH. L. REV. 717 (2011) There is little discussion of legal ethics in the... Read More
Anatomy of an Aggregate Settlement: The Triumph of Temptation over Ethics
Lester Brickman · February 2011 79 GEO. WASH. L. REV. 700 (2011) This Essay explores the ethical issues that arise for plaintiffs’... Read More
Compared to What?: ALI Aggregation and the Shifting Contours of Due Process and of Lawyers’ Powers
Judith Resnik · February 2011 79 GEO. WASH. L. REV. 628 (2011) A half century ago, class actions were controversial. Aggregation was... Read More
The Puzzling Idea of Adjudicative Representation: Lessons for Aggregate Litigation and Class Actions
Robert G. Bone · February 2011 79 GEO. WASH. L. REV. 577 (2011) Adequacy of representation is a central concept in the... Read More
Optimal Class Size, Opt-Out Rights, and “Indivisible” Remedies
David Betson & Jay Tidmarsh · February 2011 79 GEO. WASH. L. REV. 542 (2011) This Article examines the ALI’s proposal to... Read More
Group Consensus, Individual Consent
Elizabeth Chamblee Burch · February 2011 79 GEO. WASH. L. REV. 506 (2011) Despite a rise in the number of personal injury... Read More
“Abandoned Claims” in Class Actions: Implications for Preclusion and Adequacy of Counsel
Edward F. Sherman · February 2011 79 GEO. WASH. L. REV. 483 (2011) Plaintiff class counsel sometimes seek class certification for only... Read More
Federal Class Actions: A Near-Death Experience in a Shady Grove
Linda S. Mullenix · February 2011 79 GEO. WASH. L. REV. 448 (2011) In a significant appeal decided March 31, 2010—and largely... Read More
Improving the Class Action Settlement Process: Little Things Mean a Lot
Alan B. Morrison · February 2011 79 GEO. WASH. L. REV. 428 (2011) In 2010, the American Law Institute published its Principles... Read More