Ethics and Innovation
Charles Silver · February 2011 79 GEO. WASH. L. REV. 754 (2011) Using the familiar insight that principals and agents can jointly... Read More
Client Representation vs. Case Administration: The ALI Looks at Legal Ethics Issues in Aggregate Settlements
Thomas D. Morgan · February 2011 79 GEO. WASH. L. REV. 734 (2011) This Essay discusses the approach the American Law Institute’s... Read More
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