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Consumer Class Actions: Who Are The Real Winners?, Edward F. Sherman
Consumer Class Actions: Who Are The Real Winners?, Edward F. Sherman
Maine Law Review
The class action is one of the most controversial procedural devices in the American legal system. In the years since an expanded class action rule was adopted in 1966, class actions have grown in scope and number, and suits by consumers have accounted for an increasing share of class actions suits. By allowing individuals to sue not only for themselves, but also on behalf of others similarly situated, the class action “empowers plaintiffs to bring cases that otherwise either would not be possible or would only be possible in a very different form.” Business critics see this as enabling “lawyers …
Blocking The Courts: The Trump Triple Threat, Joanne Doroshow
Blocking The Courts: The Trump Triple Threat, Joanne Doroshow
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