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Full-Text Articles in Jurisprudence
The Stumbling Block: Freedom, Rationality, And Legal Scholarship, Jeanne L. Schroeder
The Stumbling Block: Freedom, Rationality, And Legal Scholarship, Jeanne L. Schroeder
William & Mary Law Review
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Lawyers On The Auction Block: Evaluation And Selection Of Class Counsel By Auction, Jill E. Fisch
Lawyers On The Auction Block: Evaluation And Selection Of Class Counsel By Auction, Jill E. Fisch
All Faculty Scholarship
The lead counsel auction has attracted increasing attention. Auction advocates argue that auctions introduce competitive market forces that improve the selection and compensation of class counsel. The benefits of the auction, the;' claim, include lower legal fees and better representation. Careful scrutiny reveals that auction advocates have overlooked substantial methodological problems with the design and implementation of the lead counsel auction. Even if these problems were overcome, the auction procedure is flawed: Auctions are poor tools for selecting firms based on multiple criteria, compromise the judicial role, and are unlikely to produce reasonable fee awards. Although the existing record is …
Equity And Efficiency In Markets For Ideas, Richard Adelstein
Equity And Efficiency In Markets For Ideas, Richard Adelstein
Richard Adelstein
Intellectual property and patent protection in light of the AIDS crisis in Africa.