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The Rank-Order Method For Appellate Subset Selection, Michael J. Hasday
The Rank-Order Method For Appellate Subset Selection, Michael J. Hasday
Notre Dame Law Review Reflection
This Essay proceeds as follows: Part I discusses the “fatal flaws” of random assignment and direct selection: outlier panels and judicial gaming, respectively. Part II introduces the rank-order method and explains how this method is superior to either random assignment or direct selection. Part III provides detailed examples of how the rank-order method works in practice. Part IV concludes.
Aggregation As Disempowerment: Red Flags In Class Action Settlements, Howard M. Erichson
Aggregation As Disempowerment: Red Flags In Class Action Settlements, Howard M. Erichson
Notre Dame Law Review
Class action critics and proponents cling to the conventional wisdom that class actions empower claimants. Critics complain that class actions over-empower claimants and put defendants at a disadvantage, while proponents defend class actions as essential to consumer protection and rights enforcement. This Article explores how class action settlements sometimes do the opposite. Aggregation empowers claimants’ lawyers by consolidating power in the lawyers’ hands. Consolidation of power allows defendants to strike deals that benefit themselves and claimants’ lawyers while disadvantaging claimants. This Article considers the phenomenon of aggregation as disempowerment by looking at specific settlement features that benefit plaintiffs’ counsel and …