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Class Counsel As Litigation Funders, Morris A. Ratner
Class Counsel As Litigation Funders, Morris A. Ratner
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Profit For Costs, Morris A. Ratner, William B. Rubenstein
Profit For Costs, Morris A. Ratner, William B. Rubenstein
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Achieving Procedural Goals Through Indirection: The Use Of Ethics Doctrine To Justify Contingency Fee Caps In Mdl Aggregate Settlements, Morris A. Ratner
Achieving Procedural Goals Through Indirection: The Use Of Ethics Doctrine To Justify Contingency Fee Caps In Mdl Aggregate Settlements, Morris A. Ratner
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A New Model Of Plaintiffs' Class Action Attorneys, Morris A. Ratner
A New Model Of Plaintiffs' Class Action Attorneys, Morris A. Ratner
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Globalization And Cross-Border Litigation,, Mary Kay Kane
Globalization And Cross-Border Litigation,, Mary Kay Kane
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Longterm Strategies In Japanese Environmental Litigation, Setsuo Miyazawa
Longterm Strategies In Japanese Environmental Litigation, Setsuo Miyazawa
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Japan's reputation for unusually strong emphasis on the avoidance of public conflict and therefore for de-emphasis of legal institutions suggests an arid, hostile environment for litigators, especially those who lack substantial resources. In a study of a quasi-class action lawsuit by Japanese air pollution victims, we find that litigation can be developed as a tool in the pursuit of a social movement's wider objectives despite the paucity of resources within the Japanese legal system. Our research documents the many ways in which the delays, obstacles, and costs that characterize the litigation environment in Japan have been either neutralized or turned …