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Newsroom: Logan On Possibility Of Bp Settlement, Roger Williams University School Of Law
Newsroom: Logan On Possibility Of Bp Settlement, Roger Williams University School Of Law
Life of the Law School (1993- )
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The Mdl Vortex Revisited, Thomas B. Metzloff
The Mdl Vortex Revisited, Thomas B. Metzloff
Faculty Scholarship
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Redefining Prey And Predator In Class Actions, Christine P. Bartholomew
Redefining Prey And Predator In Class Actions, Christine P. Bartholomew
Journal Articles
Aggregate litigation’s potential as a tool for the disempowered is not being realized. Class actions have come under serious attack in the last decade as critics have successfully worked to change traditional notions of victimhood. The leading narrative identifies big businesses as the vulnerable prey needing protection from large class claims and the greedy class actions attorneys who bring them. Relying on this narrative, courts and Congress have made class actions harder to pursue, from filing and class certification to settlement approval.
Vulnerability theory offers an alternative framework to rehabilitate class actions. From this perspective, the legal system currently disadvantages …