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Full-Text Articles in Legal Remedies
The Indulgence Of Reasonable Presumptions: Federal Court Contractual Civil Jury Trial Waivers, Joel Andersen
The Indulgence Of Reasonable Presumptions: Federal Court Contractual Civil Jury Trial Waivers, Joel Andersen
Michigan Law Review
Large institutions such as banks, franchisers, international companies, and lessors distrust juries' ability to properly resolve disputes and award reasonable damages. As a result, these and other actors have attempted to limit juries' potential influence on the contracts to which they are parties. They have done so through contractual jury trial waiver clauses in these agreements. The Seventh Amendment to the Constitution guarantees the jury trial right. Whether the right is determined to exist in an individual instance is a matter of federal common law, which merely preserves the jury trial right as it existed when the Amendment was adopted …
Satellite Digital Audio Radio Searching For Novel Theories Of Action, Daniel H. Erskine
Satellite Digital Audio Radio Searching For Novel Theories Of Action, Daniel H. Erskine
Daniel H. Erskine
Satellite radio may be becoming increasingly popular, but there is a little known drawback to the technology: it interferes with many existing wireless networks in place, such as cellular telephone service. This article looks at the legal implications that this interference causes and what kind of liability satellite operators like Sirius and XM Radio may face. Erskine includes a detailed description of how satellite radio operates and in turn describes how this operation causes the disruption. He then moves into a discussion of the current law surrounding the technology and different theories of liability, including tort theories. His approach is …
Manual De Derecho Procesal Civil, Edward Ivan Cueva
Manual De Derecho Procesal Civil, Edward Ivan Cueva
Edward Ivan Cueva
No abstract provided.
Turf Struggles: Land, Sovereignty, And Sovereign Immunity, Catherine T. Struve
Turf Struggles: Land, Sovereignty, And Sovereign Immunity, Catherine T. Struve
All Faculty Scholarship
No abstract provided.
Exhaustion Under The Prison Litigation Reform Act: The Consequence Of Procedural Error, Kermit Roosevelt Iii
Exhaustion Under The Prison Litigation Reform Act: The Consequence Of Procedural Error, Kermit Roosevelt Iii
All Faculty Scholarship
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Clear Sailing Agreements: A Special Form Of Collusion In Class Action Settlements, William D. Henderson
Clear Sailing Agreements: A Special Form Of Collusion In Class Action Settlements, William D. Henderson
Articles by Maurer Faculty
A clear sailing agreement (or clause) is a compromise in which a class action defendant agrees not to contest the class lawyer's petition for attorneys' fees. This Article argues that clear sailing provisions often facilitate collusive settlements in cases involving non-pecuniary relief or claims-made common funds that return all unclaimed monies to the defendant. Because these types of settlements present difficult valuation problems, trial courts lack a clear benchmark for calculating attorneys' fees. Defendants and class can exploit this uncertainty by presenting an inflated settlement value to the court (to justify higher attorneys' fees) while simultaneously reducing the true cost …