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Class Representatives in the United States

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The efficiency of the US class action regime hinges upon a core procedural mechanism: the class representative. By permitting a large group of plaintiffs with typically modest claims to rely on a small subset of...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

The Class Action Chronicle - August 2020

Interpreting Bristol-Myers : Are Unnamed Members of Nationwide Class Actions ‘Parties’? If So, When? In 2017, the Supreme Court decided Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. v. Superior Court of California (BMS), holding that a...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

“Two Wrongs Don’t Make a Right, But a Few More Can Make a Unicorn”

Class actions typically involve a proposed class of plaintiffs seeking recovery from the same defendant on similar grounds. But that is not the only animal in the class action corral. Rule 23 makes this clear in its very...more

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Collateral Attacks on Class Resolutions

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In 1940, Hansberry v. Lee, 311 U.S. 32 (1940), established the basic constitutional foundation for the class action device: Members of a class who are not parties to the litigation may only be bound by a judgment in the...more

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