Class actions and other multi-party litigation in a nutshell /
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| Language: | English |
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St. Paul, MN :
West Academic Publishing,
[2017]
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| Edition: | Fifth edition. |
| Series: | Nutshell series.
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Table of Contents:
- Text of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23, Class Actions
- Redlined text of proposed changes to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23, Class Actions
- Evolution and overview of federal court class actions
- Class certification requirements: threshold requirements and Rule 23(a)
- Class certification requirements: Rule 23(b)
- Litigating a class action
- Notice, opt-out rights, and communications with class members
- Multi-jurisdictional and state court class actions
- Special civil procedure issues
- Resolution and funding of class actions
- Appellate review
- Special focus on mass tort, employment discrimination, and securities fraud class actions
- Defendant class actions, derivative suits, and suits involving unincorporated associations
- Ethical issues in class actions
- Multidistrict litigation
- Non-class aggregation devices under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
- Other aggregation and coordination devices in federal practice.