We have completed our initial planning meeting in Cleveland this week for this Fall’s National Institute on Class Actions.  The program will be held October 26-27 at the Palomar Hotel in Washington, D.C.

The program will include panels on:

• developments in the law regarding the enforceability of arbitration clauses containing class action waivers;
• the practice and strategic considerations regarding opt-outs;
• discussion of H.R. 985, a bill to curtail so-called “no injury” class actions and impose other restrictions on the device;
• the conservative case for class actions
• use of Rule 23(b)(3) class actions in civil rights cases
• coordinating U.S. class actions with parallel class actions in Canada and Europe
• roundtable of class action perspectives by in-house counsel, and
• more!

I will again be co-teaching “Class Actions 101,” a primer on class action practice for less experienced litigators interested in attending the Institute.  We look forward to seeing you  there!  Drew.