highlights the benefits of maintaining the viability of class actions. Unfortunately, some in Congress are seeking to dramatically limit them.
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highlights the benefits of maintaining the viability of class actions. Unfortunately, some in Congress are seeking to dramatically limit them.
This article succinctly and accurately describes the evolution of arbitration as a means for resolution of disputes between “merchants” in the 1920’s, to a mechanism used by businesses to block class actions by their customers or workers.
I am pleased to report that I have recently been selected by my peers for inclusion in the 7th Edition (2017) of “Best Law Firms” by U.S. News and Best Lawyers, in the area of Antitrust Litigation.
SAVE THE DATE! Next year’s Institute will be held on October 26-27, 2017, at the Hotel Palomar in Washington, D.C. Please forward Drew any suggestions you may have for topics of interest.
On October 19-20, 2016, at the Wynn Las Vegas resort, the ABA held its 20th annual National Institute on Class Actions. As some of you know, I serve on the Planning Committee for the Institute. This year’s highlights included: Professor Arthur Miller provided a retrospective on the origins of the critical 1966 Amendment to Rule […]
At the invitation of the American Bar Association’s Antitrust Section, I was one of two primary presenters last week’s Section of Antitrust Law presentation, “Class Action Fundamentals for Antitrust Litigators and Economists.” The event was hosted in Washtington, D.C., on May 5, 2016, and put on by the Section’s Civil Practice and Procedure Committee. A copy of the […]
Consider attending the upcoming class action program that I have helped organize for each of its three years running: the ABA 3rd Annual Western Regional CLE Program on Class Actions and Mass Torts. The program will be held on May 27, 2016, at the San Francisco Bar Association offices in downtown San Francisco, 301 Battery Street, starting with a […]
I am grateful again to have been designated a “Super Lawyer,” a publication by legal publisher Thompson Reuters, based on peer reviews. I have been so designated each year since 2014. See here.
If you are a litigator or in house counsel with an interest in class action practice and law, be sure to pencil in to your calendar October 19-20, 2016, next to the words “20th National Institute on Class Actions at Wynn Hotel, Las Vegas.” This year we celebrate the 50th Anniversary of modern Rule 23, adopted […]
On Thursday, March 31, 2016, Andrew McGuinness participated in an ABA roundtable lunchtime presentation regarding the potential impact of the December 1, 2015, amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil procedures on class actions–including ethical implications. Co-panelists were Peter Breslauer of the Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhodes firm (Philadelphia) and Scott Reiser of the Lum, Drasco […]
