Legal Implications of COVID-19 Business Interruption Claims Remain to Be Seen
By Katherine Webster – August 27, 2020 Even entrepreneurs whose claims are paid by their insurers will have to work to find their place in our “new normal.”
Class Actions & Derivative Suits
The Class Actions & Derivative Suits Committee consists of practitioners, corporate counsel, and academics interested in class actions and stockholder derivative suits. Its leadership of top practitioners works to keep members abreast of issues in the class actions area, with subcommittees focused on areas that include antitrust law, consumer law, derivative suits, employment law, mass torts, pharmaceuticals and health law, and securities law.
Articles
Experienced in Upheaval: Class Action Practitioners Can Be Valuable Resources During COVID
By Martin Woodward – August 27, 2020 Lessons learned from years of adapting to changes.
Practice Points
SCOTUS to Review Ninth Circuit Holding on Injury Standards for Class Members to Establish Standing
By David Singh and Neeckaun Irani – January 8, 2021 | The Court granted certiorari to consider “whether either Article III or Rule 23 permits a damages class action where the vast majority of the class suffered no actual injury, let alone an injury anything like what the class representative suffered.”
Arbitration Where You’re Not Expecting It
By Joseph A. Fischetti – November 23, 2020 | The Third Circuit’s decision in Remicade and how expansive arbitration clause interpretations can close the courthouse doors to claims the parties did not contemplate.
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Top Tips for Taking and Defending Remote Depositions
By Mason Farmani and Lindsay Breedlove - April 21, 2020 | Considering taking a remote deposition while working from home? Learn from Mason Farmani, CEO of Barkley Court Reporters, about the various virtual options, how to prepare, and avoiding technical snafus!
Tips for Selecting the Right Expert
By Angela Sabbe and Scott Carlton - January 29, 2020 | There's no Yelp for experts. In this Sound Advice, Angela Sabbe and Scott Carlton discuss tips for finding expert witnesses and considerations to evaluate when identifying the right expert for litigation matters.
Confronting the Question: Does BMS Apply to Class Actions?
By Adam Polk – January 24, 2020 | Adam Polk discuss the Supreme Court's 2017 BMS decision, subsequent district court decisions' application of the decision to the claims of absent class members, and two recent appellate courts who have been asked to decide: "Does BMS apply to class actions?"
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