Newberg on class actions
By: Alba Conte, Herbert B. Newberg
Contributors: Newberg, Herbert B.; Newberg, Herbert B
Edition: 4th ed.
Publisher: Thomson West
Published: 2002
Place of publication: St. Paul, MN]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 11
Subjects: Class actions (Civil procedure)
Other titles: Survey of state class action law.
Notes: Rev. ed. of: Newberg on class actions / Herbert B. Newberg, Alba Conte. 3rd ed. 1992.

Kept up-to-date by pocket parts.

Accompanied by annual pamphlet: Survey of state class action law (2002- ).

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. Theory, structure, and constitutionality of class actions; title: 2. Who can maintain a class action: standing and mootness considerations; title: 3. Prerequisites for maintaining a class action; title: 4. Class categories and defendant classes; title: 5. Advantages and disadvantages of class actions; title: 6. Prefiling considerations; title: 7. Initial class determination: strategies and procedures; title: 8. Notice to class members; title: 9. Managing the class action for damages: pretrial and trial considerations; title: 10. Proof and distribution of aggregate class damages; title: 11. Settlement of class actions; title: 12. Drafting the settlement agreement; title: 13. Class actions in state courts; title: 14. Attorney's fees in class actions; title: 15. Class action abuses and legal ethics; title: 16. Absent class members; title: 17. Mass torts; title: 18. Antitrust class actions; title: 19. Class actions in patent, copyright, and trademark litigation; title: 20. Class actions under the bankruptcy laws; title: 21. Consumer credit and consumer fraud class actions; title: 22. Shareholder class and derivative suits; title: 23. Government benefit class actions; title: 24. Employment discrimination class actions; title: 25. Criminal justice class actions.