Consumer class actions
By: Stuart T. Rossman, Charles Delbaum, Arielle Cohen ; contributing authors, Robert Bramson ... [et al.].
Contributors: Delbaum, Charles; Cohen, Arielle; Bramson, Robert, 1956-; National Consumer Law Center
Edition: 7th ed.
Series: The Consumer credit and sales legal practice series
Publisher: National Consumer Law Center
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Boston, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1025
ISBN-13: 9781602480674
Subjects: Class actions (Civil procedure); Consumer protection; Law and legislation
Notes: "With companion WWW website."

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Case and claims selection, other first considerations; title: Forum selection; title: Class arbitration; title: Choosing the class definition; title: Drafting the complaint; title: Plaintiff's preliminary actions to protect the class; title: The defendant's response : preliminary motions, individual settlement offers, counterclaims, and more; title: Discovery; title: Representing the named plaintiff at deposition; title: Class certification; title: Appeals of certification rulings; title: Class notice; title: Negotiations and settlement; title: The court settlement approval process; title: Claims administration and distribution of benefits; title: The class action trial; title: Res judicata and collateral estoppel; title: Attorney fees; title: Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 23 and advisory committee notes; title: Federal class action legislation; title: Survey of state class action law : 2009; title: New NACA class action guidelines; title: Sample agreements with named plaintiffs, co-counsel; title: Sample complaints; title: Motion for remand under the Class Action Fairness Act; title: Multi-district litigation; title: Sample discovery; title: Sample response to defendant's motion to stay discovery; title: Sample pleadings to compel discovery; title: Sample motions and proposed orders for protection of class members' files; title: Defense communications with class members; title: Protective orders for confidential information; title: Trial plans; title: Requests for class certification; title: Appeals of certification rulings under Rule 23(f); title: Challenges to Rule 68 offers of judgment; title: Rule 23(c) notice of certification; title: Sample jury charge in class action; title: Sample stipulations of proposed settlements; title: Rule 23(e) settlement notices; title: Cy Pres materials; title: Sample memoranda in support of approval of class settlement; title: Documents relating to objections to settlement; title: Attorney fee documents; title: Consumer class action web addresses; title: Finding pleadings, primary sources on the companion website.