Litigation Practice Group

Class Action Watch June 2012

The Federalist Society publishes Class Action Watch to apprise both our membership and the public at...

Global Warming Nuisance Suits Given a Cool Reception in Court

Megan L. Brown, Roger H. Miksad

Class Action Watch Volume 11, Issue 1

For the better part of a decade, courts have confronted several global warming nuisance suits...

Use of Expert Testimony at the Class Certification Stage After Wal-Mart v. Dukes

Stephen J. Newman

Class Action Watch Volume 11, Issue 1

The United States Supreme Court’s decision in Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes1 sent a strong...

Touching on the Merits When Deciding Class Certification Motions: Ohio's Experience

Richard A. Samp

Class Action Watch Volume 11, Issue 1

The Supreme Court’s Wal-Mart decision1 put to rest persistent arguments that federal courts, when deciding...

Losing Confidence in Confidentiality: Do Expanding Exceptions to the Attorney-Client Privilege Gut Its Purpose?

Engage Volume 13, Issue 1, March 2012

True or false: attorney-client communications, simply speaking, are privileged? False, both under law and—more importantly—in...