By: More on liability reform in the House - and a federalism angle - Overlawyered

More on liability reform in the House - and a federalism angle - Overlawyered — Fri, 17 Mar 2017 10:15:07 +0000

[…] got a post at Cato at Liberty catching up on House action on litigation reform bills — see last week — and comparing it in particular to the recommendations of the chapter on tort and class […]

By: Andrew Trask on class action reform - Overlawyered

Andrew Trask on class action reform - Overlawyered — Sat, 11 Mar 2017 19:30:06 +0000

[…] Each earlier venture into reforming class action practice has been met with cries that the device was being effectively abolished, and the similar round of alarms this time is unfounded, argues Andrew Trask: the Fairness in Class Action Litigation Act (FICALA) now pending in Congress “lives up to its name.” It’s “not seeing to abolish the class action, but to curb some of the more worrisome litigation practices that have evolved since CAFA.” [first, second (mass action and multi-district litigation) posts] Earlier here. […]

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By: More on liability reform in the House - and a federalism angle - Overlawyered

By: Andrew Trask on class action reform - Overlawyered