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Civil Procedure, Advanced (Spring 2008)
| Catalog #: | 571 | Section: | 01 | Credits (Min/Max): | 3/3 | Satisfy UCWR? | No |
| Class #: | 9684 | Location: | KT115 | Day/Time: | Monday Wednesday 10:30-12:00 | ||
| Instructor: | Alexandra D. Lahav | Course Type: | Lecture | Enrollment Status: | Open | Limit: | 48 |
| Final Exam: | No Exam | Tentative Final Exam: | Grading Basis: | Graded | |||
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| Procedure | |||||||
| Description: | |||||||
| Examination of legal issues, practical difficulties, and political controversies arising in class action and other multiple-plaintiff federal litigation, including: 'adequacy' of representation by plaintiff and plaintiff's counsel; conflicts of interest among plaintiffs (objectors, future claimants, and plaintiffs with differently valued claims) and between plaintiffs and class counsel; manageability of large scale class actions; private ordering and court sanctioned administrative regimes for damages distribution; problems in settlements (cy pres awards, injunctive relief and damages, and collateral attack); ethical considerations of class counsel and defendants' counsel; and the federalization of state class actions. There is no exam for this course. Students will be required to prepare a memorandum which will be assigned towards the latter part of the semester. | |||||||
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