Authors:

  • Noah Feldman

Excerpt

Class Action Case Could Bend the Law. Noah Feldman, October 7, 2014, Opinion. "Class action lawsuits are big business. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce -- admittedly, not the most objective source -- estimates that securities class actions alone cost shareholders $39 billion a year. When you add in all other class actions -- for accidents, accounting errors, you name it -- you can understand why potential corporate defendants as well as plaintiffs’ lawyers fight tooth and nail over every inch of the legal terrain. When the U.S. Supreme Court takes up an important question of how these class actions will proceed..." Link Verified October 19, 2014