Volume 11, Issue 4 (Special Issue 2015)

PROCEEDINGS: 2014 FALL CONFERENCE

The Future of Class Action Litigation: A View from the Consumer Class 

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Introductory Note

Peter L. Zimroth

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Welcoming Remarks

Speakers: Peter L. Zimroth, Dean Trevor W. Morrison

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Panel 1: The Current State of the Consumer Class Action

Moderator: Samuel Issacharoff
Panelists: Myriam Gilles, Andrew J. Pincus, D. Theodore Rave

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Panel 2: Reforming the Consumer Class Action

Moderator: Troy A. McKenzie
Panelists: Orran Brown, Elizabeth Chamblee Burch, Elizabeth J. Cabraser,
Brian T. Fitzpatrick, Robert C. Gilbert

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Panel 3: Alternatives to the Consumer Class Action

Moderator: Michael S. Barr
Panelists: Mark P. Goodman, David L. Noll, Adam Zimmerman

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Panel 4: Roundtable Discussion: Consumer Class Actions and the Future of the Class Action

Moderator: Arthur R. Miller
Panelists: Sheila L. Birnbaum, Elizabeth J. Cabraser, Charles Delbaum,
Andrew J. Pincus, The Honorable Lee H. Rosenthal

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Keynote Address: The Honorable Alex Kozinski, Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Keynote: The Honorable Alex Kozinski
In conversation with: Arthur R. Miller

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ARTICLE

 

An Empirical Look at Compensation in Consumer Class Actions

Brian T. Fitzpatrick & Robert C. Gilbert

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COMMENTS

 

Mandatory Arbitration in Consumer Finance and Investor Contracts

Michael S. Barr

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On Regulatory Discord and Procedure

Elizabeth Chamblee Burch