D. Theodore Rave

University of Texas at Austin - School of Law

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727 East Dean Keeton Street

Austin, TX 78705

United States

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1.

Politicians as Fiduciaries

Harvard Law Review, Vol. 126, p. 671, 2013
Number of pages: 69 Posted: 13 Mar 2012 Last Revised: 24 Jan 2013
D. Theodore Rave
University of Texas at Austin - School of Law
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redistricting, election law, gerrymandering, fiduciary duties, law of democracy, self-dealing

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The BP Oil Spill Settlement and the Paradox of Public Litigation

74 Louisiana Law Review 397 (2014), NYU Law and Economics Research Paper No. 13-20
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 13 Jun 2013 Last Revised: 23 Jan 2023
Samuel Issacharoff and D. Theodore Rave
New York University School of Law and University of Texas at Austin - School of Law
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The Information-Forcing Role of the Judge in Multidistrict Litigation

California Law Review, Forthcoming, UC Berkeley Public Law Research Paper No. 2828461, U of Houston Law Center No. 2016-A-15
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 28 Aug 2016 Last Revised: 29 Oct 2017
Andrew Bradt and D. Theodore Rave
University of California, Berkeley - School of Law and University of Texas at Austin - School of Law
Downloads 400 (136,267)
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multidistrict litigation, MDL, aggregate settlement, class action, mass torts, information forcing, intermediary, aggregate litigation, quasi class action

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Aggregation on Defendants' Terms: Bristol-Myers Squibb and the Federalization of Mass Tort Litigation

59 Boston College Law Review 1251 (2018), UC Berkeley Public Law Research Paper, U of Houston Law Center
Number of pages: 70 Posted: 05 Dec 2017 Last Revised: 06 May 2018
Andrew Bradt and D. Theodore Rave
University of California, Berkeley - School of Law and University of Texas at Austin - School of Law
Downloads 378 (145,266)
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MDL, Multidistrict Litigation, Class Action, Aggregate Litigation, Complex Litigation, Personal Jurisdiction, Choice of Law, CAFA, Federalism, Mass Tort, Bristol-Myers Squibb

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The False Promise of General Jurisdiction

73 Alabama Law Review 455 (2022), Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 21-33, Fordham Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 3933982, Northwestern Public Law Research Paper No. 22-03
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 01 Oct 2021 Last Revised: 29 Apr 2022
Maggie Gardner, Pamela K. Bookman, Andrew Bradt, Zachary D. Clopton and D. Theodore Rave
Cornell Law School, Fordham University School of Law, University of California, Berkeley - School of Law, Northwestern University - Northwestern Pritzker School of Law and University of Texas at Austin - School of Law
Downloads 335 (165,805)

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civil procedure, personal jurisdiction, general jurisdiction, specific jurisdiction, Roberts Court, forum non conveniens, conflicts of law

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MDL in the States

115 Northwestern University Law Review 1649 (2021), U of Houston Law Center No. 2020-A-12, Northwestern Public Law Research Paper No. 20-15
Number of pages: 88 Posted: 19 Jun 2020 Last Revised: 19 Apr 2021
Zachary D. Clopton and D. Theodore Rave
Northwestern University - Northwestern Pritzker School of Law and University of Texas at Austin - School of Law
Downloads 299 (187,021)
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MDL, multidistrict litigation, mass torts, complex litigation, mass litigation, civil procedure, state procedure, state courts, elected judges, case assignment

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Governing the Anticommons in Aggregate Litigation

66 Vanderbilt Law Review 1183 (2013), NYU School of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 12-42, NYU Law and Economics Research Paper No. 12-30
Number of pages: 78 Posted: 03 Aug 2012 Last Revised: 14 Jun 2013
D. Theodore Rave
University of Texas at Austin - School of Law
Downloads 248 (226,005)
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anticommons, aggregate litigation, mass litigation, aggregate settlement, aggregate settlement rule, ALI Principles, peace premium, non-class, mass torts, class action, collective action clause, Vioxx

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Settlement, ADR, and Class Action Superiority

Journal of Tort Law, 2014, Vol. 5 p. 91, U of Houston Law Center
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 24 Jan 2014 Last Revised: 01 May 2014
D. Theodore Rave
University of Texas at Austin - School of Law
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class action, settlement, alternative dispute resolution, ADR, Aqua Dots, GCCF, superiority, arbitration, complex litigation, class arbitration, Concepcion, Italian Colors, voluntary refund

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U.S. Supreme Court Amicus Brief of Civil Procedure Professors in Support of Respondents, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company v. California, No. 16-466

Temple University Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2017-09, UC Berkeley Public Law Research Paper, Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 17-27
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 20 Apr 2017 Last Revised: 05 Jun 2017
Pamela K. Bookman, Andrew Bradt, Zachary D. Clopton, Maggie Gardner and D. Theodore Rave
Fordham University School of Law, University of California, Berkeley - School of Law, Northwestern University - Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, Cornell Law School and University of Texas at Austin - School of Law
Downloads 192 (287,329)

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Personal Jurisdiction, Specific Jurisdiction, Complex Civil Litigation, MDL, Multidistrict Litigation, Due Process, Product Liability

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When Peace Is Not the Goal of a Class Action Settlement

Georgia Law Review, Vol. 50, 2016, Forthcoming, U of Houston Law Center No. 2015-A-7
Number of pages: 71 Posted: 27 Mar 2015 Last Revised: 25 May 2016
D. Theodore Rave
University of Texas at Austin - School of Law
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class action, settlement, arbitration, class action waiver, FCRA, aggregate litigation, peace premium

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Questioning the Efficiency of Summary Judgment

New York University Law Review, Vol. 81, pp. 875-910, 2006
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 13 Mar 2012
D. Theodore Rave
University of Texas at Austin - School of Law
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summary judgment, federal rules of civil procedure, rule 56, efficiency, celotex

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It’s Good to Have the ‘Haves’ on Your Side: A Defense of Repeat Players in Multidistrict Litigation

108 Georgetown Law Journal 73 (2019), U of Houston Law Center No. 2019-A-9
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 28 Jun 2019 Last Revised: 07 Nov 2019
Andrew Bradt and D. Theodore Rave
University of California, Berkeley - School of Law and University of Texas at Austin - School of Law
Downloads 158 (340,685)

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multidistrict litigation, MDL, repeat players, aggregate litigation, class actions, mass torts, cartel,

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Fiduciary Voters?

Duke Law Journal, Vol. 66, No. 2, 2016, U of Houston Law Center No. 2016-A-28
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 14 Nov 2016 Last Revised: 24 Nov 2016
D. Theodore Rave
University of Texas at Austin - School of Law
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fiduciary, loyalty, duty, direct democracy, voting, voter, election law, tyranny of the majority, representative

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Closure Provisions in MDL Settlements

Fordham Law Review, Vol. 85, No. 5, 2017, U of Houston Law Center
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 01 Apr 2017
D. Theodore Rave
University of Texas at Austin - School of Law
Downloads 131 (395,726)
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Multidistrict Litigation, MDL, Settlement, Aggregate Litigation, Class Actions, Mass Torts, Aggregate Settlement

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Dissonance and Distress in Bankruptcy and Mass Torts

Fordham Law Review, Forthcoming, Northwestern Public Law Research Paper No. 22-28, U of Texas Law, Legal Studies Research Paper
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 16 Sep 2022 Last Revised: 27 Jan 2023
Andrew Bradt, Zachary D. Clopton and D. Theodore Rave
University of California, Berkeley - School of Law, Northwestern University - Northwestern Pritzker School of Law and University of Texas at Austin - School of Law
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civil procedure, federal courts, bankruptcy, torts, mass torts, MDL

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U.S. Supreme Court Amicus Brief of Civil Procedure Professors in Support of Respondents, Ford Motor Co. v. Montana Eighth Judicial District Court, Nos. 19-368 & 19-369

U of Houston Law Center No. 2020-A-11, Northwestern Public Law Research Paper No. 20-14, Fordham Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 3570710
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 19 Jun 2020 Last Revised: 28 Jul 2020
Andrew Bradt, Zachary D. Clopton, Maggie Gardner, D. Theodore Rave and Pamela K. Bookman
University of California, Berkeley - School of Law, Northwestern University - Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, Cornell Law School, University of Texas at Austin - School of Law and Fordham University School of Law
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personal jurisdiction, due process, civil procedure, products liability

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Two Problems of Fiduciary Governance

Fiduciary Government (Evan J. Criddle, Evan Fox-Decent, Andrew S. Gold, Sung Hui Kim, & Paul B. Miller eds., Cambridge University Press, 2018 Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 27 Jun 2018
D. Theodore Rave
University of Texas at Austin - School of Law
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collective action, principal-agent problem, tyranny of the majority, agency costs, governance, political process, voting, minority oppression, opportunism, public fiduciary, politicians as fiduciaries, fiduciary government

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Clifford Symposium: Opioid Cases and State MDLs

70 DePaul L. Rev. 245 (2021)
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 12 Oct 2020 Last Revised: 25 Jan 2022
Zachary D. Clopton and D. Theodore Rave
Northwestern University - Northwestern Pritzker School of Law and University of Texas at Austin - School of Law
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opioid, MDL, multidistrict litigation, mass torts, civil procedure, opiate, judicial administration, institutional design, courts, attorney general, municipalities

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Institutional Competence in Fiduciary Government

Research Handbook on Fiduciary Law (Andrew S. Gold & D. Gordon Smith, eds. Forthcoming), U of Houston Law Center No. 2017-A-13
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 18 May 2017 Last Revised: 19 Mar 2018
D. Theodore Rave
University of Texas at Austin - School of Law
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fiduciary government, public fiduciary law, fiduciary, gerrymandering, redistricting, duty of loyalty, institutional competence, election law

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Multidistrict Litigation and the Field of Dreams

101 Texas Law Review 1595 (2023), U of Texas Law, Legal Studies Research Paper
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 12 Apr 2023 Last Revised: 14 Jun 2023
D. Theodore Rave
University of Texas at Austin - School of Law
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multidistrict litigation, MDL, mass torts, frivolous claims, aggregate litigation

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Texas MDL

24 Lewis & Clark Law Review 367 (2020), U of Houston Law Center No. 2020-A-39, Northwestern Public Law Research Paper No. 20-21
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 10 Sep 2020 Last Revised: 08 Oct 2020
D. Theodore Rave and Zachary D. Clopton
University of Texas at Austin - School of Law and Northwestern University - Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
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multidistrict litigation, complex litigation, mass torts, civil procedure, state courts, federalism, judicial elections

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Tort Claims As Property Rights

DePaul Law Review, Vol. 69, No. 2, 2020
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 16 Sep 2021
D. Theodore Rave
University of Texas at Austin - School of Law
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mass torts, property, settlement, option theory, class actions, Clifford Symposium

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A Hub-and-Spoke Model of Multidistrict Litigation

Law and Contemporary Problems, Vol. 84, No. 2, 2021, U of Texas Law, Public Law Research Paper
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 22 Jul 2021
D. Theodore Rave and Francis E. McGovern
University of Texas at Austin - School of Law and Duke University School of Law
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multidistrict litigation, complex litigation, mass torts, civil procedure, opioids, hub-and-spoke, MDL

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Conversation, Representation, and Allocation: Justice Breyer's Active Liberty

New York University Law Review, Vol. 81, pp. 1505-1517, 2006
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 13 Mar 2012
D. Theodore Rave and Michael A. Livermore
University of Texas at Austin - School of Law and University of Virginia School of Law
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U.S. Supreme Court Amicus Brief of Professor D. Theodore Rave in Support of Appellees, Rucho v. Common Cause, No. 18-422

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 01 Apr 2019
D. Theodore Rave
University of Texas at Austin - School of Law
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gerrymandering, redistricting, public fiduciary law, political question doctrine

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U.S. Supreme Court Amicus Brief of Professor D. Theodore Rave in Support of Appellees, Gill v. Whitford, No. 16-1161

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 07 Sep 2017
D. Theodore Rave
University of Texas at Austin - School of Law
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gerrymandering, redistricting, districting, election law, fiduciary, public fiduciary, fiduciary government, corporate law, safe harbor, Gill v. Whitford, political question, justiciability