Amgen v. Connecticut Retirement Plans, Comcast v. Behrends, Standard Fire Ins. Co. v. Knowles, Federal Rule 23, class certification, fraud on the market presumption, classwide damages, merits consideration at class certification, CAFA, stipulation to CAFA amount in controversy
Wal-Mart v. Dukes, Title VII employment discrimination litigation, class certification, class certification standrads, Rule 23, Rule 23(a)(2), commonality requirement
Class Action Fairness Act, mass actions, artful pleading, class actions, removal, amount in controversy, master of complaint doctrine, parens patrie actions, CAFA
Comcast v. Behrend, Rules 23, class certification, evidentiary rules, Daubert hearings, Wal-Mart v. Dukes, rigorous analysis, class certification hearing
Class arbitration, classwide arbitration, Federal Arbitration Act, FAA, Stolt-Nielsen, Green Tree Financial, AT&T v. Concepcion, American Express v. Italian Colors Restaurant, arbitration clauses, class action waivers
arbitration, arbitration antitrust claims, classwide arbitration, class action waiver, American Express v. Italian Colors Restaurant, Concepcion, Stolt-Nielson, Bazzle v. Greentree Financial, Randolph, access to courts, effective vindication rule
Class Actions, Amgen v. Connecticut Retirement Plans, Comcast v. Behrend, securities class actions, fraud on the market presumption, Rule 10b-5 violations, Wal-Mart v. Dukes, admissibility of expert wintess testimony, class certification
securities class actions, farud on the market presumption, Basic v. Levinson, Erica Fund v. Halliburton, burdens at class certification, materiality, Rule 23(b)(3) classes, predominance requirement
comapartive law, collective actions, Australian class actions, Canadian class actions, United Kingdom group actions, res judicata, standing in class actions
Class Action Fairness Act, Supreme Court, removal jurisdiction, amount in controversy, Standard Fire v. Knowles, master of complaint, gaming the system
Supreme Court 2010-11 Term, Wal-Mart v. Dukes, AT & T v. Concepcion, Erica P. Fund v. Halliburton, Smith v. Bayer Corp., Rule 23, class actions, commonality, fraud-on-the-market, duplicative class actions, class arbitration
Professor Ed Cooper, Advisory Committee on Civil Rules of Procedure, rulemaking process, Rule 23, reform of Rule 23, open rulemaking process, interest groups, federal courts
Forum non conveniens, soveriegn immunity, collateral order doctrine, interlocutory appeal, immediate appeal, extradition criminal offense, Van Cauwenberghe v. Biard
Federal court jurisdiction, ancillary jurisdiction, inherent power of the courts, settlement agreements, enforcement of settlement agreements, Kokkonen v. Guardian Life Ins. Co.
American class actions, Federal Rule 23, settlement classes, Class Actionm Fairness Act of 2005, Amchem v. Windsor, Ortiz v. Firbreboard, class certification
mass tort litigation, class actions, personal jurisdiction, consent to jurisdiction, contractual jurisdiction, opt-out class actions, opt-in class actions, Phillips Petroleum Co. v. Shutts
McIntyre Machinery v. Nicastro, Goodyear v. Luxembourg Tires, personal jurisdiction, general jurisdiction, specific jurisdiction, Asahi Metals, International Shoe Co. v. Washington, World-Wide Volkwagen, stream of commerce theory, Justice O'Connor
Commodities Exchange Act, federal question jurisdiction, national contacts, foreign corporations jurisdiction, Federal Rule 4(k), Omni Capital International v. Wolff
Erie doctrine, state law, standards of review, appellate standards of review, deferential review, de novo review, Salve Regina College v. Russell, Erie Railroad v. Tompkins
Eleventh Amendment, interlocutory appeal, collateral order doctrine, sovereign immunity, immediate appeal, trial court orders, Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority v. Metcalf & Eddy
Shareholder derivative suit, Rule 23.1, class actions, settlement, objectors, appellate review of class action settlements, California Public Employees v. Felzen
class action settlements, Rule 23, adequacy of representation, agent orange settlement, Judge Jack Weinstein, res judicata, collateral estoppel, Dow Chemical, In re Agent Orange Prods, liab. litigation, Dow Corning v. Stephenson
In re Hydrogen Peroxide Antitrust Litigation, Rule 23, class certification, class certification standards, rigorous analysis, Daubert hearings, Judge Anthony Scirica, Gen. Tele. Co. v. Falcon
Federal diversity jurisdiction, direct action suits, insurance companies, suing insurance companies, Northrook National Inusrance Co. v. Brewer, out of state bias
Title VII employment discrimination claims, discrimination claims, 30 day filing period actual notice, constructive notice, jurisdiction of employment discrimination claims
Appellate review, time for filing appeal, ruling from bench, summary judgment, final orders, twilight of appealability, FirsTier Mortgage Co. v. Investors Mortgage Insurance Company
Federal court jurisdiction, remand to state court, collateral order doctrine, abstention doctrine, interlocutory appeal, Quackenbush v. Allstate Ins. Co
Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 15(c), amendments to pleadings, amendments to complaints, relation-back doctrine, Krupski v. Costa Crociere, mistake of identity
employment discrimination, class action litigation, Wal-Mart discrimination, Rule 23(b)(2) class, Title VII, Allison v. Citgo, Robinson v. Metro North, Molski v. Gleich, incidental damages, back pay
Preliminary injunctions, Judge Richard Posner, law and economics, Jeremy Bentham, felicific calculus, happiness, greater good of greater number, injunctions, civil procedure
Asbestos litigation, Federal Judicial Center, Cimino v. Raymark, School Asbestos litigation, Judge Robert Parker, Judge James McGirr Kelly, consolidation, aggregation, class actio, Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23, judicial case management
mass tort litigation, United States mass tort litigation, Rule 23, comparative procedure, class actions, multidistrict litigation, settlement class, World Trade Center Victims' Compensation Fund
Default, default judgments, relief from defualt judgments, meritorious defense to default judgments, insufficiency of service of process, Peralta v. Heights Medical Center
Forum selection clauses, appealability of forum selection clauses, collateral order doctrine, interlocutory appeal, immediate appeal, Lauro Lines v. Chasser
Forum selection clauses, personal jurisdiction, specific jurisdiction, The Bremen, Carnival Cruise Lines v. Shute, due process, contract unconscionability
Class actions, Federal Rule 23, damage class actions, opt out, mandatory class actions, Phillip Petroleum Co. v. Shutts, hybrid class actions, Ticor Titlte Co. v. Brown
Class actions, class action settlements, preclusion doctrine, release of exclusive federal claims, res judicata, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd. v. Epstein
Federal court jurisdiction, removal jurisdiction, remand to state court, Eleventh Amendment, sovereign immunity, Wisconsin Dept. of Corrections v. Schacht
Federal diversity jurisdiction, corporate citizenship, principal place of business, subject matter jurisdiction, federal courts, nerve center test, Hertz Corp. v. Friend
class action litigation, Baycol litigation, Smith v. Bayer Corp., duplicative class actions, copy cat class actions, federalism, Anti-Injunction Act, All Writs Act, Class Action Fairness Act, CAFA
securities class actions, fraud on the market presumption, burdens of proof securities class certification, Basic v. Levinson, Erica P. John Fund v. Halliburton
American class action, Rule 23, Amchem v. Windsor, Ortiz v. Fibreboard, settlement class, asbestos litigation, global peace, limited fund class action, damage class action
Mims v. Arrow Financial Services, Telephone Consumer Protection Act, class actions, federal jurisdiction, state court jurisdiction, exclusive jurisdiction, TCPA
William v. Mohawk Industries, Klay v. Humana, class certification, Rule 23, RICO claims, reversal of denial of class certification, denial of class certification, Eleventh Circuit decisions on class certification
Zyprexa litigation, classwide reliance, RICO class claims, third party payor claims, Judge Jack Weinstein, McLaughlin v. Americna Tobacco Co., class certification, Rule 23
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes, Rule 23 (a) commonality, class certification, evidentiary issues at class certification, Daubert hearings at class certification
Abstention doctrine, Colorado River abstention, judicial administration abstention, exceptional circumstances, diversity jurisdiction, parallel state proceedings, Lake Coal Company v. Roberts & Schaefer Co.
Seventh Amendment, right to trial by jury, Clean Water Act, civil penalty cases, Beacon Theatres, Dairy Queen, Ross v. Bernhardt, Tull v. United States
Big Tucker Act, Little Tucker Act, Court of Claims, contract actions against the government, claim splitting, federal court jurisdiction, Bowen v. Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Federal court jurisdiction, federal question jurisdiction, corporate charters, Oborn v. Bank of the U.S., American Red Cross, Congressionally chartered corporations, HIV litigation, tainted blood litigation, SB and JG v. The American National Red Cross
Appellate procedure, interlocutory appeal, collateral order doctrine, settlement agreements, right to trial by jury, Digital Equipment Corp. v. Desktop Direct
Federal court jurisdiction, removal jurisdiction, well-pleaded complaint rule, artful pleading, defenses, Rivet v. Regions Bank of Louisiana, Federated Dept. Stores v. Moitie
Federal court jurisdiction, dual court system, All Writs Act, removal jurisdiction, class actions, competing class actions, injunctions, Syngenta Crop Protection Inc. v. Henson
arbitration, Federal Arbitration Act, classwide arbitration, Green Tree Financial Corp. v. Bazzle, arbitration agreements, contractual arbitration agreements
Federal diversity jurisdiction, diversity of citizenship, time of filing, Grupo Dataflux v. Atlas Global, federal courts, post-filing changes of citizenship
Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11, sanctions, professional responsibility, attorney-client relationship, Rule 11, Business Guides v. Chromatic, Supreme Court
Advisory Committee on Civil Rules, rulemaking, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Rules Enabling Act, open access, public forums, discovery, mandatory discovery, informal discovery, Rule 26(a)
complex litigation, law reform, American Law Institute, American Bar Association, Article III, jurisdiction, subject matter jurisdiction, federal courts
