Brian Wolfman

Georgetown University Law Center

Director, Appellate Courts Immersion Clinic; Assoc. Professor

600 New Jersey Avenue, NW

Washington, DC 20001

United States

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SCHOLARLY PAPERS

19

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Scholarly Papers (19)

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Mutual Pharmaceutical Co. v. Bartlett and Its Implications

The United States Law Week (BNA), Vol. 82, pp. 1-18, 2013
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 10 Nov 2013 Last Revised: 19 Nov 2013
Brian Wolfman and Anne King
Georgetown University Law Center and Georgetown University - Institute for Public Representation
Downloads 115 (267,455)

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Supreme Court, preemption, Mutual Pharmaceutical Co. v. Bartlett, tort, consumer law, litigation

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Judges! Stop Deferring to Class-Action Lawyers

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform, Vol. 2, pp. 80-90, 2013
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 11 Sep 2013 Last Revised: 11 May 2020
Brian Wolfman
Georgetown University Law Center
Downloads 63 (385,957)

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class actions, settlements, judicial deference, litigation

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PLIVA v. Mensing and Its Implications

Product Safety & Liability Report (BNA), Vol. 39, pp. 972-982, September 5, 2011, Georgetown Public Law Research Paper No. 12-137
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 22 Sep 2012
Brian Wolfman and Dena Feldman
Georgetown University Law Center and Covington & Burling
Downloads 58 (402,083)

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Supreme Court, PLIVA, FDA regulations, generic drugs, preemption jurisprudence, failure-to-warn claims

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Representing the Unrepresented in Class Action Settlements

New York University Law Review, Vol. 71, pp. 439-513, 1996, Georgetown Public Law Research Paper No. 12-134
Number of pages: 76 Posted: 16 Sep 2012
Brian Wolfman and Alan B. Morrison
Georgetown University Law Center and George Washington University - Law School
Downloads 38 (478,993)

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class action suits, monetary relief, representation, settlement negotiations

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Preventing the Subversion of Devlin v. Scardelletti

Class Action Litigation Report, Vol. 6, pp. 453-458, 2005, Georgetown Public Law Research Paper No. 12-139
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 22 Sep 2012
Brian Wolfman
Georgetown University Law Center
Downloads 35 (492,758)

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Supreme Court, Devlin v. Scardelletti, class actions, settlements, appeals, opt-out rights

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Brief of Appellant in C.W. V. Denver County School District, No. 19-14-07 (U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit)

Number of pages: 91 Posted: 02 Jun 2020
Brian Wolfman
Georgetown University Law Center
Downloads 34 (497,574)

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Individuals With Disabilities Education Act, IDEA, Exhaustion of Remedies, Exhaustion, Discrimination, Special Education, ADA, Americans With Disabilities Act, Rehabilitation Act

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What the Shutts Opt-Out Right is and What it Ought to Be

University of Missouri-Kansas City Law Review, Vol. 74, No. 3, 2006, Georgetown Public Law Research Paper No. 12-062
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 21 Apr 2012 Last Revised: 29 May 2012
Brian Wolfman and Alan B. Morrison
Georgetown University Law Center and George Washington University - Law School
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class actions, opt out, civil procedure, Shutts

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Child Care, Work, and the Federal Income Tax

American Journal of Tax Policy, Vol. 3, pp. 153-193, 1984, Georgetown Public Law Research Paper No. 12-132
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 15 Sep 2012
Brian Wolfman
Georgetown University Law Center
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child care provision, child care expenses, tax deductions, tax credit, federal income tax, tax law

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Testimony to the Federal Civil Rules Advisory Committee on Proposed Amendments to Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 30 Nov 2016 Last Revised: 04 Dec 2016
Brian Wolfman
Georgetown University Law Center
Downloads 25 (546,311)
Citation 9

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Rule 23, civil procedure, class actions, objectors, notice, attorney, fees, settlement

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Wyeth v. Levine and Its Implications

Product Safety & Liability Report (BNA), Vol. 37, pp. 550-558, 2009, Georgetown Public Law Research Paper No. 12-138
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 22 Sep 2012
Brian Wolfman
Georgetown University Law Center
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Wyeth v. Levine, FDA, preemption, pharmaceutical cases, Supreme Court, CBE regulation, drug labeling

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Why Preemption Proponents are Wrong

Trial, Vol. 43, pp. 20-25, 2007, Georgetown Public Law Research Paper No. 12-097
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 22 Aug 2012
Brian Wolfman
Georgetown University Law Center
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preemption, Supreme Court, federal law, federal regulatory effect, tort law, courts, state law

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Amicus Briefs of the National Association of Consumer Advocates in Day v. Persels & Associates, 729 F.3d 1309 (11th Cir. 2013)

Number of pages: 78 Posted: 15 Apr 2014 Last Revised: 28 Oct 2015
Brian Wolfman
Georgetown University Law Center
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federal courts, class actions, separation of powers, federal litigation, constitutional law

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Amicus Brief of National Employment Lawyers Association in Advocate Health Care Network v. Stapleton (U.S. Supreme Court No. 16-74)

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 16 Mar 2017
Brian Wolfman
Georgetown University Law Center
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ERISA, pension, employee benefits, church plans, church, hospitals, benefits, employee

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Bates v. Dow Agrosciences: Will the Lower Courts Finally Start Listening?

Product Safety & Liability Report (BNA), Vol. 33, pp. 949-954, 2005, Georgetown Public Law Research Paper No. 12-140
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 26 Dec 2013
Daniel Mosteller and Brian Wolfman
Independent and Georgetown University Law Center
Downloads 14 (618,080)

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tort preemption, Bates v. Dow Agrosciences, tort claims, federal regulation of consumer goods, Congress, lower courts, litigation, consumer protection

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Briefs of Appellants in Cirocco v. McMahon, No. 18-1096 (U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit)

Number of pages: 121 Posted: 10 Jan 2019
Brian Wolfman
Georgetown University Law Center
Downloads 12 (632,219)
Citation 1

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Title VII, employment discrimination, exhaustion of remedies, retaliation

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Brief of Amici Curiae Print Disability Advocates in Support of Public.Resource.Org in Georgia v. Public.Resource.org

U of Colorado Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 19-31
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 11 Nov 2019 Last Revised: 13 Nov 2019
Blake E. Reid, Jessica P. Weber and Brian Wolfman
University of Colorado Law School, affiliation not provided to SSRN and Georgetown University Law Center
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Amicus Brief of CancerLINC and National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship, et al., in Golden v. Indianapolis Housing Agency (U.S. Supreme Court, No. 17-1113)

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 26 Mar 2018 Last Revised: 30 Mar 2018
Brian Wolfman
Georgetown University Law Center
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ADA, Americans with Disabilities Act, cancer, cancer survivor, disability, disabled, undue hardship, reasonable accommodation

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Amicus Brief of Disability Services Experts in Markelle Seth v. District of Columbia, et al.

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 04 May 2020
Sarah H. Lorr, Prianka Nair and Brian Wolfman
BROOKLYN LAW SCHOOL, Brooklyn Law School and Georgetown University Law Center
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intellectual disability, sexuality, discrimination

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Brief of Brian Wolfman, Aderson B. Francois, and Eric Schnapper as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioner in Peterson v. Linear Controls Incorporated (U.S. Supreme Court, No. 18-1401)

United States Supreme Court, No. 18-1401
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 23 Jun 2019
Brian Wolfman
Georgetown University Law Center
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discrimination, Title VII, race, sex, national origin, employment, worker, Civil Rights Act, disparate treatment