Class Action Settlement Objectors
Minimizing and Defending Challenges by Professional Objectors, Government Officials and Public Interest Groups
Recording of a 90-minute CLE webinar/teleconference with Q&A
Conducted on Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Recorded event now available
This CLE webinar will provide class action counsel with a review of trends in settlement objections from nonclass counsel objectors and government or private interest objectors as well as recent key cases on objections. The panel will discuss best practices for plaintiff and defense counsel to minimize and overcome challenges from settlement objectors.
Description
Class action settlements can be jeopardized or delayed by objections by nonclass counsel, government officials and public interest groups. Particularly vexing are objections from “professional objectors” who may appear to be motivated only to extract part of the fee or take over as class counsel.
Government official objections are usually aimed at coupon settlements and settlement release language intended to bind state officials. Public interest groups that file objections have varied purposes and political agendas. Coupon settlements and cy pres provisions are natural targets.
There are several key preventative measures and tactics that both sides to a class action settlement can take to ward off and protect proposed settlements from nonclass counsel objectors as well as government and public interest objections.
Listen as our authoritative panel of class action attorneys discusses trends in settlement objections and best practices that both plaintiff and defense counsel can take to protect proposed settlements.
Outline
- Professional objectors
- Government official objections
- Public interest group objections
- Best practices for minimizing and overcoming challenges to class action settlements
Benefits
The panel will review these and other key questions:
- What tactics can defense and plaintiff class counsel employ to discourage the filing of objections by professional objectors?
- What are the most common objections made by government officials?
- Who are the most common public interest class action settlement objectors and what are their motivations and agenda?
- How can counsel, both defense and plaintiff, be proactive in protecting their proposed settlement?
Faculty
Paul G. Karlsgodt,
Partner
Baker Hostetler, Denver
He has a diverse complex commercial litigation practice that emphasizes class action defense. He is editor and contributor to www.ClassActionBlawg.com, which covers a variety of class-action issues. He has represented major insurers and other FORTUNE 500 companies in nationwide and statewide consumer class action lawsuits and related litigation across the United States.
Bruce D. Greenberg,
Partner
Lite DePalma Greenberg, Newark, N.J.
He handles sophisticated commercial and appellate litigation, including class action, land use and real estate matters. He has been lead counsel in many consumer fraud and securities class actions and has served as active Liaison Counsel in many other class actions. He has argued cases in the New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division, New Jersey Supreme Court and 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals.
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Customer Reviews
The seminar covered an important subject with major policy implications and the speakers addressed it completely with professionalism and thorough knowledge.
Allyn Z. Lite
Lite DePalma Greenberg, LLC
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Spiegel & McDiarmid
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Gibbons P.C.
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Kell Alterman & Runstein
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Class Action Law Advisory Board
Partner
Reed Smith
Partner
Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro
Partner
O'Melveny & Myers
Partner
Alston & Bird
Partner
Goldman Scarlato & Karon
Partner
Weinstein Kitchenoff & Asher
Partner
Winston & Strawn
Partner
Edwards Wildman Palmer
Partner
King & Spalding
Professor
Harvard Law School
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