Best Practices to Secure Court Approval
and Favorable Outcomes
***Class Action Settlement Amounts Reach Record Levels***
CD of Teleconference with Q&A
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Conducted on Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Now available on CD
Sponsored by Class Action Law Monitor
and the Legal Publishing Group of Strafford Publications
Class action settlement amounts reached record levels over the past two years. Securities class action settlements in 2007 reached a median of $9 million with a total of $7 billion, exceeding all prior years except 2006.
The Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 (CAFA) requires federal judges to scrutinize class action settlements more closely to ensure a fair settlement for the class members and imposes strict deadlines for defendants to provide notice of proposed settlements.
Listen as our panel of class action attorneys — both plaintiff and defense — examines recent class action settlement trends, the impact of CAFA on settlement practices, and offers strategies for obtaining fair and reasonable class action settlements.
The panel included:
Thomas L. Allen, Partner, Reed Smith, Pittsburgh. He has over 25 years experience defending clients in complex litigation, including defending more than 75 class actions throughout the U.S. He has published and lectured on complex litigation topics.
Brian Boyle, Partner, O'Melveny & Myers, Washington, D.C. He focuses on consumer class actions, representing corporations in the insurance, healthcare, financial services and automotive industries.
Steve W. Berman, Managing Partner, Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro, Seattle. He has served as lead or co-lead plaintiffs' counsel in class actions and complex litigations throughout the country, obtaining multimillion-dollar settlements for his clients.
The panel reviewed these and other key questions:
- What trends and earmarks for success can be learned from recent settlements in class litigation?
- What strategies have proven effective for both defense and plaintiff counsel seeking to settle class action cases?
- What practices should defense counsel use to negotiate settlement agreements that are fair and reasonable to their clients — and avoid costly and time consuming litigation?
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