The Class Action Playbook

by Anderson, Brian; Trask, Andrew

• ISBN13: 9780195390254
• ISBN10: 0195390253
• Edition: CD
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-10-07
• Publisher: Lexis Nexis

Summary

The Class Action Playbook is a unique and strategic "how to" guide for practitioners seeking to bring or defend a class action. Every important issue is addressed, including the initial shape of the proposed action, choice of forum, case management schedules, pre-certification discovery and motions activity, briefing and argument of the class certification motion, class notice, preparation for trial, class settlements, and the binding effects of class action judgments. It also discusses strategic decisions both the plaintiff and the defendant must make at each stage of a proposed class action, and the considerations that might drive them to elect different strategies at each stage. For each strategic step, the book explains the importance of the issue, the choices available to each side, and the factors each side should consider in choosing the path to follow. The book also contains a CD ROM appendix of high-quality exemplar documents used by both plaintiffs and defendants in the litigation of each discussed stage of actual class actions.

Author Biography

Brian Anderson is a partner in the Washington, DC office of O'Melveny & Myers LLP. Over the past fifteen years, he has defended over 400 aggregated actions and class actions in state and federal courts in 39 states and the District of Columbia.

Andrew Trask is counsel in the Washington, DC office of McGuireWoods LLP. His practice focuses on class action defense and managing portfolios of products-liability and consumer-fraud class actions in state and federal courts for a Fortune 500 automotive company.