A Practitioner’s Guide to Class Actions

The U.S. Supreme Court’s 2010 decision in Wal-Mart Corporation v. Dukes has resulted in massive changes in the class action and multidistrict litigation landscape. The class action decisions the Court has made after the Wal-Mart decision has had a trickle-down effect on the federal circuit and district courts, as well as the jurisprudence of the many states. These changes have made the updated and expanded Practitioner’s Guide to Class Actions a much-needed current resource for practitioners. In 85 chapters, authors draw from their in-depth knowledge and years of experience to discuss the many intricacies of a class action lawsuit. The book also provides a valuable, state-by-state analysis of the ways in which the class action rules differ from the Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23.