Little-Known Committee Could Make Class Actions Even More Lucrative
ByIn meetings last fall and continuing this year, a little-known committee that includes one of the nation’s top class-action lawyers has been mulling changes that could make it easier to bring lawsuits on behalf of large numbers of plaintiffs and make it harder to challenge the resulting settlements.
Normally, the meetings of the Rule 23 Subcommittee of the Advisory Committee on Rules of Civil Procedurewouldn’t attract any interest outside of the small group of lawyers who specialize in class-action litigation. But this year’s discussions are drawing broader attention because the subcommittee is considering changes that could make the multibillion-dollar class-action business even more expensive and distracting for corporate defendants…
Little-Known Committee Could Make Class Actions Even More Lucrative
