Mass Tort Deals - Backroom Bargaining in Multidistrict Litigation

Presenting twenty-two years of multidistrict litigation data, this book exposes a systematic lack of checks and balances in our courts.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. When mass torts meet multidistrict litigation; 2. Quid-pro-quo arrangements?; 3. The rise of repeat players; 4. Judges as bulwarks and nudgers; 5. When MDL settles into 'ADR'; 6. Reforming multidistrict litigation; Conclusion.

About the author

Elizabeth Chamblee Burch is the Fuller E. Callaway Chair of Law at the University of Georgia School of Law and has been a visiting professor at Harvard Law School. In 2015, she won the American Law Institute's Early Career Scholars Medal. She has published over thirty articles and essays in journals such as the New York University Law Review, Cornell Law Review, Virginia Law Review, and Vanderbilt Law Review. She co-authors a casebook on The Law of Class Actions and Other Aggregate Litigation (2013) and is a frequent commentator in various national news media, such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, USA Today and The L. A. Times.

Product details

• Authors: Elizabeth Chamblee Burch, Burch Elizabeth Chamblee
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2019
• EAN: 9781108404211
• ISBN: 978-1-108-40421-1
• No. of pages: 250
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Mercantile and commercial law; USA, LAW / Torts, United States of America, USA, Medical & healthcare law, Medical and healthcare law, Company, commercial & competition law, Company, commercial and competition law: general, Law of torts, damages and compensation, Torts / Delicts