Complex litigation; the art of interviewing

Article Abstract:

The issue in California Public Employees' Retirement System v. Felzen, a class action case on the Supreme Court's 1998-99 docket, is whether an objector to a shareholders' derivative settlement must intervene in order to appeal. The court must also clarify who the parties are to a shareholders' derivative lawsuit and whether the ability to oppose a settlement also confers the right to appeal without requiring a formal intervention in the action.

Class actions (Civil procedure), Class action lawsuits, Intervention (Civil procedure)

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Federal practice; complex litigation

Article Abstract:

The US Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Ortiz v. Fibreboard Corp. in Dec 1998, the second global asbestos deal after Amchem Products Inc. v. Windsor. and in which the Supreme Court will determine the extent and limit of the "settlement classes." The ultimate result in this case is of great importance to the resolution of mass tort litigation, as well as for settlement classes generally.

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Federal practice; complex litigation

Article Abstract:

The United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit's 1998 ruling in Cimino v. Raymark Industries means that trial plans streamlining the handling of mass tort suits may be derailed. The use of sampling techniques to figure out damages by extrapolation for groups of claimants is also questioned by this decision.

Methods, Product liability, Products liability, Mass tort suits, Asbestos

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