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Litigation

May 18, 2011

Plaintiffs' Bar Ponders Fewer Class Actions

The class-action specialists of the plaintiffs' bar are not only disheartened by a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision certain to limit consumer class actions, but at a loss about what exactly to do next.


By Ciaran McEvoy


Daily Journal Staff Writer


The class-action specialists who make up the California plaintiffs' bar are a resourceful group that prides itself on rebounding from any setback. So it's especially striking that the state's top consumer lawyers seem not only disheartened by a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision certain to limit consumer class actions, but at a loss about what exactly to do next.


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