Law Practice
Sep. 5, 2009
Objection Detection
Class counsel have an obligation to use all available tools to promptly dispose of opportunistic objections, writes Matt C. Bailey.
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By Matt C. Bailey The due process right to object is an important component to the class action settlement process, and when properly exercised, furthers the settlement process by buffering against unfair or collusive settlements. Yet class actions also attract opportunistic objectors who, through the use of objections wholly incapable of enhancing recovery to the class, hijack the settlement in the hope the parties will pay them to g...For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
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