Class action plaintiffs frequently file multiple actions involving the same subject matter and the same defendant. While each repetitive litigation situation presents unique challenges, knowing the defenses and procedures available to defendants in dealing with competing class actions is key to the formulation and execution of a successful defense strategy.
These strategies include:
- The first-filed rule
- Enjoining competing class actions
- Multi-district litigation
- Trimming class actions based on personal jurisdiction argument
- Pick-off moves
In this practical webinar, you will learn key details that will prepare you to navigate the unique procedural and substantive complexities of multiple putative class actions involving the same subject matter. Among other things, you will analyze the variety of challenges and options available to address competing class actions, including:
- Race to judgment
- The first-to-file rule
- Venue transfer
- Consolidation
- Anti-suit injunctions
- How courts treat prior pre-certification denial
You will also learn how to cost-effectively formulate a successful defense strategy and minimize client exposure.
Upon course completion, you will be able to:
- Identify the most effective tools for defending multiple class actions
- Determine which factors inform the strategic choices when defending a client faced with competing and repetitive suits
- Describe the considerations and best practices for class action counsel for managing discovery, evidentiary issues, and expert witnesses in competing and repetitive class actions
- Determine how counsel can best ensure that information revealed in a state court proceeding does not adversely impact a federal court proceeding or vice versa
You will have the opportunity to engage in a live question and answer session with an expert panel so you can have your questions about these important issues answered directly.
Thomas Richie
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Thomas Richie is a partner at Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP in Birmingham, Alabama. He represents clients in procedurally complex civil litigation, both in trial and appellate courts across the country. Mr. Richie has experience across every phase of civil litigation. He has successfully litigated more than two dozen class actions to favorable judgments or settlements in state and federal courts. He has experience with class actions involving federal statutory claims, breach-of-contract, negligence, products liability, warranty, tax, data breach, and financial services issues. He represents clients across industries, including insurance, retail, defense, pharmaceutical, environmental, finance, wireless communication, and manufacturing.
John Goodman
Bradley
John Goodman has represented clients in complex litigation for more than 25 years. He has tried jury and non-jury cases in state and federal courts in Alabama, throughout the region and beyond. His practice is principally in the area of class action and mass action defense, having served as lead counsel in more than 100 putative class actions and in more than 20 different states. Mr. Goodman’s work in this area has covered a broad spectrum of substantive law, including securities, product liability, environmental, employment, contract, and insurance class actions, and has likewise spanned a wide variety of industries. He has also litigated competition law issues, serving as lead counsel for businesses in more than 50 antitrust, intellectual property, and noncompetition covenant cases. Mr. Goodman is recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® in the areas of class action defense and commercial litigation.
CLE Credits (Law)
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