Complex Litigation - Hardcover

Sullivan, E. Thomas; Freer, Richard; Clary, Bradley

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1531011055 ISBN 13: 9781531011055

Publisher: Carolina Academic Press, 2019

Synopsis

This unique casebook has a number of distinguishing features. Unlike traditional casebooks with their primary focus on case materials, the text presents a limited number of leading cases, coupled with extensive textual and note material reviewing existing doctrine and exploring unanswered legal and policy issues. This compact and comprehensive text aims to be state-of-the-art in the field of complex litigation and is designed for use in either two- or three-unit courses. In addition to structural issues, such as Internet jurisdiction, the use of "minimal diversity" as a basis for federal jurisdiction, and mechanisms for the coordination of overlapping federal and state litigation, the text contains in-depth discussion of the most recent developments in class action practice under Federal Rule 23; appointment and compensation of lead and class counsel; operation of the multidistrict statute; choice of law issues in multijurisdictional cases; and preclusion issues raised by complex cases, including limits on the use of non-party preclusion under the Supreme Court's decision in Taylor v. Sturgell. The text also examines core aspects of the complex litigation process itself, including judicial management of the pre-trial process, the conduct and control of discovery with a focus on the burgeoning field of electronic discovery including metadata, and mechanisms for disposing of cases without trial, including comprehensive treatment of the Supreme Court's recent decisions facilitating dismissal of cases on the pleadings, and the increasing prevalence of arbitration and waivers of class arbitration. The third edition of Complex Litigation is current on cutting-edge issues while still paying attention to the fundamentals.

About this title

About the Author:

Tom Sullivan is the President of the University of Vermont and Dean Emeritus of the University of Minnesota Law School and University of Arizona Rogers College of Law. Richard D. Freer is Charles Howard Candler Professor of Law at Emory University School of Law. Bradley G. Clary is Clinical Professor of Law at University of Minnesota Law School.

About this edition

• Publisher: Carolina Academic Press
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1531011055
• ISBN 13: 9781531011055
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 802