THE CORPORATE SETTLEMENT MILL

Over the past two decades, corporate defendants have increasingly relied on their own mass settlement programs, which exist on the periphery of the civil litigation system, to resolve claims with large groups of people who cannot afford the cost of counsel. But even as federal laws encourage such pr...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Virginia law review 2015-03, Vol.101 (1), p.129-191
Hauptverfasser:	Remus, Dana A., Zimmerman, Adam S.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Accountability Administrative agencies Administrative regulations Alternative dispute resolution Attorneys BUSINESS Class action lawsuits College professors COMPANIES Comptrollers Consent Corporate lawyers Corporate regulation Corporations Defendants DISPUTE RESOLUTION Dispute resolution (Law) Foreclosure Law Law and legislation LEGAL PROFESSION Legal research LIABILITY Liability (Law) Litigation Oil spills Plaintiffs Privacy rights Professional ethics Settlement offers State laws
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Zusammenfassung:	Over the past two decades, corporate defendants have increasingly relied on their own mass settlement programs, which exist on the periphery of the civil litigation system, to resolve claims with large groups of people who cannot afford the cost of counsel. But even as federal laws encourage such private programs, few rules hold the companies that create them accountable to the people they serve.
ISSN:	0042-6601