LAW 683: Complex Litigation

Course Description

Legal and practical issues in "complex" cases: problems of joinder in multi-party cases, consolidation of cases brought independently (including the activities of the Judicial Panel of Multidistrict Litigation), class actions, discovery issues including the assertion and waiver of evidentiary privileges and use of computers, consequences of active judicial "management" of litigation at the pretrial stage, settlement of complex cases, and res judicata problems. 4 graduate hours.3 professional hours.