Often in the law, much hinges on the choice of a particular word. This is true of a contract, a statute, and it is no less true of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. There is one word in the ...

Juries are more than capable of deciding damages for class members, not just individual litigants. Acknowledging that fact begs the question of why courts (and defense counsel), in class action cases, ...

(Reuters) - After oral arguments on Wednesday, no one could possibly accuse the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals of failing to grapple with the important consequences of the court’s eventual ruling ...