Individual Justice in Mass Tort Litigation: The Effect of Class Actions, Consolidations, and Other Multiparty DevicesNorthwestern University Press, 1995 - 367 من الصفحات One of the most prominent of contemporary jurists, Judge Jack B. Weinstein has influenced substantive and procedural aspects of the law of mass tort litigation. He has helped create efficient yet compassionate solutions to problems resulting from Vietnam veterans' exposure to Agent Orange and to the health hazards associated with asbestos and DES. |
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... FEES 1. PLAINTIFFS Unreasonable fees violate the attorney's ethical obligations under the disciplinary rules . Fees for plaintiffs ' attorneys associated with mass tort litigation have sometimes been astronomical . In a mass tort case ...
... FEES 1. PLAINTIFFS Unreasonable fees violate the attorney's ethical obligations under the disciplinary rules . Fees for plaintiffs ' attorneys associated with mass tort litigation have sometimes been astronomical . In a mass tort case ...
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... fees in mass cases . 166 Judges in charge of such cases should not tolerate this abuse , but we do , partly out of concern for our traditional passive role . In the Manville case a fee cap of 25 percent we imposed was trumped by some ...
... fees in mass cases . 166 Judges in charge of such cases should not tolerate this abuse , but we do , partly out of concern for our traditional passive role . In the Manville case a fee cap of 25 percent we imposed was trumped by some ...
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... fees , after all , is the idea that what seems often to be a huge fee must be dis- counted by the risk the lawyer takes of losing and recovering nothing . " Once an attorney undertakes the case , it may prove quite expensive and result ...
... fees , after all , is the idea that what seems often to be a huge fee must be dis- counted by the risk the lawyer takes of losing and recovering nothing . " Once an attorney undertakes the case , it may prove quite expensive and result ...
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