Klonoff's Class Actions and Other Multi-Party Litigation in a Nutshell 6th Edition

Completely  revised and up to date. Thoroughly covers federal class actions and  other multi-party litigation, including case law, applicable rules and  statutes, and important secondary sources. Covers all of the major  topics of class action law and practice, such as commencement of a class  action, requirements for class certification, class action discovery,  notice to class members, opt-out rights, Seventh Amendment and due  process issues, class settlements, remedies, appellate review, issue and  claim preclusion, ethical issues, ADR, and third-party financing. Also  contains a special focus on securities, mass tort, and employment  discrimination class actions, as well as treatment of federal  multidistrict litigation, defendant class actions, bankruptcy, joinder  devices under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and shareholder  derivative suits. Explores the latest cutting-edge issues in multi-party  litigation and discusses numerous ground-breaking court decisions. This  latest edition also contains a detailed treatment of the 2018  amendments to the federal class action rule.