Do Consumer Class Actions Have a Future?

The ABA Journal has a column here titled "Decline and Fall" discussing whether consumer class actions have a future.  The piece is by Edward F. Sherman, a professor and former dean at Tulane who also chaired the ABA Task Force on Class Acton Legislation from 2001 to 2003.  The ABA will offer a CLE program on class actions and consumers via teleconference or online later this month.

Comments

[Mahlon]

Consumer classes have suffered from the excesses of the bar. A valuable tool has been dulled by abuse and neglect. I hope it can be saved from further decay. I word to the wise, if we do not police ourselves, someone else will.

[Brian]

Yes.

[Brian]

Yes.