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Class Action Perspectives

Selecting a Settlement Administrator: A Guide to a Successful Partnership

Recent years have witnessed dramatic increases in class action lawsuits filed, with over 45% more filings in 2008 than 2004; correspondingly, they hav...

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Online Claims Filing: Past, Present, and Future

Over the past decade, online claims filing has advanced from its beginnings as a technical innovation to its current position as another tool in a cla...

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Anticipating Claims Filing Rates in Class Action Settlements

Among the most common questions asked of a settlement administrator during pre-settlement consultation is "How many claims should we expect?" This monograph explores factors that can help predict claims filing rates.

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Web-Based Advances in Settlement Administration

In less than two decades, the Internet has gone from an interesting curiosity used by relatively few people to an important part of the daily lives of a significant portion of the population. This monograph details the use of email for class notification and offers some common issues to consider.

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Class Notice & Settlement Administration: Avoiding the Pitfalls - Part II

The administration of a class action settlement raises a host of potential problems that can lead to delays and additional costs. Part I of this monograph addressed a number of common administrative pitfalls and ways to avoid them. Part II covers pitfalls related to class member notification.

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Plain Language Primer

Kinsella Media, LLC produced this Plain Language Primer to provide judges and attorneys with guidelines for writing and formatting class action notices subject to Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.

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