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Complex Litigation: A Context and Practice Casebook - 2nd Edition - James M. Underwood

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9781531033972
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2nd Edition
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Complex Litigation: A Context and Practice Casebook 2nd Edition James M. Underwood ISBN 9781531033972

This book examines the field of complex litigation, an advanced area of civil procedure that addresses the unique challenges presented by cases involving multiple parties or multiple, related lawsuits. The casebook is designed to present carefully edited, tightly focused cases that demonstrate how procedural tools—such as rules, statutes, doctrines, and guiding principles—are used strategically to give litigants meaningful leverage. Its modern, student-centered format features clear explanatory text surrounding the cases, concise notes that clarify key issues, and numerous problems that encourage class discussion and hands-on application. Each chapter also includes in-depth “Chapter Problems” that support extended analysis and follow-up questions as students progress through the material.

As in the first edition, the book takes a broad view of complex litigation, covering (a) joinder of claims and parties; (b) forum disputes, including case priority in duplicative litigation, transfer, forum non conveniens, multidistrict litigation, the Anti-Injunction Act, and fraudulent joinder; (c) class action certification and management; and (d) attorney’s fees in complex cases. The second edition further refines the existing cases, adds additional practice problems, and incorporates new issues and recent decisions. These updates address questions such as how the first-to-file rule applies when parallel lawsuits are filed on the same day; whether a Rule 23(b)(3) class may proceed when some class members have not suffered injury; whether courts may exercise personal jurisdiction over claims of unnamed class members in nationwide class actions; and whether a class representative has standing to challenge products other than the specific product that caused their own injury.

Complex Litigation: A Context and Practice Casebook 2nd Edition James M. Underwood ISBN 9781531033972, 978-1531033972 & 9781531033989

Author
James M. Underwood