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Author: Paul G. Karlsgodt (Partner, Partner, Baker & Hostetler LLP (Denver office))
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:
Width: 23.10cm
, Height: 5.30cm
, Length: 15.50cm
Weight: 1.202kg
ISBN: 9780199730247
ISBN 10: 0199730245
Pages: 854
Publication Date: 13 September 2012
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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General/trade
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Professional & Vocational
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: To order
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Reviews
<br> As technology effectively shrinks both the physical and legal worlds, lawyers must increasingly view disputes from a global perspective. In World Class Actions, Paul Karlsgodt and his expert contributors provide a fine overview of class action litigation around the world. This book identifies a gap in the literature and fills it nicely. <br>--Mark Herrmann <br>Vice President and Chief Counsel - Litigation, Aon <br>Author, The Curmudgeon's Guide to Practicing Law <br><p><br> Industrialization, globalization and the explosive evolution of mass and social media has changed the business world into a global village. With this comes the risk of global harm and global litigation. World Class Actions offers lawyers and their clients an effective, reliable road map through the complicated and constantly changing terrain of global class-action litigation. <br>--Prof.Dr. Ianika N. Tzankova <br>Professor of Comparative Mass Litigation, Tilburg University <br>Attorney-at-law, NautaDutilh N.V. <br><p><br>
<br> As technology effectively shrinks both the physical and legal worlds, lawyers must increasingly view disputes from a global perspective. In World Class Actions, Paul Karlsgodt and his expert contributors provide a fine overview of class action litigation around the world. This book identifies a gap in the literature and fills it nicely. <br>--Mark Herrmann <br>Vice President and Chief Counsel - Litigation, Aon <br>Author, The Curmudgeon's Guide to Practicing Law <br><p><br> Industrialization, globalization and the explosive evolution of mass and social media has changed the business world into a global village. With this comes the risk of global harm and global litigation. World Class Actions offers lawyers and their clients an effective, reliable road map through the complicated and constantly changing terrain of global class-action litigation. <br>--Prof. Dr. Ianika N. Tzankova <br>Professor of Comparative Mass Litigation, Tilburg University <br>Attorney-at-law, NautaDutilh N.V. <br><p><br> World Class Actions is a comprehensive and practical look at everything a class-action litigator needs to know about mass litigation in other countries. In an increasingly globalized world, this is a book no international lawyer should be without. <br>--Andrew J. Trask, McGuireWoods London LLP, co-author of The Class Action Playbook <br><p><br>
Author Information
Paul G. Karlsgodt is a partner in the Denver office of the U.S. law firm Baker & Hostetler LLP and editor and primary contributor to the legal blog www.classactionblawg.com. Mr. Karlsgodt's law practice focuses on class action defense and other complex commercial litigation. He founded and served as the first Chair of the Class Actions, Derivative Suits and Mass Torts Subsection of the Litigation Section of the Colorado Bar Association and is a frequent speaker and author on class action-related topics. Mr. Karlsgodt has also represented clients pro bono in civil rights cases, including a prisoner's rights class action.
