Class Action Ethical Challenges: Intra-Class Conflicts, Communication With Class Members, Attorney Fees, and More
Avoiding Legal Ethics Violations and Malpractice Liability
This program offers 90 minutes of ethics credit.
Recording of a 90-minute CLE video webinar with Q&A
This CLE course will provide class action attorneys with guidance on dealing with the legal ethics hurdles and malpractice threats inherent in class action litigation. The program will address intra-class conflicts, communication with class members, and attorney fees.
Outline
- Conflicts of interest within the class
- Communication with class members
- Solicitation
- Ex parte communications
- Discovery and disclosure obligations/e-discovery preservation issues
- Ethical issues in settlements
Benefits
The panel will review these and other key issues:
- Guidance from Model Rules, Amended Federal Rule of Civil Procedure Rule 23, and case law to resolve legal ethics issues that arise in complex and class litigation
- When plaintiff and defense attorneys may contact potential class members
- When and how a precertification settlement by a named plaintiff creates a conflict of interest as it relates to other potential class members
Faculty
Kevin R. Budner
Partner
Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein
Mr. Budner is a partner in Lieff Cabraser’s San Francisco specializing in complex, high-impact litigation. He has... | Read More
Mr. Budner is a partner in Lieff Cabraser’s San Francisco specializing in complex, high-impact litigation. He has been recognized as a “Top 40 Under 40 Lawyer” (Daily Journal), one of the 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers in America (Lawdragon), a “Rising Star for Class Action law (Law360), a “Rising Star of the Plaintiff’s Bar” (National Law Journal), a “Rising Star for Northern California” (Super Lawyers), and “One to Watch” (Best Lawyers). Mr. Budner has also received awards for “Trial Lawyer of the Year” (Public Justice), “Trial Lawyer Excellence” (Law Bulletin), “California Lawyer of the Year” (California Daily Journal), and “Consumer Attorney of the Year Finalist” (Consumer Attorneys of California).
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Phong-Chau G. Nguyen
Partner
Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein
Mr. Nguyen is a partner in Lieff Cabraser’s San Francisco office specializing... | Read More
Mr. Nguyen is a partner in Lieff Cabraser’s San Francisco office specializing in consumer and defective product cases, as well as personal injury/mass tort matters. He is part of the leadership team in the Volkswagen Diesel Emissions multidistrict litigation, which secured an unprecedented $14+ billion in settlements on behalf of U.S. owners and lessees of Volkswagen diesel vehicles, won the California Daily Journal’s “California Lawyer of the Year” award, and secured a finalist position for the 2017 Consumer Attorneys of California “Consumer Attorneys of the Year” award. Mr. Nguyen is also involved in similar work on Lieff Cabraser’s leadership team in the Fiat Chrysler diesel emissions case.
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