Complex Litigation

This course will examine a variety of issues associated with complex civil litigation. They will include joinder, disposition of duplicative or related litigation, class actions, discovery, remedies, and attorney fees. In considering these issues, we will be looking at civil rights, employment, mass tort, and consumer litigation, as well as other types.
During the last several weeks of the course, we will focus on a particular case, the Minnesota Tobacco Litigation. Adjunct Professors Ciresi and Walburn, partners from Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi who successfully represented the plaintiffs in a $6 billion settlement, will be teaching this portion of the class.
Students will be evaluated on the basis of a final examination, as well as their class participation.
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