As fairness hearings begin this week in the massive fen-phen class-action diet drug settlement, the team of lawyers that put the deal together will be calling a rather unlikely ally to the stand — the country’s leading opponent of class-actions.

Columbia Law Professor John C. Coffee has earned a reputation in recent years for penning law review articles that sharply criticized the class-action vehicle, targeting both the conduct of lawyers and courts.

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