Carrie Bodner
February 27, 2019 | New York Law Journal
Class Action Settlement Approval in an Era of Heightened Judicial ScrutinyRecent case law highlights that settling a class action is fundamentally different than settling an individual one. The courts take seriously their obligation to scrutinize class action settlements—and often decisions made years before a settlement can hinder the ability to settle a case on a classwide basis.
By Dan Donovan, Ragan Naresh and Carrie Bodner
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