Published Article
The Judicial Conference of the United States approved revisions to Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure prepared by the Conference’s Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure. These revisions went into effect on December 1, 2003. The changes to Rule 23(c)(2) require that class action notices be written in “plain, easily understood language.” This article focuses on the concept of plain language and what it contains while explaining these amendments more thoroughly.
Published Article
The following article provides a better understanding of how media penetrates demographic audiences, how it is measured and the reasoning behind media choices in order to properly evaluate the adequacy of media-based notice. Every class action requires a notice program tailored to the case, acknowledging that individuals within the general population consume media differently based on income, gender, age, education and other varying factors. Here we explain how to quantify notice results in consumer, mass tort and product liability class actions.