Class Action Lawsuits and Lawyers

235-249. 12. National Center for State Courts, "Focus on Business and Complex Litigation Courts," Civil Action: A Briefing on Civil Justice Reform Initiatives, vol. 1, no.
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Attorneys and Legal Information

285-345. 15.
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Class Action Lawsuits and Lawyers

(13) Collecting consistent data between the various jurisdictions is difficult. The overwhelming majority of tort filings occur at the state level, and the structure of state courts and the laws under which they operate differ from state to state. Moreover, those courts have not tended to view keeping records on the details of case outcomes as being central to their mission. Both anecdotal and statistical evidence about damage awards can be misleading because the amount of damages actually paid can be reduced after a trial.
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