Recently, the Supreme Court has cut back on the ability of parties to press claims collectively. Starting with Stolt-Nielsen S.A. v. AnimalFeeds International Corp., running through AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion, and continuing this year with Comcast Corp. v. Behrend and American Express Co. v. Italian Colors Restaurant, the Court has transformed the manner in which individuals may press their claims. Pushing beyond the scope of past symposia on differing methods of dispute resolution, the symposium will focus on the implications of a system that shuts out consumers and other citizens from collective vindication of their contractual and other economic rights. Explored through the framework of class actions, mass arbitrations, and global settlements, these broad implications will emerge as answers to underlying questions regarding the efficiency, manageability, and even desirability of this potential extinction of group actions. To that end, the 2014 Randolph W. Thrower Symposium presented by the Emory Law Journal will bring together the leading scholars and practitioners in the realm of complex litigation as it relates to this potentially tectonic shift in our legal system.
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2014
Thursday, February 6th
12:00 AM

Keynote Address

Arthur R. Miller, New York University School of Law

Tull Auditorium, Emory University School of Law

12:00 AM - 12:00 AM

Panel I: In a Class by Itself: Has the Roberts Court Slammed the courthouse Door on Class Actions?

Theane Evangelis
Mary Kay Kane, University of California, Hastings College of the Law
Richard Marcus, University of California, Hastings College of the Law
Jonathan Nash, Emory University School of Law
Martin H. Redish, Northwestern University School of Law

Tull Auditorium, Emory University School of Law

12:00 AM - 12:00 AM

Panel II: Binding the Future: Global Settlements and the Death of Representative Litigation

Thomas C. Arthur, Emory University School of Law
Linda S. Mullenix, University of Texas School of Law
Edward F. Sherman, Tulane University Law School
Georgene M. Vairo, Loyola Law School
Rhonda Wasserman, University of Pittsburgh School of Law

Tull Auditorium, Emory University School of Law

12:00 AM - 12:00 AM

Panel III: Stand Alone or Stand Down: Consumer Arbitration Agreements and the Demise of Collective Dispute Resolution

Jaime L. Dodge, University of Georgia School of Law
Richard D. Freer, Emory University School of Law
Myriam Gilles, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Andrew J. Pincus
Teresa Wynn Roseborough

Tull Auditorium, Emory University School of Law

12:00 AM - 12:00 AM