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.