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Order Concerning Settlement 1

Alvin K. Hellerstein

June 28, 2007

Order, In re September 11 Litigation, No. 1:21-mc-97 (S.D.N.Y. June 28, 2007, filed June 29, 2007), D.E. 1108.

Form 34: Stipulation of Settlement and Order of Dismissal

May 1, 2007

The Hunt for Sealed Settlement Agreements

Robert Timothy Reagan

September 12, 2006

When a United States senator asked the federal judiciary to look into sealed settlement agreements, the Civil Rules Advisory Committee asked the Federal Judicial Center to undertake a research effort to discover how often settlement agreements are sealed in federal court and under what circumstan

An Empirical Examination of Attorneys' Choice of Forum in Class Action Litigation

Thomas E. Willging, Shannon R. Wheatman

December 17, 2005

This article presents attorney responses to a national random survey of 728 attorneys who represented plaintiffs and defendants in 621 recently closed class action cases.

Securities Class Action Certification and Settlement: Publication Notice

May 10, 2005

Securities Class Action Certification and Settlement: Full Notice

May 10, 2005

Managing Class Action Litigation: A Pocket Guide for Judges [superseded]

Barbara Jacobs Rothstein, Thomas E. Willging

January 1, 2005

This guide is designed to help federal judges manage the increased number of class actions expected as a result of the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005.

Sealed Settlement Agreements in Federal District Court

Robert Timothy Reagan, Shannon R. Wheatman, Marie Leary, Natacha Blain, Steven S. Gensler, George W. Cort, D. Dean P. Miletich

May 19, 2004

An examination of 288,846 federal district court cases revealed 1,270 cases that appeared to have sealed settlement agreements, for a sealed settlement rate of less than one half of one percent. In 97% of the cases with sealed settlements the complaint was not under seal.

Attorney Reports on the Impact of Amchem and Ortiz on Choice of a Federal or State Forum in Class Action Litigation: A Report to the Advisory Committee on Civil Rules Regarding a Case-based Survey of Attorneys

Shannon R. Wheatman, Thomas E. Willging

April 1, 2004

While considering a proposal to amend Fed. R. Civil P.

40.42 Order Setting Hearing on Proposed Class Settlement

January 1, 2004

Federal Judicial Center

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