Partisan Attacks on Class Actions Unfounded: Vanderbilt Law Scholar
October 29, 2019
October 29, 2019
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Oct. 29 -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news:
The class action lawsuit--where one person sues on behalf of everyone who has been harmed the same way by a company or an individual--is a potent way for ordinary people to force powerful entities to comply with the law, says Vanderbilt law professor Brian Fitzpatrick. However, he said, they've wrongly become the target of partisan attacks, and in today's polarized climate, they may soon face . . .
The class action lawsuit--where one person sues on behalf of everyone who has been harmed the same way by a company or an individual--is a potent way for ordinary people to force powerful entities to comply with the law, says Vanderbilt law professor Brian Fitzpatrick. However, he said, they've wrongly become the target of partisan attacks, and in today's polarized climate, they may soon face . . .