About
Are you armed with the up-to-the-minute information and strategies you need to prevail in your next class action?
This is a critical time for financial institutions that have significant consumer business. Changes to Rule 23, the ongoing shakeup due to the addition of the FACT Act to FCRA, and Congress's recent push for uniform national lending standards have all added to the complexity of already difficult consumer litigation. With the ever-growing theories of recovery developed by plaintiffs' counsel, class action claims show no signs of diminishing.
Now more than ever, it is imperative that both corporate counsel as well as litigators for consumer lenders are equipped with the tools necessary to effectively defend an action in a class context. American Conference Institute has developed the Consumer Finance Litigation and Class Actions publication to provide the strategies and tactics you need to manage, defend, and avoid these high-risk cases. This information-packed publication will lead you through critical issues, such as:
• How the new Reg. C/HMDA rules will play out in litigation
• New approaches for litigating FDCPA actions
• Fighting certification under the new Rule 23
• Litigation strategies for class actions in Bankruptcy Courts
• Class arbitrations: when to use, when to avoid
Contents & Contributors
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT THE NEW HMDA DATA
Robert E. Cook, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
DEVELOPMENTS REGARDING CREDIT CARDS
Christopher R. Lipsett, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
PRACTICAL APPROACHES FOR LITIGATING FDCPA CLAIMS
David Medine, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr LLP
INITIAL CLASS ACTION CASE MANAGEMENT - GETTING AHEAD AND STAYING AHEAD OF YOUR OPPONENT
Matthew P. McGuire, Hunton & Williams LLP
MAPPING THE NEW CLASS ACTION FRONTIER - A PRIMER ON THE CLASS ACTION FAIRNESS ACT, AND AMENDED FEDERAL RULE 23
Anthony Rollo, McGlinchey Stafford LLP
Gabriel A. Crowson, McGlinchey Stafford LLP
PRIVACY PROVISIONS OF THE GRAMM-LEACH-BLILEY ACT AND RELATED PRIVACY LAWS
Jaime A. Bianchi, White & Case LLP
PRIVACY PROVISIONS OF THE GRAMM-LEACH-BLILEY ACT AND RELATED PRIVACY LAWS
Jaime A. Bianchi, White & Case LLP
Sarah Davis, White & Case LLP
RECENT EFFORTS TO USE STATE UDAP STATUTES TO EXPAND TILA CREDIT DISCLOSURE LIABILITY
Jay N. Fastow, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
DUCKS THAT QUACK BUT REFUSE TO FLY
Craig Varga, Varga Berger Ledsky Hayes & Casey
FCRA LITIGATION: 2005
Thomas M. Hefferon, Goodwin Procter LLP
AN OVERVIEW OF SELECTED LEGAL ISSUES PRESENTED BY THE AUTOMOTIVE ECOA RATE SPREAD LITIGATIONS
Peter N. Cubita, Weil, Gotchal & Manges LLP
AUTOMOBILE FINANCE AND LEASING CLASS ACTIONS
Peter Cubita, Weil Gotshal LLP
Mark Lonergan, Severson & Werson LLP
CONSUMER FINANCE CLASS ACTIONS: VARIOUS ISSUES IN CLASS ACTIONS IN CONSUMER BANKRUPTCY
Philip Anker, Wilmer Pickering Hale And Dorr LLP
2004-2005 CONSUMER BANKRUPTCY CLASS ACTION DECISIONS
Gary S. Caplan, Sachnoff & Weaver, Ltd
COMMON VIOLATIONS OF THE BANKRUPTCY CODE AND CLASS ACTIONS IN BANKRUPTCY COURT
William H. Leech, McGlinchey Stafford LLP
CURRENT TOPICS IN 17200 CLASS ACTION LITIGATION
Anthony J. Anscombe, Sedwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold LLP
CLASS ACTION ARBITRATION
Eric P. Tuchmann, American Arbitration Association
UNCONSCIONABILITY & CONSUMER ARBITRATION
Thomas M. Byrne, Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP
CONSUMER FINANCE LITIGATION AND CLASS ACTION SEMINAR
Pat Sullivan, Edwards & Angell, LLP
PRE-TRIAL AND TRIAL DEFENSE TACTICS: AN IN-HOUSE PERSPECTIVE
Debra Lee Hovatter, Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC
PRE-TRIAL AND TRIAL DEFNESE TACTICS
Alan H. Maclin, Briggs and Morgan, P.A.
CONSUMER FINANCE LITITGATION
C. Vance Beck, Wachovia Corporation Legal Division
LITIGATING IN A PLAINTIF-FRIENDLY JURISDICTION
William Brooks, Lightfoot, Franklin & White LLC
PARITY ACT PREEMPTION UPHELD: NEW JERSEY SUPREME COURT REVERSES APPELLATE DIVISION, REINSTATES TRIAL COURT DISMISSAL OF PREPAYMENT FEE CLASS ACTION
Leonard A. Bernstein, Reed Smith LLP
Mark Melodia, Reed Smith LLP
FDCPA SPRING 2005 CLASS ACTION UPDATE
Richard E. Gottlieb, Dykema Gossett PLLC
THE FDCPY HITS HOME WITH COLLECTION LAWYERS: INITIAL PLEADINGS ARE "COMMUNICATIONS"
Richard E. Gottlieb, Dykema Gossett Rooks Pitts PLLC
Renee L. Zipprich, Dykema Gossett Rooks Pitts PLLC
EARLY EXITS EXIT STRATEGY - PARTIAL CHECKLIST
Peter J. Brennan, Jenner & Block LLP
WHAT A BIG MASS: THE PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE OF THE "MASS ACTION"
Mark Melodia, Reed Smith LLP
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