24 · Litigation and arbitration · France · États-Unis
Class action defense
What assistance changes in this practice, what it does not change, and the time reduction actually observed.
Where the gain is real
Consistent handling of thousands of claims, analysis of class representativeness, review of the documents produced.
Where it is slight or nil
The certification hearing, negotiating the settlement agreement.
Observed time
−60% at constant case scope, on cases closed over the last three financial years. This measure says nothing about the quality of the outcome.
What the practice covers
- Consistent handling of individual claims, whatever their number
- Analysis of the certification criteria and of class representativeness
- Search for differences in situation between class members
- Review of the documents produced in discovery or under compulsion
- Modelling of the exposure and compensation scenarios
- Monitoring of parallel proceedings and of the risk of inconsistent decisions