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Mass Litigation Research

Journal Article

More Talk, Less Conflict: Evidence from Requiring Informal Discovery Conferences

Feb 19, 2024

Discovery is the formal process of exchanging information under the supervision of the courts. This study examines whether case management techniques can reduce the likelihood of a discovery dispute.

Eric Helland, Minjae Yun
Report

Rethinking Case Management and the Process of Civil Justice Reform: Summary and Papers Presented at a UCLA-RAND Center for Law and Public Policy Conference

Mar 15, 2023

This publication summarizes the discussions and presents four pieces of scholarship presented during the UCLA-RAND Center for Law and Public Policy-sponsored "Rethinking Civil Case Management" conference.

Eric Helland, Carolyn Kuhl, Richard Sander
Report

The Globalization of Mass Civil Litigation: Lessons from the Volkswagen "Clean Diesel" Case

Jun 22, 2021

This report describes the Volkswagen "clean diesel" emission fraud litigation to illustrate the features of global mass litigation and the problems that arise in the resolution of these types of claims across transnational jurisdictions.

Deborah R. Hensler, Jasminka Kalajdzic, Peter Cashman, Manuel A. Gómez, Axel Halfmeier, Ianika Tzankova
Multimedia

COVID-19 Vaccine Liability and Compensation in the United States

Apr 29, 2021

This RAND Corporation virtual event explored how those who believe that they have been injured by COVID-19 vaccines in the United States can seek compensation and how the two federal compensation systems for people harmed by vaccines differ.

Lloyd Dixon, Kenneth R. Feinberg, Nicholas M. Pace, Paul Rheingold
Multimedia

COVID-19 Vaccine Cross-Border Liability and Compensation

Feb 2, 2021

A RAND virtual event focused on (1) facilitating global distribution of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines and (2) preventing liability and compensation concerns from affecting the vaccine supply chain and public uptake of the vaccine.

Anthony Brown, Lloyd Dixon, Dionna K. Litvin, Nicholas M. Pace, Peter J. Todd
Multimedia

Opioid Litigation: What's New, and What Does It Mean for Future Litigation?

Feb 9, 2021

More than 2,000 plaintiffs have joined the largest civil trial in U.S. history: National Prescription Opiate Litigation (MDL 2804). In this virtual symposium, experts discuss the opioid litigation and its effects on the future of mass litigation.

James M. Anderson, Anne Andrews, Sheila Birnbaum, Elizabeth J. Cabraser, Kenneth R. Feinberg, Rebecca Lee Haffajee, Eric Helland, Deborah R. Hensler, Rich Ives, Daniel B. Levin, Charlie Lifland, David Nachman, Robert Reville, Joseph F. Rice, William B. Rubenstein, Christopher A. Seeger
Journal Article

The Role of Ideology in Judicial Evaluations of Experts

Dec 11, 2020

This article tests the legal realist theory of judicial behavior, which posits that judges' ideology impacts their legal decisions, but that the law constrains the judges' ability to exercise those preferences.

Eric Helland
Journal Article

Unintended Consequences of Products Liability: Evidence from the Pharmaceutical Market

Dec 11, 2020

This article explains a surprising effect of tort liability in the market for prescription drugs: punitive damages shift liability from doctors to drug companies, but not when physician malpractice liability is limited."

Eric Helland, Darius N. Lakdawalla, Anup Malani, Seth A. Seabury
Commentary

COVID-19 Vaccinations: Liability and Compensation Considerations Critical for a Successful Campaign

Sep 21, 2020

The authors of this Perspective examine liability and compensation issues as they relate to the distribution and administration of future COVID-19 vaccines.

Nicholas M. Pace, Lloyd Dixon