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Stanford Law School
Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, Oxford University
American Academy of Political and Social Science

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Deborah Hensler
dhensler@stanford.edu

Christopher Hodges
christopher.hodges@csls.ox.ac.uk

American Academy of Political
and Social Science
3814 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6197
Telephone: (215) 746-6500
Fax: (215) 573-3003

PODCASTS

Thursday, December 13, 2007

Overview and Special Presentation by Hon Catherine McGuinness

Representation & Conflicts of Interests in Class Actions and Other Group Actions

Funding Issues & Alternative Financial Frameworks

Negotiation Resolution

Friday, December 14, 2007

Crafting Remedies & Administering Enforcement

Objectives & Outcomes: compensation, regulation, public enquiry, changing behavior

Objectives and outcomes: compensation, regulation, public enquiry, changing behavior

Completing the conference was an overview of the different players in class actions and their perspectives: practitioners, academics, government, and corporations. Each offers their view of the current challenges and possible solutions to class actions on the national scale.

Christopher Hodges

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Panel Discussion Chair
Dr. Christopher Hodges, Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, Oxford University

Panelists (from left to right)
Professor Steven B. Burbank, David Berger Professor for the Administration of Justice, University of Pennsylvania Law School
Richard H. Murray, Managing Director & Chief Claims Strategist, Swiss Re, Zurich
Sandra L. Phillips, Senior Vice President and Associate General Counsel, Chief Litigation Counsel, Pfizer, New York
Professor Geraint Howells, Lancaster University
John Pickering, Irwin Mitchell, Sheffield, and President, PEOPIL

Panel 5