Entrepreneurial Litigation: Its Rise, Fall, and Future

by John C. Coffee Jr.

Book Overview

Uniquely in the United States, lawyers litigate large cases on behalf of many claimants who could not afford to sue individually. In these class actions, attorneys act typically as risk-taking entrepreneurs, effectively hiring the client rather than acting as the client's agent. Lawyer-financed, lawyer-controlled, and lawyer-settled, such entrepreneurial litigation invites lawyers to sometimes act more in their own interest than in the interest...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674736796
• ISBN13: 9780674736795
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.5"