Prof. Meili Presents Class Action Study at Consumer Law Conference

Professor Steve Meili presented the findings from his forthcoming law review article on consumer class action lawyers and named plaintiffs at the annual Consumer Rights Litigation Conference in Boston. In the article, which will be published later this year by the Akron Law Review, Meili argues, that consumer class action lawyers continually endeavor to keep the goals of named plaintiffs focused on the good of the entire class, as opposed to individual gain, lest the named plaintiffs be tempted to accept early settlement offers from the defendant. Meili also argues that, contrary to the literature on plaintiffs in individual disputes, named plaintiffs equate their evaluation of the fairness of the litigation process with the result of the case.