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Focus (Forum & Focus)

Jan. 1, 2009

The Giving Tree

The 1st District Court of Appeal recently issued a wakeup call to attorneys: You need to add techniques from the worlds of business and economics to your litigation toolkits, writes Steven B. Katz. - Focus Column

FOCUS COLUMN

By Steven B. Katz

In Kullar v. Foot Locker Retail Inc., 168 Cal.App.4th 116 (2008), the 1st District Court of Appeal issued a wake-up to both sides of the class action bar: You need to add techniques from the worlds of business and economics to your litigation toolkits. You fail to do so at your peril.

Kullar held that if the parties fail to provide the trial court with information about "the value of class me...

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