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Nov. 20, 2024

Beyond simply combining cases: Balancing individual justice and collective power in mass tort litigation

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Mike Arias

Managing Partner, Arias Sanguinetti Wang & Team LLP

Phone: (310) 844-9696

Email: mike@asstlawyers.com

He is a past president of both the Consumer Attorneys of California (CAOC) and Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles (CAALA), two of the largest trial lawyer associations in the nation. He was also named a CAOC Trial Lawyer of the Year in 2021.

Christopher A.J. Swift

Senior Associate, Arias Sanguinetti Wang & Team LLP

Personal injury, medical malpractice, class actions, and mass tort litigation.

Isaac Manoff

Attorney, Arias Sanguinetti Wang & Team, LLP

THE FALSE CHOICE BETWEEN INDIVIDUAL JUSTICE AND MASS RESOLUTION

Successful mass tort litigation strikes a delicate balance: preserving individual claims while leveraging collective efficiency. While many view mass torts primarily as a procedural mechanism for handling multiple plaintiffs, the true challenge--and opportunity--lies in building an infrastructure that can simultaneously honor individual client interests while achieving economies of scale. This infrastr...

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