"The Reports of the Death of Federal Multi-State Class Actions Have Been Greatly Exaggerated"

[Editor's note: Martin P. Schrama is a Shareholder in Stark & Stark’s Commercial Litigation and Intellectual Property Groups, and is Chairman and Co-Founder of the firm's Mass Tort Litigation Group. Stefanie Colella-Walsh is a Shareholder and member of Stark & Stark’s Litigation, Insurance Coverage & Liability, Intellectual Property and Mass Torts Groups where she concentrates her practice in complex litigation with a focus in mass tort and pharmaceutical litigation. Copyright 2017, Martin P. Schrama and Stefanie Colella-Walsh.]

Federal multi-state class actions are the things of Hollywood movies – everyday people banding together against mighty corporations, storied legal champions engaged in …