Aggregate Litigation – Lawrence, KS

The 2009 Kansas Law Review Symposium, “Aggregate Justice: Perspectives Ten Years After Amchem and Ortiz,” will take place Oct. 30, 2009. The Symposium will examine developments in aggregate litigation over the last decade and into the future, using Amchem Prods. Inc. v. Windsor, 521 U.S. 591 (1997), and Ortiz v. Fibreboard Corp., 527 U.S. 815 (1999), as a springboard for this exploration.

The Symposium will feature a number of well-known speakers in the field of aggregate litigation: Elizabeth Chamblee Burch (Florida State); Howard M. Erichson (Fordham); Steven S. Gensler (Oklahoma); Laura J. Hines (Kansas); Linda S. Mullenix (Texas); Tom Willging (Federal Judicial Center); Patrick Woolley (Texas).