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Course Information
  • smart_display Format

    On-Demand

  • signal_cellular_alt Difficulty Level

  • work Practice Area

    Class Action and Other Litigation

Date & Time
  • event Date

    Thursday, February 3, 2022

  • schedule Time

    1:00 p.m. ET./10:00 a.m. PT

  • timer Program Length

    90 minutes

Credit Information

  • This 90-minute webinar is eligible in most states for 1.5 CLE credits.

$297.00
CLE
ALL

This CLE course will guide class action defense counsel for strategically controlling/limiting the time and expense of discovery in class litigation through the use of offensive and defensive motions. The panel will discuss how counsel can leverage motions to stay, bifurcate certification discovery and merits discovery, and cost-shifting motions to reign in discovery costs.

Faculty

Elizabeth A. Cassady
Partner
Steptoe & Johnson PLLC

Ms. Cassady is a trial-ready commercial litigator. She is experienced representing global companies and financial institutions in a full slate of business-critical litigation, including securities, breach of contract, antitrust, patent infringement, and employment discrimination.

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Alan F. Pryor
Attorney
Alston & Bird LLP

Mr. Pryor is a senior associate with Alston & Bird’s Litigation & Trial Practice Group. He concentrates his practice on complex commercial litigation and class action defense, with a special focus on food and beverage and other consumer class actions, business torts, and business disputes. Mr. Pryor has substantial experience in all phases of litigation before state and federal courts in Georgia and has been involved in matters in federal courts across the country. His experience includes representing and advising clients across a range of industries, including food and beverage, software and technology, manufacturing services, telecommunications, health care, and public utilities.

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Description

For class action counsel, getting through the discovery process efficiently and cost-effectively is an ongoing challenge. Even seasoned litigators struggle to keep the discovery scope reasonable for each stage of class litigation.

Offensive and defensive motions--including motions to stay discovery pending resolution of a motion to dismiss, to bifurcate class certification versus merits discovery, and to shift costs to the party requesting discovery--are strategic options for defense counsel to limit the time and expense of discovery. Knowing how to leverage these motions successfully is key to reigning in discovery costs.

Listen as our experienced class action defense counsel panel outlines strategic approaches to manage discovery costs, focusing specifically on motions to stay, bifurcation motions, and cost-shifting motions.

Outline

  1. Motions to stay discovery pending dispositive motions
  2. Bifurcation: certification vs. merits
  3. Cost-shifting motions
  4. Other strategies to limit discovery

Benefits

The panel will review these and other key issues:

  • When and how should defense counsel use motions to stay discovery in class action litigation?
  • Under what circumstances should defense counsel seek bifurcation of discovery in class litigation?
  • What are some best practices for using cost-shifting motions as a strategy to limit discovery?
  • What additional methodologies have been effective for defense counsel for conducting discovery in the least expensive manner?