The Revolution in the Law and Economics of Antitrust Class Certification

Michele Floyd is co-author of The Revolution in the Law and Economics of Antitrust Class Certification. The book, part of the Lexis Antitrust Law and Strategy Series, discusses the interplay between economics and antitrust class action suits, including the legal and economic concepts that go into determining whether a proposed class of antitrust plaintiffs is likely to be certified. It offers a behind-the-scenes look at real-life class action suits in antitrust cases and explains:

• Whether a particular class can and will be certified by the courts
• Why antitrust class action suits are brought
• How these suits are decided
• The legal and economic issues that have changed the way the courts approach them
• Why and how economic analysis has become an essential part of antitrust law
•  How antitrust law has changed because of the analyses and other evidence that economists have brought into the courts