Two BCLP Lawyers to Present at Global Class Actions Symposium

BCLP Partners Bob Boone and Ed Coulson will present at the ICLG Global Class Actions Symposium, Nov. 16-17 in London. The two-day conference brings together the world’s leading class action experts, featuring a range of panel discussions tackling the hottest topics in class actions today.

Boone will speak on the panel “Conditions for class certification,” which will cover the conditions that need to be met in order to certify a class action.

Coulson will chair the panel “The role of the lawyer in class actions,” which will provide an overview of how lawyers have a much wider role in class actions than in usual litigation – for example, lawyers can sometimes act as entrepreneurs of the procedure. In such circumstances, what issues are raised by the rules of ethics? How does the role of the lawyer in the US differ from the role of lawyers in Europe?

At BCLP, Boone has held the roles of leader of the firm's Class Actions Practice Group and a member of the firm's Executive Committee. He specializes in advising clients regarding high-risk litigation, including how to accurately assess, mitigate and efficiently manage liability exposure and litigation expense. His practice focuses on representing financial institutions, food companies, product manufacturers, distributors and retailers, and service providers in consumer class actions, complex commercial disputes involving the breach or termination of contracts, misappropriation of trade secrets, patent and trademark infringement, breach of warranties, unfair competition and fraud, and product liability or tort litigation in federal and state courts nationwide.

Coulson advises on complex competition litigation and regularly conducts multiparty litigation before the courts. His practice is focused on cartel damages actions, abuse of dominance claims, and other competition and regulatory disputes, regularly involving group claims. Collective actions are growing in competition law disputes and Coulson has acted both for and against large claimant groups. He also has acted both for and against claimants whose claims are funded by litigation funders. Understanding the practical and commercial dynamics of group and funded litigation, as Coulson does, is vital to achieving successful outcomes in these cases.