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THE Underground Guide To Class Action Slang (PART TWO)

The 2016 Impact Fund Class Action Conference held on February 18/19, gathered class action practitioners and impact litigators from across the country for two days of brainstorming, war stories, and colorful lemon-based metaphors. It also reminded me of a few more terms to add to our growing Impact Fund Class Action Dictionary...

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The Underground Guide To Class Action Slang (part One)
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The Underground Guide To Class Action Slang (part One)

Over the past half-century, class actions have changed the world for the better:  desegregating schools and workplaces, ensuring clean air and water, and exposing unsafe products and corporate fraud.  But, have you considered their impact on the English language?  Class actions have spawned some inventive slang, which can be bewildering to practitioners new to the field, much less to ordinary folks.  We’re here to help with this, the Impact Fund Class Action Dictionary. 

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