Answer True or False

1. Using ordinary joinder rules, millions of plaintiffs injured by a common product could join together and sue.

2. Multi-district litigation (MDL) allows a special panel of the federal courts to consolidate cases filed separately but involving common issues, although only for all pre-trial purposes. The cases must be returned to the court where they were filed for trial.

3. The class action involves a large number of parties who decide to sue together, and who call themselves a "class."

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4. Unlike ordinary litigation, a judge must approve all settlements of class actions.

5. When a proposed settlement in a class action has been reached, class members will receive notice (to the extent practicable) which gives them the right to opt out of the class and to object to the proposed settlement.

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6. Class actions usually go to trial - very few of them settle.

7. The Wal-Mart v Dukes decision of the US Supreme Court made it easier to certify a class action.

8. Coupon settlements of class actions can raise concerns regarding their fairness as compensation to members of the class.

9. The Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA) keeps most class actions in state rather than federal courts.

10. Courts will usually refuse to enforce arbitration clauses if they make no provision for classwide arbitration.