Managing Class Actions For Success Part 4: Managing The Defence Team

Like any complex litigation, successfully defending a class action requires a team of people to work together effectively and efficiently. A typical defence team will include one or more members of the organization's in-house legal staff, witnesses or subject matter experts from the organization's business units, members of the organization's information technology (IT) staff, lawyers and other professionals from an outside law firm, e-discovery service providers, contract review lawyers and potentially experts. In the case of multi-jurisdictional class actions, it may also include law firms in other jurisdictions.

In this blog post, we look at how to manage class action defence teams for success by clearly defining roles, responsibilities and expectations of team members and encouraging efficient and effective communication. We apply those ideas to the management of multi-jurisdictional class actions.