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Did Bristol-Myers Squibb Kill the Nationwide Class Action?

Daniel Wilf-Townsend

This Essay presents the first comprehensive survey examining whether Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. v. Superior Court significantly limits multistate class actions in federal courts. It finds, contrary to many commenters, that a large supermajority of cases reject the argument that BMS’s constraints apply…