Legal Backgrounders

May 23, 2003

Legal Backgrounders

Applying England’s “Woolf Rules” In America Could Help Rein In Securities Class Action Suits

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By Daniel J. Popeo, Chairman and General Counsel to Washington Legal Foundation (WLF), and Glenn Lammi, Chief Counsel to WLF’s Legal Studies Division.

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