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The Risk Finance of Class Action Settlement Pressure

J.B. HEATON

Journal of Risk Finance

ISSN: 1526-5943

Article publication date: 1 February 2003

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Abstract

Most high‐stakes litigation settles prior to the trial verdict being achieved. This apparent class action settlement pressure raises an interesting risk finance question addressed by the authors in this article. The article describes the basic law and economics of settlement risk within the context of potential and limitations of insurance and capital markets solutions.

Citation

HEATON, J.B. (2003), "The Risk Finance of Class Action Settlement Pressure", Journal of Risk Finance, Vol. 4 No. 3, pp. 75-81. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb022967

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MCB UP Ltd

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