I’ve written before about the strange turns class-action strategy can take when public relations becomes a factor. But a PR campaign can also be a very effective defensive tool under certain circumstances. How effective? Just ask the folks at Taco Bell.
To recap the Taco Bell class action story: the plaintiffs, represented by class-action firms…
John J. Mearsheimer is one of the foremost modern proponents of the theory of "offensive realism" in international relations. While he has written extensively on foreign policy and strategy, the best summation of his theory is in his 2001 book The Tragedy of Great Power Politics. The theory, in a nutshell, is that great…
For the most part, this blog has focused on tactics that defendants may use to oppose class certification. But another important part of class action defense is being alert to new trends in class-action practice. And, in the last few years, a new type of class action has arisen that is worth looking at more…
One aspect of grand strategy in litigation is making preparations for the possibility of getting sued. Preparing to get sued does not mean that a company has done something wrong. While some lawsuits are valid, others are not. And, given the pressures that entrepreneurial class-action lawyers face, it is inevitable that some will file…
What is grand strategy? It’s a term that’s usually thrown around in military, security, and foreign policy circles. As the military historian Liddell Hart defined it in his classic book Strategy:
[T]he role of grand strategy – higher strategy – is to co-ordinate and direct all the resources of a nation, or band
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