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Brian Fitzpatrick
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Brian Fitzpatrick was a law clerk to Antonin Scalia and is currently the Milton R. Underwood Chair in Free Enterprise and Professor of Law at Vanderbilt Law School. His research focuses on class actions, federal courts, judicial selection, and constitutional law. He is best known for his book, The Conservative Case for Class Actions (University of Chicago Press, 2019).
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Life, Law & Liberty: confessions of a judicial introspectionist
Please note that the views of outside contributors do not reflect the official opinions of SCOTUSblog or its staff. Life, Law & Liberty, Justice Anthony Kennedy’s memoir, was published earlier this month. The prose is simple and direct, and the book is a worthwhile read.
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Is the end of class actions upon us?
Brian Fitzpatrick of Vanderbilt Law School argues that although many commentators have predicted that the decision in AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion could lead to the end of consumer class actions, the decision could in fact lead to the end of class actions against businesses across most – if not all – of their activities