asymmetric information can use a simple add-on to the settlement offer in order to overcome the information barriers to … settlement proposal is rejected and a trial takes place) in exchange for a payment from the other party. We refer to this class …

This survey of the modeling of pretrial settlement bargaining organizes current main themes and recent developments … focus is on articles that emphasize formal models of settlement negotiation and the presentation in the survey is organized …

itself at the time of settlement, has been the impetus behind a number of class-action reform proposals. This Article … settlement. The idea is to allow the court, once a settlement has been achieved, to put the class’s claims up for auction, with … the settlement acting as reserve price. An entity that outbids the settlement becomes owner of the class’s claims, and may …

activist can demand that his proposal be implemented right away ("action settlement") or demand a number of board seats ("board … settlement"), which also gives the activist access to better information. I find that the information that will be conveyed by … the incumbent's response is a critical strategic determinant of the activist's settlement demand. Compared to action …