Pandemic-Related Class Actions: An Economic Perspective

07.2020 | 1:00-2:00 pm EDT

Event Sponsor: Edgeworth Economics

The unprecedented impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has given rise to class action litigation across the country, including around issues of price gouging, business interruption, and payment refunds. In this webinar, join a panel of attorneys and economic experts for a discussion of the economic and legal principles involved in COVID-related class actions.  

Agenda

• Introduction – Types of Class Actions Emerging from the COVID Pandemic
• Tuition Refunds Class Actions
  • Theories of harm in payment refund cases
  • Issues of predominance and typicality affecting large and varied student bodies
  • Estimating damages from a diminished university experience
  • Damages in the general context of subjective consumer valuation
• Business Interruptions and Insurance Coverage
  • Causation issues
  • Modeling the but-for world
  • Assessment of mitigation strategies
  • Predominance issues

View the on-demand recording of this complimentary webinar here.