Christine P. Bartholomew PROFESSOR L AW REVIEW ADVISOR JD, University at California at Davis BA, San Francisco State University
(716) 645-7399
cpb6@buffalo.edu
AREAS OF INTEREST
Privilege and the Fight Against Corruption
CIVIL PROCEDURE
in the United States, 41 XLI Jornadas
ANTITRUST
Internacionales de Derecho
EVIDENCE
Penal, Criminal, Contemporánea
CONSUMER PROTECTION
y CorrupciÓn: ¿Efectividad del La
My research is in civil
REMEDIES
Pena Privativa de La Libertad?
procedure, specifically the
(Universidad Externado de Colombia,
tension between class actions’
2021) (translated into Spanish).
enforcement potential and
BOOKS Legal Argument: The Structure
The Venue Shuffle: Forum Selection
and Effective Language of
Clauses & ERISA (with James
Effective Advocacy (with
A. Wooten), 66 UCLA Law
James A. Gardner) (Carolina
Review 862 (April 2019).
Academic Press, 3rd ed., 2020). ARTICLES Ford’s Underlying Controversy,
heightened procedural and evidentiary rules. On the one hand, judicial resources are far from absolute, and such rules can promote judicial
E-Notice, 68 Duke Law Journal 217 (2018).
efficiency. On the other hand,
CHAPTERS
hurdles threaten class actions’
a raft of new procedural
Motions for Class Certification vs.
(with Anya Bernstein), 99
potential to regulate corporate
Proceedings on the Merits, in Antitrust
Washington University Law
behavior. It is now harder
Daubert Handbook (ABA Antitrust
Review (forthcoming 2022).
to get into court; harder to
Section) (forthcoming 2021).
plead a claim; and harder to
Playing Nicely with Others, Antitrust
AMICUS BRIEFS
Law Journal (forthcoming 2022).
certify a class. I analyze how such hurdles impact class
Brief of Complex Litigation Law
actions, and then identify
Antitrust in the Age of Class
Professors as Amici Curiae in
ways to balance efficiency and
Action Reform, Indiana Law
Support of Respondent, TransUnion
enforcement goals. Because
Journal (forthcoming 2021).
LLC v. Ramirez (U.S. 2021)
rule interpretation is primarily
(No. 20-297) (co-lead author).
left to the judiciary, my work
Antitrust Norms in the United States and Financial Corruption, 41 XLI Jornadas
Brief of Scholars as Amici Curiae
Internacionales de Derecho
Supporting Petition for Certiorari,
Penal, Criminal, Contemporánea
Robertson v. U.S. District Court, (U.S.
y CorrupciÓn: ¿Efectividad del La
2019) (No. 18-1341) (co-lead author).
Pena Privativa de La Libertad? (Universidad Externado de Colombia, 2021) (translated into Spanish).
analyzes judicial interpretation and decision making.”
Brief of Antitrust Law Professors as Amici Curiae Supporting Petition for Certiorari, AFMS LLC v. United Parcel Services, Inc. & FedEx Corp., 138 S. Ct. 1180 (U.S. 2018) (No. 17-1092) (lead author).
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