Resources on Cy Pres Settlements

Reports from organizations represented in the Fluid Recovery and Cy Pres Relief Symposium discussion panel: Views from the Beneficiaries: Administrators, Recipients of Funds and Facilitators of Distribution of Cy Pres Settlement Funds

• Joshua P. Davis & Kathryn Sáenz Duke, Litigation, Settlement and The Public Interest: Fluid Recovery and Cy Pres Relief Symposium Report. Center for Law and Ethics, University of San Francisco School of Law, and Public Health Trust, Public Health Institute (March 2011).

• F. Paul Bland, Jr. & Arthur H. Bryant, Cy Pres Awards: Serving the Class and the Public Interest. Public Justice (October 2010).

• Forum on the Cy Pres Doctrine. California Consumer Protection Foundation (2010).

• Albert A. Foer & Roberto Amore, Enhancing Competition Through The Cy Pres Remedy: Suggested Best Practices. AntiTrust (Vol. 24, No. 2, Spring 2010 pp 86-91).

• Brad Seligman and Jocelyn Larkin, Fluid Recovery and Cy Pres: A Funding Source for Legal Services. The Impact Fund (2005).

Cy Pres and Similar Settlements

• Gilmur R. Murray, Synopsis of Law Governing Cy Pres Awards in California State Courts. California Consumer Protection Foundation (2010).

• Harrison Pollak, California Attorney General Letter to Prop. 65 Plaintiff Bar Re: Payment in Lieu of Penalties. Office of the Attorney General of California (December 22, 2010).

• Class Action Guidelines. National Association of Consumer Advocates, 255 F.R.D 215 (2009).

Public Health Trust

• Joseph Hafey, Leveraging the Import of Settlement Dollars (May 2011).

• Cheryl Niro, Cy Pres Funds: The Case for Public Betterment Trust Funds (2010).

General Public Health Resources

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

American Public Health Association

National Network of Public Health Institutes

Public Health Institute

Office of the Attorney General of California - Prop. 65 Enforcement Reporting

 

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