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The Getting The Deal Through Guide (GTDT) provides guidance, by way of a series of questions and answers, on class actions including the requirements for a class action, how to initiate such proceedings, the extent to which class members can object to a settlement and/or appeal a class action decision, the role of arbitration in class actions, third party funding in class actions,

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