Adopts U.S.-Canadian Protocols and Proceedings

RESOLVED, That the American Bar Association adopts as best practices the Protocol on Court-to-Court Communications in Canada-U.S. Cross-Border Class Actions and Notice Protocol:  Coordinating Notice(s) to the Class(es) in Multijurisdictional Class Proceedings (together, the “Protocols”), dated August 2011.

FURTHER RESOLVED, That the American Bar Association urges courts and counsel in cross-border class action cases involving the United States and Canada to adopt the Protocols.