lawsuits               package:UsingR               R Documentation

_L_a_w _s_u_i_t _s_e_t_t_l_e_m_e_n_t_s

_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     A simulated dataset on the settlement amount of 250 lawsuits based
     on values reported by Class Action Reports.

_U_s_a_g_e:

     data(lawsuits)

_F_o_r_m_a_t:

     The format is: num [1:250] 16763 10489 17693 14268   442 ...

_D_e_t_a_i_l_s:

     Class Action Reports  completed an extensive survey of attorney
     fee awards from 1,120 common fund class actions (Volume 24, No. 2,
     March/April 2003). The full data set is available for a fee. This
     data is simulated from the values published in an excerpt.

_S_o_u_r_c_e:

     <URL:
     http://www.classactionreports.com/classactionreports/attorneyfee.h
     tm>

_R_e_f_e_r_e_n_c_e_s:

     See also "Study Disputes View of Costly Surge in Class-Action
     Suits" by Jonathan D. Glater in the January 14, 2004 New York
     Times which cites a Jan. 2004 paper in the _Journal of Empirical
     Legal Studies_ by Eisenberg and Miller.

_E_x_a_m_p_l_e_s:

     data(lawsuits)
     mean(lawsuits)
     median(lawsuits)

