Here's a worthly teleconference for any class action practitioner spending time in federal court (which should be all of them after CAFA):

Strategies for Pursuing or Opposing Appellate Review in the Absence of Clear Standards

Here is the program outline:

I. Key features of Rule 23(f)

A. No automatic right to appeal

B. No automatic stay of district court proceedings

C. Appeal must be filed within 10 days of class certification order

II. Case law addressing Rule 23(f)

A. “Death knell” cases and “reverse death knell” cases

B. Appeal raises fundamental and unsettled legal issue

C. Clear error in district court ruling

D. “Sliding scale” standard

III. Strategies for pursuing appellate review of class certification decision

IV. Strategies for challenging motion for appellate review of class certification

ClassActionBlawg editor Paul Karlsgodt will be one of the speakers.  More information and materials are available via ClassActionBlawg.