Consumer Class Actions: 16.13.6 Court Supervision of Claims Process
Typically, courts retain continuing jurisdiction over the administration, consummation, and enforcement of the settlement agreement.75 However, the court’s order approving settlement must include a provision for the court to retain continuing jurisdiction.76 Under the guidelines of the Federal Judicial Center’s Manual for Complex Litigation,77 courts are encouraged to retain continuing jurisdiction to resolve, on a discretionary basi