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Multidistrict Litigation
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SDNY Blog
Judge Furman: Interlocutory Appeals More Appropriate In MDL Context, Where Cases Are More Commonly Settled, Precluding Ordinary Appellate Review
In an opinion today, Judge Furman certified for interlocutory appeal a question about calculating economic losses in the GM ignition switch litigation (covered here). One reason for doing so, he…
Drug & Device Law
Picky MDL Plaintiff Gets The Same Discovery Plate As Everyone Else
Picture this. Invitations go out for a Thanksgiving get-together and the host and expected guests together sort out who will bring what foods and how everything will be served. A…
Drug & Device Law
Case Dismissed: Claims of 149 Plaintiffs Dismissed with Prejudice in Abilify MDL
We write as we prepare to head to the airport for a long weekend in Whitefish, Montana, a bit of paradise in in the Flathead River Valley of northwest Montana,…
Drug & Device Law
Direct-Filed MDL Case On Thin Ice For Personal Jurisdiction
We are writing about a case that does not involve drugs or devices because it runs through some of the very same personal jurisdiction issues we have warned about post-Bauman.…
Mass Tort Litigation Blog
The Short Guide To Mass Tort Deals: Backroom Bargaining in Multidistrict Litigation
Over at our sister blog, Business Law Prof Blog, Professor Ben Edwards has been making his way through my recent book, Mass Tort Deals: Backroom Bargaining in Multidistrict Litigation. He…
Drug & Device Law
Bair Hugger MDL Defendants Prevail on Rule 702 and Summary Judgment
Summer can be a good time to catch up on tv shows we missed the first time around (e.g., Dead to Me, Luther series 5, and Catch-22). It can also…
Drug & Device Law
PML Valsartan Order
Few things raise our blood pressure as much as the MDL process. MDL stands for Multi-District Litigation, but the M might as well stand for Mutilating and the D for…
Drug & Device Law
Remand Court Forces Plaintiff’s Counsel Out of the Shadows
You’ve heard the saying – you can run, but you can’t hide. Well, in Multidistrict Litigation, we could have a saying – you can hide, but only until remand. It’s…
Proskauer on Advertising Law
En Banc Ninth Circuit Reinstates and Clarifies Standard for Nationwide Class Action Settlement
By Lawrence Weinstein, Jennifer Yang, Carl Mazurek
Last month, the Ninth Circuit sitting en banc affirmed, by an 8–3 vote, a nationwide class settlement of a multidistrict litigation against automakers Kia and Hyundai over alleged misrepresentations regarding…
Hanzo Blog
Solving the Problem(s) of Multidistrict Litigation, Part 2: Choosing Cases for Bellwether Trials
In our previous blog post about multidistrict litigation (MDL), we discussed the problem of identifying meritless claims and how social media evidence can help counsel identify those claims. But what…