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Multidistrict Litigation
456 published works
Drug & Device Law
The Procedural Effect of MDL Master Complaints
By Bexis
By now, you know the drill: Plaintiffs file complaints in federal courts in, say, Alabama, Illinois, and Florida. Ordinarily, the choice-of-law rules of the courts in which the cases were…
TortsProf Blog
Beisner and Miller on MDL Reform
John Beisner and Jessica Miller (both partners at O'Melveny & Myers) have published "Litigate the Torts, Not the Mass: A Modest Proposal for Reforming How Mass Torts Are Adjudicated" (pdf)…
Drug & Device Law
Polar Bears Nudge the MDL Panel In A Helpful Direction
By Bexis
What better way to celebrate winter than with polar bears? The following guest post, written by Pearson Bownas of Jones Day, discusses the recent Polar Bears decision by the MDL…
The Contingency
MDL Panel to Meet in Fort Myers Jan. 29
He looks a little pekid. The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation convenes for its next hearing session in Fort Myers, Florida, on Wednesday, January 29, 2009. See Notice of…
The Contingency
JPML Orders Centralization of 13 MDL Cases
According to the current Recent Orders page of the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation website, transfer motions that it heard in Charleston, South Carolina, on November 20, 2008, ought to go…
The Contingency
JPML to Meet in Charleston on Nov. 20; Judge Furgeson Joins the Panel
Judge Furgeson testifies at a House hearing. The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation will hear a new slew of transfer motions on November 20 in Charleston, South Carolina. Notice…
CAFA Law Blog
Who? What? When? Where? Why? Three Scholars Discuss CAFA’s Role Surrounding the Issue of Multidistrict Litigation.
Proceedings of the Tulane Law Review Symposium. The Problem of Multidistrict Litigation, 82 Tul. L. Rev. 2225, 2369, and 2423 (June, 2008). Admit it. You watched every single presidential (and vice-presidential) debate…
Drug & Device Law
A Final MDL Timing Issue
By Bexis
Okay, you caught us.We did a series of posts about multidistrict litigation last month, including this MDL compendium and this post about predicting how long the MDL Panel will take…
Reverse & Render
En Banc Fifth Circuit Orders Volkswagen Case Transferred
By Byron Henry
"The overarching question before the en banc Court is whether a writ of mandamus should issue directing the transfer of this case from the Marshall Division of the Eastern District…
Drug & Device Law
Preemption Smackdown in DC – 10/29/08
By Bexis
We can't help it. We're suckers for a good preemption discussion - addicted as we are to the topic. That's why at least one of us (Bexis), and possibly both,…