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Multidistrict Litigation
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The Contingency
Chocolaty News from the MDL Panel Hearing in Austin
The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation heard arguments today at the Homer Thornberry Judicial Center in Austin, Texas. The Panel assigned 20 minutes each to more than a dozen…
Mass Tort Litigation Blog
Zyprexa Hearings Broadcasted
By joetort
A short order by Judge Weinstein in the Zyprexa MDL on March 11, 2008, permitted cameras and recording equipment during the upcoming March 20 hearing. Here’s a brief excerpt of…
Mass Tort Litigation Blog
The Law of Unintended Concequences: Warner Lambert v. Kent
By joetort
The folks over at Drug and Device Law Blog make an excellent observation about the 4-4 decision in Warner-Lambert v. Kent. Here's the idea:Pharmaceutical litigation often results in masses of…
Drug & Device Law
More From Tulane: Judge Jack On Silicosis
By Bexis
One panel at the Tulane MDL Symposium consisted of the triumvirate of Judges Mark Davidson, Carol Higbee, and Janis Jack. Judge Davidson handles the Texas statewide asbestos proceedings; his was…
Drug & Device Law
A Report From The Tulane MDL Symposium
By Bexis
One of us just returned from the Tulane Law Review's symposium on "The Problem of Multidistrict Litigation." The Review did itself proud, with an impressive group of speakers presenting to…
CAFA Law Blog
Is the MDL Replacing Class Actions as the Favored Procedure? Find Out at the Tulane Symposium on Multidistrict Litigation in The Big Easy
The Tulane Law Review is hosting the first national conference devoted to MDL. It will be February 15-16, 2008, at Tulane Law School, New Orleans, Louisiana. You can go down…
CAFA Law Blog
Don’t Be Like Ferris Bueller, and Take This Day Off. This Case Presents an Important Lesson for CAFA and MDLs.
Thorne v. Wyeth, Slip Copy, Case No. 06-3123, 2007 WL 2122158 (D. Minn. July 19, 2007). “bueller….bueller….bueller” Don’t cut class and listen up, this case gives us a great teaching point…
Drug & Device Law
Tulane Law Review MDL Symposium
By Bexis
The first national symposium on multidistrict litigation will be held at Tulane Law School in New Orleans on February 15th and 16th, 2008.With one exception, the speakers are an extraordinary…
TortsProf Blog
MDL Symposium at Tulane
Tulane Law Review is hosting a symposium on "The Problem of Multidistrict Litigation" on February 15th to 16th. Panels will discuss:The Workings of the Federal MDL Panel and the Selection…
Chicago IP Litigation
Multidistrict Litigation Panel Transfers Case to District of Columbia
Papst Lic. GmbH & Co. KG v. Fujifilm Corp., No. 07 C 3401, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. Nov. 27, 2007) (Holderman, C.J.). Judge Holderman transferred this case to the District…