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Multidistrict Litigation
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Drug & Device Law
Ruminations on bellwether trials
By Bexis
We love the word "bellwether" -- a noun meaning "a male sheep that leads the flock; it normally wears a bell."We don't love bellwether trials, but we'll take 'em, because…
Drug & Device Law
An MDL Bibliography
By Bexis
We are frequently asked, both within our firms and by external clients, for basic materials about the operation of the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation. Clients who are being drawn…
Drug & Device Law
Advice for the MDL Panel
By Bexis
We understand why lawyers sometimes exasperate the MDL Panel. When plaintiffs' counsel are advocating that cases be centralized before Judge A, counsel may suggest that Judge B has an unfair…
Drug & Device Law
Amending California’s “Mini MDL” Statute
By Bexis
Readers of this blog are familiar with the MDL Panel. And readers probably know that some, but not all, states have “mini MDL” procedures for coordinating cases in state court…
Drug & Device Law
MDL Panel statistics on mass torts
By Bexis
There's a noteworthy article in the December 2006 issue of The American Lawyer about the supposed death of mass torts. The entire article is interesting, but here's the statistical analysis…
Drug & Device Law
Interlocutory appeals in MDLs
By Bexis
We love choice of law issues for federal questions in MDLs; it gives us something to think about. Readers of this blog know the basic issue. A lawsuit is filed…
TortsProf Blog
JPML Takes One for the Team
St. Louis in November, November 30 to be precise, for the next JMPL hearing. Ouch. Still, I guess the food on the Hill will be just as tasty even in…
CAFA Law Blog
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, He Will Probably Want a Glass of Milk. If you are interested in CAFA, then you are probably interested in MultiDistrict Litigation. Here is a program for you!
Whether you are relaxing over an umbrella drink on a (nearly) deserted island or hunched over your desk, you can get a needed dose of MDL training, as long as…
TortsProf Blog
Red Hot MDL Action
The JPML has issued [PDF] its schedule for the July 27 hearing in Chicago; as usual, some interesting items.The panel will hear argument on consolidation of the McDonald's french fry…
TortsProf Blog
Unbelievably Awesome MDL Action
The new scheduling order is up! [PDF] Whoo-hoo!Too much enthusiasm for an MDL hearing, in the not-particularly-exotic locale of Kansas City? Okay, you're probably right. Still, some torty goodness is…