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Multidistrict Litigation
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TortsProf Blog
MDLs — The Next Hearing
Here's the order [PDF]. Torts-related ones I noticed with oral argument:Profiler Products Liability (Not sure what this is. The defendant D-M-E makes molds.)iPod Nano Products Liability (presumably the scratching)In re…
CAFA Law Blog
“Na Na Na Na, Hey Hey Hey, Good-bye.” MDL Panel transfers class action against Massachusetts Federal Judge’s on-the-record wishes, which results in a comprehensive (and unflattering) look at MDL generally, with some CAFA overtones.
Delaventura v. Columbia Acorn Trust, No. 05-10793, 2006 WL 235063 (Feb. 1, 2006). One of U. S. Chief District Judge William G. Young's New Year's resolutions might have been to…
CAFA Law Blog
Back to the future: UMKC Law School presents symposium commemorating the 20th anniversary of Phillips Petroleum Company v. Schutts, including a panel on the Class Action Fairness Act.
Pulling in some heavy hitters from the realms of legal academia, practice and the bench, the University of Missouri-Kansas City Law School promises to step up to the plate to…
TortsProf Blog
Potentially Interesting MDLs
The next hearing of the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation is coming up next week in sunny Orlando. Some interesting proposed torts-related MDL matters from the schedule [PDF] for oral…