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Multidistrict Litigation
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Sixth Circuit Appellate Blog
Sua Sponte State Law Certification in Opioid MDL Appeal
The Sixth Circuit issued a notable decision two days ago in one of the higher-profile appeals pending before it. The Panel's opinion was written by Judge Griffin and joined by…
Minding Your Business
Where Do We Go From Here? Practical Considerations When Multidistrict Litigation Comes to an End
When product liability actions involving one or more common issues of fact (e.g., an allegedly harmful product or chemical) are filed in multiple jurisdictions, they are typically consolidated for pretrial…
Drug & Device Law
Taxotere MDL Dismisses Plaintiffs Who Failed to Perfect Service by Deadline
It is time, once again, to talk about Multidistrict Litigation (MDL) case management. But this time there will be more gratitude than grousing. We wince when we hear judges talk…
Napoli Shkolnik Blog
AUMENTAN LAS DEMANDAS POR PRODUCTOS PARA EL CUIDADO DEL CABELLO
Más de cincuenta mujeres han presentado una demanda contra L’Oréal USA, alegando que los productos para el cuidado del cabello de la compañía crean un mayor riesgo de cáncer de…
Drug & Device Law
In re BHR MDL Identity Crisis
The In re Smith & Nephew Birmingham Hip Resurfacing Hip Implant Products Liability Litigation MDL (“In re BHR MDL”) has disappointed us in the past with its early decisions on…
Regulatory Oversight
MDL Panel Applies Procedural Rule to Texas-Led Multistate Action Against Google
By Troutman Pepper Locke State Attorneys General Team
On June 5, the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) in Texas v. Google, LLC ruled that the State Antitrust Enforcement Act of 2021 applies to pending state antitrust enforcement…
Drug & Device Law
Peculiar MDL Procedures Again Disadvantage Defendants
By Bexis
This is hardly the first time we’ve complained about MDL procedures – such as direct filing and master complaints – adopted in derogation of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure,…
TortsProf Blog
Noll & Zimmerman on MDL Leadership
David Noll & Adam Zimmerman have posted to SSRN Diversity and Complexity in MDL Leadership: A Status Report from Case Management Orders. The abstract provides:In multidistrict litigation, as elsewhere, personnel is…
TortsProf Blog
Plaintiffs and Attorneys in MDLs
A year ago, the Deborah L. Rhode Center on the Legal Profession at Stanford convened a conference on MDLs. Nora Freeman Engstrom, Todd Venook, David Freeman Engstrom, and Silvie Saltzman…
Drug & Device Law
Better Late Than Never . . . Unless We Are Talking About Service
This post is from the non-Reed Smith side of the blog. Today would not be the first time that we complained about current MDL processes and the need for changes…