Readers know that courts will sometimes, perhaps often, bifurcate discovery in a proposed class action between the discovery needed to assess certific
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Busy Mass Tort Court Revamps Procedures
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Our readers recognize that Philadelphia (home base for MassTortDefense) is a hot-bed of mass tort activity, administering those cases through a Comple…
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Use of Company Conduct Evidence to Prove Liability or Punitive Damages
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As due process considerations have taken their more appropriate place in the law of punitive damages, see BMW of North America, Inc. v. Gore, 517 U.S.
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Parties Spar Over Possible Bifurcation In Mirapex MDL
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Pfizer and the other defendants in the Mirapex litigation are seeking a bifurcated trial plan. In motions filed with the U.S. District Court for the D…
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