The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation recently released the data on requests for coordination and dispositions in 2012, and some intere
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Court of Appeals Applies CAFA Mass Action Provision
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The Seventh Circuit has resolved a conflict between district court decisions about whether a motion to consolidate and transfer related state court ca…
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JPML Declines MDL Status for Surgical Robots
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Posted in Articles, Drug and Device
We have posted before about the MDL process and the importance of the initial decision by the Panel on ordering coordination. Last week the Judicial P…
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MDL Panel Declines to Coordinate Spread Litigation
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The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation declined recently to consolidate three suits by plaintiffs who alleged Ferrero U.S.A. Inc. misrepresent…
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Consolidated Benlate Trials Improper
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Posted in Articles, Toxic Tort
A Florida appeals court recently reaffirmed its prior ruling granting new trials and reversing approximately $20 million in verdicts against defendant…
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JPML Hears Oral Argument In Gulf Oil Spill MDL
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The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation heard oral argument last week on the issue of consolidating the hundreds of cases arising from the…
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MDL Court Rejects Consolidation of Bellwether Trials
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Readers of MassTortDefense know how significant the earliest few trials in any mass tort can be, influencing later trials and shaping settlement strat…
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