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JPML Releases MDL Stats

By Sean Wajert on May 27, 2013
Posted in Articles, Class Action

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

By Sean Wajert on October 23, 2012
Posted in Articles, Class Action, Drug and Device

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

By Sean Wajert on August 13, 2012
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

By Sean Wajert on August 17, 2011
Posted in Articles, Consumer Products, Food and Beverage

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

By Sean Wajert on December 16, 2010
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

By Sean Wajert on August 2, 2010
Posted in Articles, Chemical, Class Action, Toxic Tort

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

By Sean Wajert on January 6, 2010
Posted in Articles, Class Action, Drug and Device

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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