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MDL Defendant Moves for Coordination with State Court Proceedings

By Sean Wajert on March 25, 2015
Posted in Articles, Class Action, Consumer Products

General Motors recently moved in Pennsylvania state court to to have discovery in an ignition defect lawsuit coordinated with the discovery in the 150…
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Publication of my new Class Action & Mass Torts Answer Book

By Sean Wajert on March 3, 2015
Posted in Articles, Class Action

Just a quick note. Your humble blogger is very pleased to announce the availability of my latest publication, the Class Action and Mass Tort Answer Bo…
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En Banc Appeals Court Interprets CAFA Mass Action Requirement

By Sean Wajert on November 20, 2014
Posted in Articles, Class Action, Drug and Device

The Ninth Circuit has weighed in on an interesting CAFA issue, holding that personal injury claims relating to prescription pain relief drugs belong i…
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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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Panel Rejects MDL Status for Brass Plumbing Claims

By Sean Wajert on October 4, 2012
Posted in Articles, Consumer Products

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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Challenge to Federal-State Court Coordination Overture Prompts Response

By Sean Wajert on September 18, 2012
Posted in Articles, Drug and Device

One of the challenges of our system of federalism, and dual jurisdiction between state and federal courts, is the coordination of related cases pendin…
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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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JPML Orders Gulf Oil Spill MDL to Eastern District of Louisiana

By Sean Wajert on August 11, 2010
Posted in Articles, Chemical, Class Action, Toxic Tort

The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation yesterday selected New Orleans as the site of the oil spill litigation MDL. The Panel ordered coordinat…
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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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