We have posted before about the 2010 DRI Product Liability Conference in Las Vegas in April, as an event worth checking out. Let me add that one of th
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CAFA Mass Tort Removal in Drug Case
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Posted in Articles, Drug and Device
A federal court in Illinois recently denied remand of approximately 100 cases involving Trasylol, an anti-bleeding drug, citing the Class Action Fairn…
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Climate Change Litigation and Legislation Update
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Although we haven’t posted about it much, a number of environmental groups, states and private citizens have brought litigation, seeking to turn clima…
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Guide for Multidistrict Litigation Transferee Judges Published By FJC
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The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation and The Federal Judicial Center have recently released a new publication, “Ten Steps to Better Cas…
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Court Allows Plaintiffs to Structure Suits To Avoid CAFA
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Two thousand Central American banana farm workers suing over their alleged exposure to a pesticide were permitted split up their suits to avoid federa…
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Latest Federal Court Statistical Report Offers Snapshot of Mass Torts
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An interesting snapshot of mass torts and product liability actions in the federal courts is found in the annual report, “Judicial Business of th…
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Update on Digitek Litigation
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As posted by MassTortDefense, the Digitek MDL judge late in 2008 issued a pretrial order regarding multi-plaintiff complaints. In Pretrial Order No. 7…
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National Juries For National Cases?
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At MassTortDefense we typically focus on cases, statutes, and the like, but certainly can make room for a thought-provoking academic piece. Professor …
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Issue Preclusion in Mass Torts
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Professor Byron Stier, of Southwestern Law School, has written an interesting article entitled, Another Jackpot (In)Justice: Verdict Variability and I…
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Mass Tort Litigation Screenings Exposed
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Professor Lester Brickman, of Cardozo School of Law, has published a fascinating article entitled, “The Use of Litigation Screenings in Mass Tort…
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