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Williams and George on JPML Decisions

August 17, 2010 01:22

Margaret Williams (Federal Judicial Center) and Tracey George (Vanderbilt University) have posted Who Will Manage Complex Civil Litigation?: The Decision to Transfer and Consolidate Multidistrict Litigation to SSRN. Abstract: The United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation may transfer...

BP Oil Spill MDL Sent to New Orleans

August 14, 2010 00:25

Last month we covered the hearing before the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) on the BP Oil Spill litigation (In Re: Oil Spill by the Oil Rig “Deepwater Horizon” in the Gulf of Mexico, on April 20, 2010,...

Big Day in Boise: JPML Hearing on Possible MDL for BP Oil Spill Litigation

July 30, 2010 22:01

Yesterday the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) heard argument on various motions to centralize litigation relating to the BP Oil Spill. Orders relevant to the hearing are available on the JPML website here. For press coverage, see Associated...

Discovery Order in Toyota MDL incorporates elements of parallel state and federal administrative investigations

July 21, 2010 19:21

The National Law Journal reports that the California federal judges hearing the Toyota MDLs has approved a new joint discovery plan. Of interest to civ pro folks is the fact that the plan takes advantage of discovery and facts already...

9/11 Lawyers Offer to Reduce Attorneys' Fees in Settlement

June 02, 2010 14:28

A few months ago, the lawyers representing the first responders, recovery workers, and contractors at Ground Zero came to a draft settlement with lawyers for NYC, the captive insurer, and other defendants. After the parties presented the proposed settlement to...