Law360, New York (January 30, 2013, 9:33 PM ET) -- Plaintiffs suing the New England Compounding Center over last year's meningitis outbreak will ask a federal judicial panel Thursday to do something it appears it has never done: transfer an already-filed bankruptcy to another venue alongside the litigation at issue.
The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation is holding a hearing in Orlando, Fla., to determine whether and where it should centralize the 100-plus lawsuits over injuries allegedly caused by tainted steroids manufactured by the NECC. The outbreak has sickened 693 people and killed 45 in...
JPML To Mull Novel Bankruptcy Shift In Meningitis Cases
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