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MDL Strategies: Choosing A Transferee Court

Law360, New York (January 9, 2015, 11:58 AM EST) -- When it comes to consumer class actions, it is common to see multiple cases filed in various federal and state courts at or around the same time, alleging the same issue with respect to a product or service. In the highest profile cases involving well-known companies and everyday products, such as car manufacturers and automobiles, the number of class actions filed can be staggering. When this occurs, motions are typically filed by plaintiffs, and often defendants, before the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) requesting consolidation of the cases into a multidistrict litigation (MDL) before a single federal district judge....

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