The rising behemoth : multidistrict and mass tort litigation in the United States /
"Over the last few decades, multidistrict litigation in the federal courts has exploded. Originally a mechanism for consolidating relatively small numbers of commercial cases, with the advent of large-scale mass tort litigation, it has become the primary vehicle for resolving hundreds of thousa...
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Chicago, Illinois :
American Bar Association, ABA Publishing,
2020
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Table of Contents:
- The rise of multidistrict litigation
- The rise of meritless claims
- A framework for resolution
- Discovery and exchange of information
- Resolving common issues
- Resolving individual cases and case-specific issues
- The bellwether process
- Settlement
- What can go wrong
- Proposals for reform
- Alternatives to multidistrict litigation