JPML Adds Judge, Sprinkles Cases Across U.S.; Heading South?

By Barry Barnett on October 11, 2009

The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation met in Richmond on September 24. It has so far issued 19 orders — 14 granting transfer and centralization of multidistrict cases and five not.

Blawgletter couldn't help noting that the Panel has lately added a seventh member – bringing it (at last) back to full strength. U.S. District Judge David G. Trager has sat in the Eastern District of New York since 1993. He took senior status in 2006.

Judge Trager joins JPML Chairman John G. Heyburn, II (W.D. Ky.) and members Robert L. Miller, Jr. (N.D. Ind.), David R. Hansen (8th Cir.), Frank C. Damrell, Jr. (E.D. Cal.), Kathryn H. Vratil (D. Kan.), and W. Royal Furgeson, Jr. (N.D. Tex.).

The MDL Panel hasn't posted notice of its next hearing session, but Blawgletter expects the venue to wander southward (and likely palm tree-ward) as autumn marches towards winter.

The September session produced these rulings:

Transferred Litigations (.pdfs)

MDL No. 2084 — IN RE: AndroGel Antitrust Litigation (No. II)
MDL No. 2085 — IN RE: Air Crash Near Clarence Center, New York, on February 12, 2009
MDL No. 2086 — IN RE: Pre-Filled Propane Tank Marketing and Sales Practices Litigation
MDL No. 2087 — IN RE: Hydroxycut Marketing and Sales Practices Litigation
MDL No. 2088 — IN RE: Fairfield Greenwich Group Securities Litigation
MDL No. 2089 — IN RE: Airline Baggage Fee Antitrust Litigation
MDL No. 2092 — IN RE: Chantix (Varenicline) Products Liability Litigation
MDL No. 2093 — IN RE: DIRECTV, Inc., Early Cancellation Fee Marketing and Sales Practices Litigation
MDL No. 2094 — IN RE: Cheerios Marketing and Sales Practices Litigation
MDL No. 2096 — IN RE: Zicam Cold Remedy Marketing and Sales Practices Litigation
MDL No. 2098 — IN RE: Kitec Plumbing System Products Liability Litigation
MDL No. 2099 — IN RE: Stanford Entities Securities Litigation
MDL No. 2100 — IN RE: Yasmin and Yaz (Drospirenone) Marketing, Sales Practices and Products Liability Litigation
MDL No. 2102 — IN RE: Sony Corp. SXRD Rear Projection Television Marketing, Sales Practices and
Products Liability Litigation


	Litigations Not Transferred (.pdfs)

MDL No. 2091 — IN RE: Children's Personal Care Products Liability Litigation [Denied]
MDL No. 2095 — IN RE: Porcine Circovirus (PCV) Vaccine Products Patent Litigation [Denied]
MDL No. 2097 — IN RE: Listerine Agent Cool Blue Products Liability Litigation [Denied]
MDL No. 2101 — IN RE: Wells Fargo Checking Account Overdraft Litigation [Denied]
MDL No. 2114 — IN RE: ProShares Securities Litigation [Motion Withdrawn]