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]

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