Law, Strategy, and Risk in Commercial Disputes
The U.S. Panel on Multidistrict Litigation has already finished its work from the January 21st session in New Orleans.
See the results:
Granting Transfer
S.D. Fla.
In re Enfamil LIPIL Mktg. & Sales Prac. Litig., MDL No. 2222
N.D. Ga.
In re Camp Lejeune, North Carolina Water Contamination Litig., MDL No. 2218…
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From your civil procedure class? In law school? Nothin'?
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