Interestingly, besides changes to the MDL system posed by the plaintiff counsel, the defense counsel has a problem with the MDL. An organization representing leading corporate counsel and defense bar practitioners claim that 30-40% of the MDL cases are “meritless claims”… see their fact sheet here.
https://www.lfcj.com/uploads/1/1/2/0/112061707/lcj_memo_-mdl__tplf_proposals_for_discussion_9-14-18__004.pdf
Was yours a meritless claim?
Here is the background story on Kline Specter’s proposed changes to the MDL which is largely self-governing.
Also if you are into the MDL system and how it did or didn’t work for you, Elizabeth Chamblee Burch at the University of Georgia has written Mass Tort Deals:
The Burch book, Mass Tort Deals: Backroom Bargaining in Multidistrict Litigation is available here.
https://www.amazon.com/Mass-Tort-Deals-Bargaining-Multidistrict-ebook/dp/B07S7DMN7Z
And even more on the MDL system.
If it helps plaintiffs understand the MDL process at all, here’s the video portion of the podcast I did for the American Law Institute with Shanin Specter, John Beisner, and Prof. Abbe Gluck: https://vimeo.com/485599533
The podcast version is here:
The podcast involved Professor Elizabeth Burch, not me.
I am unable to open the link to the fact sheet.
Welcome CB Colorado… can you listen to the podcast here!