Aug. 12, 2015
Weighing the pros and cons of multidistrict litigation
There is no doubt that the MDL promotes efficiency. It allows hundreds of related cases to proceed smoothly by avoiding duplicative discovery, but it hasd drawbacks, too.
Brian S. Kabateck
Founding and Managing Partner
Kabateck LLP
Consumer rights
633 W. Fifth Street Suite 3200
Los Angeles , CA 90071
Phone: 213-217-5000
Email: bsk@kbklawyers.com
Brian represents plaintiffs in personal injury, mass torts litigation, class actions, insurance bad faith, insurance litigation and commercial contingency litigation. He is a former president of Consumer Attorneys of California.
Mass tort cases sometimes are bundled together for pretrial litigation in a singular venue to enhance efficiency. While there are benefits to such "multidistrict litigation," or MDL, there may be drawbacks. Those include delays in pushing forward your particular case, limited flexibility in the prosecution of your case, and the payment of hefty common benefit fees.
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