Summer 2010 Issue
MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION - HOW AN MDL WORKS
The massive BP oil spill, the wide ranging Toyota automobile recall and the toxic infection of homes by Chinese-made drywall are all economic calamities and horrible national tragedies. They are also the subjects of hundreds of lawsuits filed by thousands of law firms around the country, and yet they are all likely to eventually be resolved in the courtroom of a single United States District Court judge who has been or will be tasked to oversee the consolidated and coordinated lawsuits. These heart-breaking disasters are affecting millions of consumers around the country and will likely take millions if not billions of dollars to rectify. The legal process by which each of these matters will be adjudicated is known as an MDL, short for Multidistrict Litigation.
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