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- Title
Federal Multidistrict Litigation: Background, Basics, Global Settlements, and Bellwether Trials.
- Authors
Johnson, Jeffrey R.; Gómez, Tami Becker
- Abstract
The article discusses the bellwether trials and its potential of global settlements in the context of Multidistrict Litigation (MDL). The primary purpose of the informational bellwether trials is to provide meaningful information and experience to all those who are involved in the litigation, and help in resolving many pending cases in MDL. It presents that Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) and settlement discussions are now considered part of pre-trial proceedings in litigation.
- Subjects
MULTIDISTRICT litigation; TRIALS (Law); LEGAL settlement; ACTIONS &; defenses (Law); DISPUTE resolution; PRE-trial procedure; RESOLUTION (Civil law)
- Publication
Defense Counsel Journal, 2012, Vol 79, Issue 1, p21
- ISSN
0895-0016
- Publication type
Article