- Part I. Handling Cases Before the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation
Chapter - Overview of the Panel's Role
- History of the Panel
- Powers of the Panel
- Procedure Before the Panel
- Factors in Deciding Whether Transfer is Appropriate
- Selection of a Transferee District
- Selection of a Transferee Judge
- Tag-Along Actions
- Effect of Transfer: Proceedings in the Transferee Court
- Remand
- Appeal
- Part II. §1407 in the Courts
Appendix - Forms
- U.S. District Courts - Civil Cases Pending
- Cumulative Summary of Multidistrict Litigation
- Distribution of Pending MDL Dockets
- Manual for Complex Litigation Fourth (2004) (Excerpt)
- Ten Steps to Better Case Management: A Guide for Multidistrict Litigation Transferee Court Clerks
- Bibliography
- Table of Cases
- Index
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