Transferee Judges

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Plaintiff Fact Sheets in Multidistrict Litigation Proceedings: A Guide for Transferee Judges

Margaret S. Williams, Jason A. Cantone, Emery G. Lee

October 28, 2019

This pocket guide was created to provide multidistrict transferee judges with an overview of the use of fact sheets. Fact sheets (either plaintiff or defendant) are one of many case-management tools available to transferee judges.

Bellwether Trials in MDL Proceedings: A Guide for Transferee Judges

Melissa J. Whitney

May 15, 2019

This pocket guide was created to provide transferee judges handling multidistrict litigation (MDL) with an overview of the bellwether trial process. Bellwether trials are one of many case-management tools available to MDL transferee judges.

Ten Steps to Better Case Management: A Guide for Multidistrict Litigation Transferee Judges, Second Edition

Federal Judicial Center, Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation

January 1, 2014

This guide is intended to help transferee judges with their MDL cases. Section 1407 empowers a transferee judge to exercise all the powers of the transferor court, with the exception of actually conducting the trial of the case (except in special circumstances).

Survey of Federal Transferee Judges in MDL Proceedings Regarding Coordination with Parallel State Proceedings: Report to the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation and the Judicial Conference Committee on Federal-State Jurisdiction

Emery G. Lee

December 1, 2011

The Judicial Conference Committee on Federal-State Jurisdiction and the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation ("JPML") asked the Federal Judicial Center to survey transferee judges in multidistrict litigation proceedings about their experiences in coordinating with state judges.

Ten Steps to Better Case Management: A Guide for Multidistrict Litigation Transferee Judges [Superseded]