The multidistrict litigation caseload has more than doubled since 2001. In this special report, The National Law Journal examines the impact of the mounting number of MDLs, including cases related to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and defective Toyota vehicles.
Swelling docket challenges system
The number of cases winding their way through the multidistrict litigation process across the country has more than doubled during the past decade, inundating both the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation, which decides where those cases should be consolidated, and the federal judges who ultimately end up handling discovery in such complex cases.
