A federal judge in West Palm Beach appointed 26 plaintiffs lawyers, with nearly half of them women, to steer the multidistrict litigation filed over the recalled heartburn medication Zantac, and made an unusual push for leadership mentoring.

U.S. District Judge Robin Rosenberg, who held two days of leadership interviews with 62 attorneys by video last week, emphasized the diversity of the team, which will oversee about 230 lawsuits against the makers and sellers of Zantac.

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