The MDL process is not limited to cases in which a few defendants are alleged to have done a great deal of harm to a large number of plaintiffs, such as in the case of an airplane crash or a drug with harmful side effects; it increasingly is being used to manage litigation challenging an industrywide practice involving large numbers of defendants. In these cases, the process can create a snowball effect, dragging in companies that might never have been named absent the consolidated proceeding.
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MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION
Sometimes the small fry get swept up in the net
The National Law Journal
September 20, 2010
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