Welcome to Critical Mass, Law.com’s weekly briefing on class actions and mass torts. Here’s what’s going on this week: Public Justice’s Paul Bland took on Home Depot this week before the U.S. Supreme Court. For the first time, white males took a back seat in MDL judicial appointments. Find out who’s leading lawsuits filed over gas explosions in Massachusetts last year.

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