Welcome to Critical Mass, Law.com’s weekly briefing for class action and mass tort attorneys. This week, Max Mitchell is filling in for your usual columnist, Amanda Bronstad.
Litigation over the COVID-19 pandemic continues to get a cold reception from the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation. New data gathered by Law.com shows precious little progress when it comes to ethnic and racial diversity in MDL leadership. Also, we take a look at why a recent ruling over a record-breaking Telephone Consumer Protection Act verdict could have robocallers thinking twice.
