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Frequently used when there are several lawsuits with similar claims, Lawrence Sucharow said, “The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (MDL) will consider the request to combine the suits at a hearing in Miami Jan. 29.”
An MDL for these claims creates a “uniformity of decisions,” he added. “You don’t get a judge in one district deciding one way and another deciding another way.” It also allows for “a single, coordinated plaintiffs’ effort.”
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