Multi-District Litigation cases (MDL's) are cases involving one or more common questions of fact which have been transferred from different districts by the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation to a single district for coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings under 28 U.S.C. § 1407.
Important Contacts:
Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation
Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building
One Columbus Circle, NE
Room G-255, North Lobby
Washington, DC 20002-8004
Telephone: | (202) 502-2800 |
Fax: | (202) 502-2888 |
Website: | www.jpml.uscourts.gov |
The Panel’s website includes links to the full texts of statutes and rules governing Multi-District Litigation, as well as information about the Panel itself, and all pending MDLs.