Chapter 1. Introduction to Federal Multidistrict Litigation
Chapter 2. MDL Panel: Composition, Authority, and Procedures
Chapter 3. MDL Panel's Transfer Decision
Chapter 4. The MDL Panel's Transfer Decision: Selection of the District Court and District Judge
Chapter 5. Appellate Review of Panel Transfer Decisions and Other Orders
Chapter 6. Tag-Along Actions
Chapter 7. Role of Transferee Judge: Designation of Lead Attorneys and Committees
Chapter 8. Role of Transferee Judge: Case Management
Chapter 9. Role of Transferee Judge: Bellwether Trials
Chapter 10. Role of Transferee Judge: Facilitating Settlement
Chapter 11. Role of Transferee Judge: Attorneys' Fees, Expenses, and Incentive Payments
Chapter 12. Role of the Transferee Judge: Choice-of-Law Issues
Chapter 13. Personal Jurisdiction and Venue Issues in MDL Cases
Chapter 14. Appeals of Rulings by MDL Judges
Chapter 15. Remand
Chapter 16. Federal/State Coordination and State Mini-MDL Procedures
Chapter 17. Reform Issues
Appendix A. 28 U.S. Code [secion] 1407
Appendix B. Rules of Procedure of the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation
Appendix C. Case Study Appendix
Appendix D. Table of Secondary Sources
Index.