An expert Q&A on new Rule 16.1 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP), effective December 1, 2025, including how Rule 16.1 may impact multidistrict litigation (MDL) practice and case ...

Use of multi-district-litigation (“MDLs”) to jointly manage discovery in toxic tort and product liability suits involving the same subject matter but filed in disparate jurisdictions is ever ...

Life-tenured judges play the long game. Last spring, the Judicial Conference adopted, without any debate, a "binding" policy that would force reassignment of cases seeking nationwide relief. After ...

In recent weeks, activist organizations fueled by hundreds of millions of dollars in donations and sometimes even Government grants have obtained sweeping injunctions far beyond the scope of relief ...