Conference Reading Materials
2024 Resources
- “Rules for American MDL Proceedings?” by Prof. Richard Marcus, UC Law San Francisco (formerly UC Hastings), San Francisco/USA
- “Cure-All for an Era of Dispersed Litigation? Toward a Maximalist Use of the Multidistrict Litigation Panel’s Transfer Power” by Richard L. Marcus
- “More Reasons to Deny Releases to Nondebtors in the Purdue Bankruptcy” By Alan B. Morrison
- “Second Circuit Approves Third-Party Bankruptcy Releases, Then Tries (Unsuccessfully) to Limit Them” by Alan B. Morrison
- “MDL Myths,” 101 TEX. L. REV. 1521 (2023) by Lynn A. Baker with Andrew D. Bradt
- “Mass Tort Remedies and the Puzzle of the Disappearing Defendant,” 98 TEX. L. REV. 1165 (2020) by Lynn A. Baker
- “Mass Torts and the Pursuit of Ethical Finality,” 85 FORDHAM L. REV. 1943 (2017) by Lynn A. Baker
- “The Taxable Nature of Sexual Abuse Settlements in Mass Torts” by Rocco Strangio, Esq.
- “Special Procedures for Managing Mass Claims Outside the US” by Deborah R. Hensler, Ph.D.
- “Good Representatives, Bad Objectors, and Restitution in Class Settlements” by Jay Tidmarsh and Tladi Marumo
- “The Future of Multidistrict Litigation” by Jay Tidmarsh and Daniela Peinado Welsh
2023 Resources
- Event Agenda (PDF)
- Proposal to Adopt a Rule for Unified Bar Admission to All Federal District Courts (PDF)
- Credit Card Settlement – 2d Cir. Opinion (PDF)
- Declaration in Support of Petition to Vacate Arbitration Award (PDF)
- Expert Report in Support of Petition to Vacate Arbitration Award (PDF)
- Order on Claimants’ Preliminary Injunction Application (PDF)
- Petition to Vacate Arbitration Award (PDF)
- Reyes-Hernandez v. Monsanto (PDF)
- Adelanto Complaint (PDF)
- FPL Hurricane Class Action (PDF)
- Order Establishing Protocols For Common Benefit Work And Expenses And Establishing The Common Benefit Fee And Expense Funds (PDF)
- M&O – CBO Objs (PDF)
- M&O – CBO Motion (PDF)
- Kaiser – Dispute Resolution Journal Article (PDF)
- Arbitrating Mass Claims (PDF)
- Class Action Certification Opinion – DC Circuit (PDF)
- Unlocking The Code: The Value Of Bankruptcy To Resolve Mass Torts (PDF)
- Article: The Settlement Trap (PDF)
- Article: Bankruptcy Grifters (PDF)
- § 1407. Multidistrict Litigation Statute (PDF)
- Mass Torts And The Pursuit Of Ethical Finality (PDF)
- Baker: Aggregate Settlements And Attorney Liability (2016) (PDF)
- ABA Model Rule 1.8 (PDF)
- Baker: Mass Tort Remedies And The Puzzle Of The Disappearing Defendant (2020) (PDF)
- Baker & Bradt: Anecdotes Vs Data In MDLs (2022) (PDF)Baker & Silver: In Defense Of Private Claims Resolution Facilities (PDF)
- Baker & Herman: Layers Of Lawyers: Parsing The Complexities Of Claimant Representation In Mass Tort MDLs (PDF)
- Neuriva 60-1: Opinion Vacting Approval (PDF)
- Mass Arbitration 74 Stan. L. Rev. 1283 (PDF)
- Article: Concerted Arbitration (PDF)
- Article: The Enforcement Opportunity: From Mass Arbitration To Mass Organizing (PDF)
- Article: Mass Arbitration: How The Newest Frontier Of Mandatory Arbitration Jurisprudence Has Created A Brand New Private Enforcement Regime In The Gig Economy Era (PDF)