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)

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