And Now A Word From The Panel: A Rare MDL Petition Off-Day

This article is part of a bimonthly column that “rides the circuit” with the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation as it meets on a bimonthly basis. With baseball season in full swing and with the panel having geared up for a visit to a city and state with a major league baseball team (Milwaukee, Wisconsin), the panel is now taking a rare "off-day" from hearing oral arguments.

In an unusual occurrence in panel history, there are a total of zero new MDL petitions scheduled for a hearing session. Thus, the panel will retreat to its Washington, D.C., hub, another locale that is home to a major league baseball team, where the panel will consider, by Alan Rothman video conference or teleconference, motions relating to transfer of cases to existing MDL proceedings, without oral argument.