Federal courts generally agree that when certification of a class action is denied or the case is dismissed, the statute of limitations on the claim asserted on behalf of the would-be class is deemed to have been tolled during the pendency of the class claims for all individual members of the putative class action, at
Multi-District Litigation
Dealing with Competing Class Actions, Part Two – Venue Transfer and MDL Consolidation
By John E. Goodman on
Part two of our series on competing class actions will address strategies intended to “corral” multiple cases: venue transfer under the federal forum non conveniens statute, and seeking multidistrict litigation (MDL) consolidation. Such strategies, while not necessarily eliminating competing cases, can be useful in lodging such cases in fewer forums, often resulting in discovery and…