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Transferee Judges’ ConferenceFrancis E. McGovern
Duke University School of LawOctober 27, 2010
Palm Beach, Florida
Limited
Pre-trial, remand
Pre-trial, settlement, remand
Resolve underlying social problem
Resolve all cases
Other
Lawsuit filed
Number of lawsuits filed
Defendant location
Location diversity
Docket
Willingness of judge
Experience of judge
Center of gravity
First lawsuit filed
Case progress
Grand jury, if any
Location accessibility
Docket resolution rate
Willingness of chief judge
Subject matter experience
Document/witness location
Other
No monitoring/yardstick
Annual JPMDL review
Annual reports with events and dates
Compilation of yardsticks from annual reports
Other
Mentor Program
Taped program by judges
New MDL judges’ program
Taped program by lawyers
Other
Counsel selects
Judge selects based on filings and oral presentation
Judge selects based on filings
Judge preselects committee to organize counsel
Other
Parties institute
Transferee judge leads
Transferee judgeinstitutes
Non-transferee judge leads
Other
From own client(s)
Common benefit fund
Class action settlement
Class action judgment
Other
How funded?% of federal settlements% of all settlementsdiscovery fee
If common benefit fund:
Other
How allocated?courtcourt adjunctcounsel
