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