Glossary
A federal procedure that consolidates civil cases sharing common factual questions before a single judge for coordinated pretrial proceedings.
Under 28 U.S.C. § 1407, the United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation may transfer civil actions involving one or more common questions of fact pending in different federal districts to a single district for coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings, including discovery, dispositive motions, and bellwether trials. Cases not resolved during MDL proceedings are remanded to the originating district for trial.