MDL - Taking Charge

We got our first real document in the now centralized MDL case.  I can take a couple good things out of this:

The first is, it appears the Judge hass taken charge and is setting down the ground rules.  It is to everyone's(?) advantage to get this done as quickly as possible, and an experienced judge who knows he's in charge is a good sign of that. 

The second thing is "every member in good standing of the Bar of any district court of the United States is entitled to practice in any action transferred under Section 1407; therefore, no motion to proceed pro hac vice is required."  The SkunK believes this will reduce the number of lawyers involved at least during this phase, and that should keep the cost and the momentum moving forward.

SEE HERE

SkunK

PS Sorry for the word document, best I can do at this point.