Recorded Briefing — Reforming Multidistrict Litigation: A Proposal for Rules that Promote Transparency and Consistency in MDL Practice

Media Briefing

Recorded October 31, 2018

Featuring:

Alex Dahl, Strategic Policy Counsel, PLLC and General Counsel, Lawyers for Civil Justice
Mary Nold Larimore, Partner, Ice Miller LLP
Stephen A. Wood, Principal, Chuhak & Tecson, P.C.

Related Documents:

Related WLF Publications

Cost-Shifting Can Stimulate More Focused, Efficient Discovery in MDL Proceedings,
WLF Legal Backgrounder by Mary Nold Larimore and Matthew J. Hamilton

Lone Pine Orders: A Practical Strategy for Reducing MDL Costs,
WLF Contemporary Legal Note by Mary Nold Larimore and Carolyn Riggs

Improving Multidistrict Litigation: The Case for Three-Judge Panels,
WLF Working Paper by Stephen A. Wood

Speakers' Biographies

Mary Nold Larimore

Mary Nold Larimore is a Partner with Ice Miller LLP in the firm’s Indianapolis, IN office, where she serves as co-chair of the Drug and Device Group. Ms. Larimore’s primary practice concentration is in litigation, focusing on product liability. toxic tort, and commercial litigation. She was the first woman from the State of Indiana to be inducted as a Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers, and has served as Chair of the Supreme Court Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure, and two five-year terms by appointment of the Chief Justice.

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Stephen A. Wood

Stephen A. Wood is a Principal with Chuhak & Tecson, P.C. in the firm’s Chicago, IL office, where he leads the litigation practice group. Mr. Wood focuses his practice on complex civil litigation, including a wide range of commercial disputes, mass tort, and products liability matters. He is active with a number of attorney organizations, including Defense Research Institute and Lawyers for Civil Justice, and recently started as a Featured Expert Contributor on the False Claims Act for Washington Legal Foundation’s WLF Legal Pulse blog. Mr. Wood is a former captain in the U.S. Marine Corps.

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Alex Dahl

Alex Dahl is Founder and CEO of Strategic Policy Counsel, PLLC in Washington, DC. He serves as outside General Counsel to Lawyers for Civil Justice, a national coalition of corporations, law firms, and defense lawyer organizations, promoting excellence and fairness in the civil justice system. Previously, Mr. Dahl was a Shareholder with Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, served as Deputy Staff Director and Senior Counsel to the Senate Judiciary Committee, and worked as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the District of Columbia.

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