multidistrict litigation

glossary / MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION
multidistrict litigation. Civil procedure. Federal-court litigation in which civil actions pending in different districts and involving common fact questions are transferred to a single district for coordinated pretrial proceedings, after which the actions are returned to their original districts for trial. • Multidistrict litigation is governed by the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation, which is composed of seven circuit and district judges appointed by the Chief Justice of the United States. 28 USCA § 1407. — Abbr. MDL. [Cases: Federal Civil Procedure 9; Federal Courts 151–157.]
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multidistrict litigation 〈美〉多地区诉讼 指涉及一个或多个共同的事实问题的若干民事案件同时在几个不同的联邦地区法院待决时，可将这些案件移送至其中一个地区法院以便统一管理，并由一名法官来进行审理。可能发生多地区诉讼的案件类型包括反垄断案件、共同灾难(如空难)案件、专利和商标案件、产品责任案件、违反证券法的案件等。此等案件的分派与移送由「多地区诉讼专门司法小组」〔Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation〕按「复杂诉讼指南」〔Manual for Complex Litigation〕及「多地区诉讼专门司法小组办案程序规则」〔Rules of Procedure of the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation〕来办理。