Last year, the Rule 30(b)(6) Subcommittee of the Civil Rules Advisory Committee began considering a proposed change to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 30(b)(6). ...more
The Fifth Circuit's recent opinion in Greer v. DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc. illustrates the risks inherent in bellwether multidistrict litigation (MDL) trials. MDL courts often, at great expense to the parties, use bellwether...more