Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation

Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation

Definition

A panel of seven circuit- and district-court judges that determines whether multiple federal cases with common facts should be transferred to one federal district court for centralized handling of the cases’ pretrial procedures.

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