In a recent ruling, the Ninth Circuit concluded that a lower court possessed the necessary authority to reject a request from two Texas law firms. The law firms sought to exclude non-multidistrict litigation (non-MDL) claims from undergoing assessment for specific attorney fees within an MDL. Interestingly, the multidistrict litigation in question surrounds an allegedly defective catheter device.
This has broader implications for legal professionals, especially those working in the fields of claim litigation and medical device malpractice. The ruling potentially restricts law firms’ capacity to avoid certain fee assessments applied to non-MDL claims within a larger MDL case.
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