Over the weekend, the able Judge Cogan decided to keep the remaining opt-out Propecia plaintiffs' individual cases in Brooklyn -- and appoint a magistrate to handle all pre-trial matters. These are the people who decided not to take the settlement offered by Merck -- over a year ago, now.
The names of the remaining plaintiffs are listed in this PDF version. Here is the order, in plain text:
. . . .The above-captioned cases relate to the multi-district litigation captioned In re: Propecia (Finasteride) Products Liability Litigation, No. 12-md-2331.
The Court previously ordered the parties to show cause why these cases should not be transferred out of the Eastern District of New York in light of the Court’s orders approving the settlement of the multi-district litigation and distribution of settlement funds. Defendants filed a response in each of the above-captioned cases that opposed transferring these cases out of the Eastern District of New York. The Court has also received responses to defendants’ submissions in some but not all of the above captioned cases.
Upon consideration of the responses to the Court’s order to show cause, the cases will remain in the Eastern District of New York.
As explained in the transfer order that originated this multi-district litigation and in Practice and Procedure Order No. 3, the civil actions in this multi-district litigation were consolidated for pretrial purposes to eliminate duplicative discovery; prevent inconsistent pretrial rulings; and conserve the resources of the parties, their counsel, and the judiciary. Because not all pretrial proceedings in the above-captioned cases have been completed, the Court finds that it would advance the purposes of the multi-district litigation to maintain the above-captioned proceedings in the Eastern District of New York.
Court refers the above-captioned proceedings to Magistrate Judge Kuo for completion of all non- dispositive pretrial proceedings. . . .
Now you know. . . in truth, I'm still pretty rattled by yesterday's "buy your seat at Stanford" story. That sort of fraud and graft, for the one percenters -- truly is corrosive to any kid's future belief in the American Dream (just work harder than. . . everyone, and you will rise to the top) -- as so many of us have lived it, these last decades. What will our children's children. . . think?
नमस्ते
2 comments:
When do you think this will all be settled
? It seems like delay after delay after delay. Just curious because I have not seen any posts recently.
Kevin — I hear you. Call your lawyer. The MDL and MCL have both settled. Unless your lawyer “opted you out” of the class, and is suing individually. . . You should see funds shortly.
Namaste — be well!
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