This article is part of a bimonthly column that "rides the circuit" with the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation as it meets every other month. This installment examines the confluence between the world of MDLs and the world of baseball, fresh off a World Series disappointment for Yankees fans.
With MLB's Fall Classic behind us — more about that later — the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation finally returns to a state with a baseball presence, and two major league teams: New York.
The panel enters the Big Apple with an extremely light docket as it considers only two new MDL petitions. This includes a petition joining the docket after the original hearing order was issued.[1] This will bring the total number of new MDL petitions considered this year to 34.
