VLR

  • Efficiency at the Price of Accuracy: The Case for Assigning MDLs to Multiple Districts and Circuits

    Efficiency at the Price of Accuracy: The Case for Assigning MDLs to Multiple Districts and Circuits

    28 U.S.C. § 1407 allows for the centralization of unique cases into a single forum for pretrial purposes. The product is multidistrict litigation, known colloquially as the “MDL.” While initially conceived as a means of increasing efficiency for only particularly massive, complex litigation, MDLs have become pervasive. Today, over fifteen… Read More

    Mar. 27, 2024

  • Res Judicata and Multiple Disability Applications: Fulfilling the Praiseworthy Intentions of the Fourth and Sixth Circuits

    Res Judicata and Multiple Disability Applications: Fulfilling the Praiseworthy Intentions of the Fourth and Sixth Circuits

    28 U.S.C. § 1407 allows for the centralization of unique cases into a single forum for pretrial purposes. The product is multidistrict litigation, known colloquially as the “MDL.” While initially conceived as a means of increasing efficiency for only particularly massive, complex litigation, MDLs have become pervasive. Today, over fifteen… Read More

    Mar. 27, 2024

  • The Minimalist Alternative to Abolitionism: Focusing on the Non-Dangerous Many

    The Minimalist Alternative to Abolitionism: Focusing on the Non-Dangerous Many

    28 U.S.C. § 1407 allows for the centralization of unique cases into a single forum for pretrial purposes. The product is multidistrict litigation, known colloquially as the “MDL.” While initially conceived as a means of increasing efficiency for only particularly massive, complex litigation, MDLs have become pervasive. Today, over fifteen… Read More

    Mar. 27, 2024

  • Too Stubborn to Care for: The Impacts of Discrimination on Patient Noncompliance

    Too Stubborn to Care for: The Impacts of Discrimination on Patient Noncompliance

    28 U.S.C. § 1407 allows for the centralization of unique cases into a single forum for pretrial purposes. The product is multidistrict litigation, known colloquially as the “MDL.” While initially conceived as a means of increasing efficiency for only particularly massive, complex litigation, MDLs have become pervasive. Today, over fifteen… Read More

    Mar. 27, 2024

  • The Labor Gerrymander

    The Labor Gerrymander

    28 U.S.C. § 1407 allows for the centralization of unique cases into a single forum for pretrial purposes. The product is multidistrict litigation, known colloquially as the “MDL.” While initially conceived as a means of increasing efficiency for only particularly massive, complex litigation, MDLs have become pervasive. Today, over fifteen… Read More

    Mar. 27, 2024

  • Barring Judicial Review

    Barring Judicial Review

    28 U.S.C. § 1407 allows for the centralization of unique cases into a single forum for pretrial purposes. The product is multidistrict litigation, known colloquially as the “MDL.” While initially conceived as a means of increasing efficiency for only particularly massive, complex litigation, MDLs have become pervasive. Today, over fifteen… Read More

    Mar. 27, 2024

  • Vanderbilt University

    Kyle Brinker ’22 wins Tennessee Bar Association Administrative Law writing competition

    In his paper, “A Gundy Revival in the Age of Public Health Crises,” Brinker argues for a more lenient interpretation of the nondelegation doctrine during public health emergencies such as the COVID-19 pandemic. Read More

    Jul. 12, 2021

  • Susanna Rychlak '17

    Susanna Rychlak ’17

    28 U.S.C. § 1407 allows for the centralization of unique cases into a single forum for pretrial purposes. The product is multidistrict litigation, known colloquially as the “MDL.” While initially conceived as a means of increasing efficiency for only particularly massive, complex litigation, MDLs have become pervasive. Today, over fifteen… Read More

    Jul. 8, 2016

  • 2016 Nagareda Award to Calvin Cohen and Alex Nunn

    Calvin Cohen ’16 and Alex Nunn ’16 share 2016 Nagareda Prize for best scholarly papers in litigation and dispute resolution

    Cohen’s paper addresses the inconsistent application of state sovereign immunity claims to federal rules; Nunn’s applied the perspective of due process to the use of “naked statistical evidence.” Read More

    May. 13, 2016

  • Ben Raker '17

    Ben Raker ’17

    28 U.S.C. § 1407 allows for the centralization of unique cases into a single forum for pretrial purposes. The product is multidistrict litigation, known colloquially as the “MDL.” While initially conceived as a means of increasing efficiency for only particularly massive, complex litigation, MDLs have become pervasive. Today, over fifteen… Read More

    May. 12, 2016