Lightning Strikes: A Successful Appeal in the Opioid MDL and Whether We Will See More Interlocutory Appeals in MDLs

Earlier this year, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit did something almost unheard of: it took an appeal from an order entered by an MDL judge and reversed it. The order came from the Opioid MDL in the Northern District of Ohio, and the Sixth Circuit’s action raises the question whether appeals like this should be more common in MDL litigation—a question the federal civil rules committee is taking up right now. Please join us for a discussion of the Sixth Circuit’s decision and whether it bolsters or undermines the need for a rulemaking to facilitate appeals in MDL cases.Featuring: -- Robert Keeling, Partner, Sidley Austin LLP-- Tim Pratt, Formerly General Counsel at Boston Scientific