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Blank Rome partner <a href="/people/deborah-greenspan/" id="19090">Deborah Greenspan</a> will serve as a moderator for the Rabiej Litigation Law Center’s <a href="https://rabiejcenter.org/events/special-invitation-only-mdl-unsupportable-claims-bench-bar-workshop/">Bench-Bar Roundtable Summit Addressing Likely Surges of Tag-Along Filings in Mass-Tort MDLs</a>, being held August 8, 2024, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law in Chicago, Illinois.

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This special invitation-only summit, led by Ken Feinberg (Special Master for the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001), will address likely surges of tag-along filings in mass-tort multidistrict litigations (“MDLs”). Although there appears to be a consensus among the defense and plaintiff bars that a problem exists, there is much disagreement about its causes and extent. Twenty-five plaintiff and defense “lead counsel” in large mass-tort MDLs (e.g., 500 or more actions) and six special masters along with five recognized top judges will tackle the issues head on and hammer out consensus solutions.

Deboran will join Ken Feinberg to mediate breakout sessions to work separately with the plaintiff lawyers, defense lawyers, and judges achieving as much consensus as possible.

Distinguishing frivolous and meritless claims based on specific grounds

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Estimating the volume of claims that may be frivolous or meritless—how far apart are the estimates of plaintiffs and defendants

Developing a tripwire, which automatically identifies claims that likely are frivolous or meritless

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For more information, please visit the&nbsp;<a href="https://rabiejcenter.org/events/mass-tort-mdl-conference/">conference webpage</a>.

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