This work covers the increasing role of the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation and provides detailed annotations to the Multidistrict Litigation statute, 28 U.S.C.A. ;1407. This work reviews Panel decisions and analyzes and explains the ins and outs of practice before the Panel. It also includes information on recent developments, including the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005. It provides you with guidance when you face a potential transfer of a case filed in your home district and also tries to answer as many of the practical questions that can arise from this situation.