isfies all the class certification prerequisites of Rule 23(a) 
and Rule 23(b)(1), Rule 23(b)(2), or Rule 23(b)(3). 
‘‘(b) CERTIFICATION ORDER.—An order issued under 
Rule 23(c)(4) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure that 
certifies a class with respect to particular issues shall in-
clude a determination, based on a rigorous analysis of the 
evidence presented, that the requirement in subsection (a) 
of this section is satisfied. 
‘‘§ 1721. Stay of discovery 
‘‘In any class action, all discovery and other pro-
ceedings shall be stayed during the pendency of any mo-
tion to transfer, motion to dismiss, motion to strike class 
allegations, or other motion to dispose of the class allega-
tions, unless the court finds upon the motion of any party 
that particularized discovery is necessary to preserve evi-
dence or to prevent undue prejudice to that party. 
‘‘§ 1722. Third-party litigation funding disclosure 
‘‘In any class action, class counsel shall promptly dis-
close in writing to the court and all other parties the iden-
tity of any person or entity, other than a class member 
or class counsel of record, who has a contingent right to 
receive compensation from any settlement, judgment, or 
other relief obtained in the action. 
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‘‘§ 1723. Appeals 
‘‘A court of appeals shall permit an appeal from an 
order granting or denying class-action certification under 
Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.’’. 
SEC. 4. MISJOINDER OF PLAINTIFFS IN PERSONAL INJURY 
AND WRONGFUL DEATH ACTIONS. 
Section 1447 is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub-
section (e); 
(2) by redesignating subsection (e) as sub-
section (f); and 
(3) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(d) MISJOINDER OF PLAINTIFFS IN PERSONAL IN-
JURY AND WRONGFUL DEATH ACTIONS.— 
‘‘(1) This subsection shall apply to any civil ac-
tion in which— 
‘‘(A) two or more plaintiffs assert personal 
injury or wrongful death claims; 
‘‘(B) the action is removed on the basis of 
the jurisdiction conferred by section 1332(a); 
and 
‘‘(C) a motion to remand is made on the 
ground that one or more defendants are citizens 
of the same State as one or more plaintiffs. 
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‘‘(2) In deciding the remand motion in any such 
case, the court shall apply the jurisdictional require-
ments of section 1332(a) to the claims of each plain-
tiff individually, as though that plaintiff were the 
sole plaintiff in the action. 
‘‘(3) The court shall sever the claims that do 
not satisfy the jurisdictional requirements of section 
1332(a) and shall remand those claims to the State 
court from which the action was removed. The court 
shall retain jurisdiction over the claims that satisfy 
the jurisdictional requirements of section 1332(a).’’. 
SEC. 5. MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION PROCEEDINGS PROCE-
DURES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 87 is amended by adding 
to section 1407 the following: 
‘‘(i) ALLEGATIONS VERIFICATION.—In any coordi-
nated or consolidated pretrial proceedings conducted pur-
suant to subsection (b), counsel for a plaintiff asserting 
a claim seeking redress for personal injury whose civil ac-
tion is assigned to or directly filed in the proceedings shall 
make a submission sufficient to demonstrate that there 
is evidentiary support (including but not limited to medical 
records) for the factual contentions in plaintiff’s complaint 
regarding the alleged injury, the exposure to the risk that 
allegedly caused the injury, and the alleged cause of the 
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injury. The submission must be made within the first 45 
days after the civil action is transferred to or directly filed 
in the proceedings. That deadline shall not be extended. 
Within 30 days after the submission deadline, the judge 
or judges to whom the action is assigned shall enter an 
order determining whether the submission is sufficient and 
shall dismiss the action without prejudice if the submis-
sion is found to be insufficient. If a plaintiff in an action 
dismissed without prejudice fails to tender a sufficient 
submission within the following 30 days, the action shall 
be dismissed with prejudice. 
‘‘(j) TRIAL PROHIBITION.—In any coordinated or 
consolidated pretrial proceedings conducted pursuant to 
subsection (b), the judge or judges to whom actions are 
assigned by the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation 
may not conduct any trial in any civil action transferred 
to or directly filed in the proceedings unless all parties 
to the civil action consent to trial of the specific case 
sought to be tried. 
‘‘(k) REVIEW OF ORDERS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Court of Appeals hav-
ing jurisdiction over the transferee district shall per-
mit an appeal to be taken from any order issued in 
the conduct of coordinated or consolidated pretrial 
proceedings conducted pursuant to subsection (b), 
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provided that an immediate appeal from the order 
may materially advance the ultimate termination of 
one or more civil actions in the proceedings. 
‘‘(2) REMAND ORDERS.—Notwithstanding sec-
tion 1447(e), a court of appeals may accept an ap-
peal from an order issued in any coordinated or con-
solidated proceedings conducted pursuant to sub-
section (b) granting or denying a motion to remand 
a civil action to the State court from which it was 
removed if application is made to the court of ap-
peals within 14 days after the order is entered. 
‘‘(l) ENSURING PROPER RECOVERY
FOR PLAIN-
TIFFS.—The claimants in any civil action asserting a 
claim for personal injury transferred to or directly filed 
in coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings con-
ducted pursuant to subsection (b) shall receive not less 
than 80 percent of any monetary recovery obtained in that 
action by settlement, judgment or otherwise. The judge 
or judges to whom the coordinated or consolidated pretrial 
proceedings have been assigned shall have jurisdiction over 
any disputes regarding compliance with this require-
ment.’’. 
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