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Managing Multijurisdictional Litigation - Chapter 96 - Advising Minnesota Corporations and Other Business Organizations - 2nd Edition
MANAGING MULTIJURISDICTIONAL
§ 96.01 Introduction
§ 96.02 Necessity of Coordination
§ 96.03 Developing the Plan
§ 96.04 Choosing Coordinating Counsel
§ 96.05 In-House Counsel as the Coordinator
§ 96.06 Outside Counsel as Coordinator
A modern era reality is that corporations, whether small, mediumsized,
or large, often find themselves confronted by similar litigation in
several jurisdictions. Given the tendency of modern courts to use
collateral estoppel principles to lessen their case loads, a negative
decision in one suit may have an exaggerated effect on the others and
may thereby damage the corporation’s financial well-being.
Furthermore, the high cost of litigation compels the corporation to
establish a case management system when litigating several law suits that
involve similar facts, defenses, legal theories, and technical issues.
The goals of a case management strategy should be: (1) to assure
consistency and high caliber case preparation and presentation; (2) to
prevent duplication of costs and fees; and (3) to ensure the corporation’s
business operations are as undisrupted as possible.
Not surprisingly, coordination between various counsel is the
watchword for the corporation defending a host of similar lawsuits across
the country. After all, plaintiffs’ lawyers share information among
themselves. Thus, the corporation must react with a coordinated defensive
strategy that is at least as sophisticated as its opponents’ plan of attack.
Without a coordinated effort from all counsel on everything from
pretrial discovery motions to qualifications of experts at trial, the