Welcome to Critical Mass, Law.com’s weekly briefing for class action and mass tort attorneys. Opposition builds in the Roundup MDL over a proposed $800 million in common benefit fees and a $2 billion class action settlement. Consumer class actions over COVID-19 refunds get a cold reception in court, with most sent to arbitration. Marlon Kimpson, a Black plaintiffs’ attorney, talks about how he got on a historically diverse MDL leadership team.
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