‘Back to Business’: Ozempic MDL’s New Judge Pushes Litigation Forward in Wake of Predecessor’s Death | The Legal Intelligencer

















Karen Marston testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee during her confirmation hearing to be U. S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, on Sept. 11, 2019. Photo: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM

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Marston held the status conference just two weekdays after the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation reassigned the MDL to her. The litigation, which Pratter had overseen since its coordination in February, had gone about three weeks without a judge.

June 11, 2024 at 03:51 PM

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What You Need to Know

  • U.S. District Judge Karen Marston held the first status conference in the Ozempic MDL since her recent assignment to oversee the litigation.
  • Marston was assigned to oversee the litigation about three weeks after the previously assigned judge died.
  • Marston voiced an interest in moving the litigation along efficiently.

The judge newly reassigned to oversee the Ozempic multidistrict litigation appeared eager to stave off delays following her predecessor’s unexpected death.

At a status conference Monday, U.S. District Judge Karen Marston of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania said she intended to quickly schedule proceedings that were waylaid when U.S. District Judge Gene Pratter died in May.

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