Hair Relaxing Lawsuits Centralized in the Northern District of Illinois
The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) recently ordered the consolidation and transfer of all federally filed hair relaxer/straightener lawsuits to the Northern District of Illinois for coordinated pre-trial proceedings. The panel chose the Honorable Mary M. Rowland to oversee the proceedings. Plaintiffs Desired…