No MDL for Consumer Suits Over Ginkgo Biloba Marketing

Consolidation before a single federal judge isn’t warranted for litigation against NBTY Inc., Nature’s Bounty Inc., and Rexall Sundown alleging deceptive marketing of ginkgo biloba supplements as a memory aid, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation said April 2 (In re NTBY, Inc., Ginkgo Biloba Mktg. & Sales Prac. Litig., 2015 BL 95801, J.P.M.L., 2608, 4/2/15).

The litigation involves a small number of suits—three proposed class actions, pending in two districts, the panel said. One was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, and two were filed in the Southern District ...