consolidation

consolidation Sec. 303. Section 1407 of title 28. United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: “(h) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 1404 or subsection (f) of this section, the judicial panel on multidistrict litigation may consolidate and transfer with or without the consent of the parties, for both pretrial purposes and for trial, any action brought under section 4C of the Clayton Act.