On November 13, 2020, the New York Law Journal reported that the NRA is "battling in court on two fronts to move a high-profile lawsuit brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James" out of New York City.
The report states that the NRA, which is represented by Brewer, has asked the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (MDL) to "send four federal lawsuits focused on its financial troubles to a courtroom in North Texas."
The NYLJ reports that William A. Brewer III, counsel to the NRA, acknowledged that the request to move, among others, the lawsuit filed by James, is "a bit unusual." However, he contends that without an MDL, depositions in the various cases will be a "nightmare" for the NRA.
“This is not typical, but I don’t think it’s a stretch either,” Brewer said of his motion.
“We’re trying to make sure we get everything in the right forum,” he said. “We don’t have any concern with the venues for trial. It’s rather that the cases should be coordinated given the significant overlap in pretrial activities, so that the documents, the depositions and pretrial activities are available in all those cases.”