A U.S. judicial panel has endorsed a policy aimed at preventing plaintiffs from steering their cases to sympathetic judges, a practice known as 'judge shopping,' sparking political strife as reported by @nytimes. Professor Judith Resnik from Yale Law School explains the rationale behind 'judge shopping.' Furthermore, the panel has approved a final version of a proposed rule, as detailed by @nateraymond, designed to govern federal mass torts cases, providing judges with a framework to manage litigation involving hundreds or thousands of lawsuits against companies. Despite these developments, the panel has decided to delay the implementation of measures to curb 'judge shopping.'