( January 6, 2026, 4:29 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPMDL) will hear arguments on Jan. 29 in a San Diego courtroom on whether cases alleging that a synthetic cartilage implant device used to treat arthritis in a toe joint was defective should be centralized as a multidistrict litigation and on who should oversee the case....