Cooley Adds to Mental Health Benefits, Witnesses in Trump Trial?, Actress to Testify in Weinstein Case: The Morning Minute
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January 31, 2020 at 06:00 AM
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OUTCOME – In the first verdict to come out of an attorney general's lawsuit over transvaginal mesh devices, a San Diego judge has ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay nearly $344 million to the state of California, Amanda Bronstad reports. Johnson, which sold more than 30,000 pelvic mesh products in California from 2008 to 2014, is one of several manufacturers of the devices hit by individual lawsuits that, at one time, peaked at nearly 100,000. Many of those cases have since settled.
WITNESS? A Senate vote over calling witnesses in President Trump's impeachment trial could come as soon as today. Democrats are hoping four Republicans will join them, which would give them the 51 votes needed. Republicans are especially eager to hear testimony from former National Security Adviser John Bolton.
TESTIMONY – When aspiring actress Jessica Mann communicated with Harvey Weinstein after he allegedly sexually assaulted her, was she trying to protect her career, as prosecutors argue, or was she interested in a romantic relationship with Weinstein, as his defense team has claimed? Those are the arguments jurors in Manhattan will have to weigh when Mann is expected to testify today in the criminal trial against the ex-Hollywood producer.
ERRATUM – A story included in yesterday's Morning Minute incorrectly stated the revenue Morrison & Foerster reported for 2019. The correct number is $1.15 billion.
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EDITOR'S PICKS
Cooley Adds Mental Health Benefits in Expanded Wellness Push
Clients to Firms: Ask Permission Before Storing Our Data on the Cloud
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WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING
GROWING - Professional services firm Andersen Global has entered into a collaboration agreement with a law firm based in Israel. Varsha Patel reports that the agreement with Lipa Meir & Co brings on board more than 80 legal professionals. Andersen is now in more than 70 countries, with legal services in 61.
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