Welcome to Law.com Class Actions: Critical Mass, a weekly briefing for class action and mass tort attorneys.

This week: Lawyers suing over infant formula tied to a gastrointestinal disease in preemies saw a “unifying theme” in the July 26 verdict against Abbott. Johnson & Johnson’s latest talc bankruptcy has a good chance of getting approval from claimants. Find out who Monsanto retained to pursue indemnification claims over PCB.