Amanda Bronstad

August 15, 2022 | Law.com

Monday's hearing before Chief Bankruptcy Judge Jeffrey Graham in Indianapolis focused on whether to grant a preliminary injunction halting combat earplug lawsuits against 3M, whose subsidiary, Aearo Technologies, filed for Chapter 11 on July 26. The hearing is expected to last through Tuesday.

By Amanda Bronstad

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August 11, 2022 | Law.com

At a Thursday hearing, U.S. District Judge M. Casey Rodgers continued to focus on an indemnity agreement 3M reached on July 25 to transfer liability to its subsidiary, Aearo Technologies, which, one day later, filed for bankruptcy. "You can't use this court to perpetrate a fraud on a bankruptcy," she told one of 3M's lawyers.

By Amanda Bronstad

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August 03, 2022 | Law.com

The trial, in Missouri, is the first since Bayer, which owns Monsanto, lost three potential appeals about Roundup, including two before the U.S. Supreme Court.

By Amanda Bronstad

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August 03, 2022 | Law.com

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August 01, 2022 | Law.com

New Jersey Chief Bankruptcy Judge Michael Kaplan said Ken Feinberg's role in the Chapter 11 case of Johnson & Johnson's LTL Management would be as a "court-appointed estimation expert," who would prepare a report on the value and volume of current and future claims alleging talcum powder caused ovarian cancer or mesothelioma.

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July 29, 2022 | Law.com

Allergan's $2.37 billion settlement, reached with a bipartisan group of state attorneys general to resolve lawsuits over the opioid crisis, comes five days after another drug manufacturer, Teva, reached a $4.25 billion deal.

By Amanda Bronstad

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July 29, 2022 | Law.com

U.S. District Judge John Lee granted final approval to a $92 million privacy settlement with TikTok but, acknowledging tensions among the lawyers in the case, designated how much each plaintiffs firm should get in attorney fees.

By Amanda Bronstad

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July 28, 2022 | New Jersey Law Journal

Chief Bankruptcy Judge Michael Kaplan announced the decision on Thursday after ruling in favor of Johnson & Johnson subsidiary LTL Management on how to proceed with its Chapter 11 bankruptcy, which aims to resolve at least 38,000 lawsuits filed by ovarian cancer and mesothelioma victims.

By Amanda Bronstad

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July 27, 2022 | The Recorder

U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria, who has a Sept. 2 sanctions hearing set against Facebook and its lawyers at Gibson Dunn, threatened to intervene again after corporate witnesses, according to plaintiffs attorneys, remained unable to answer questions during depositions.

By Amanda Bronstad

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July 27, 2022 | Law.com

By Amanda Bronstad

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