March 23, 2022 | Law.com
Critical Mass with Law.com's Amanda Bronstad: McKinsey Motions to Dismiss Opioid Cases Attract Amicus. Lawyers Suing Boeing Eye China Eastern Crash.By Amanda Bronstad
6 minute read
March 21, 2022 | Law.com
Teva Settles Rhode Island's Opioid Case, Avoiding TrialAttorney General Peter Neronha announced on Monday that Rhode Island had settled opioid claims against Teva and Allergan for a total value of about $107 million.
By Amanda Bronstad
4 minute read
March 16, 2022 | Law.com
Critical Mass with Law.com's Amanda Bronstad: Earplug and Opioid Trials Begin Before Jurors. Who Gets $2.3B in Opioid Legal Fees?By Amanda Bronstad
7 minute read
March 15, 2022 | Law.com
Motley Rice, Morgan Lewis Square Off Again as Opioid Jury Trial Opens in Rhode IslandA jury trial over the opioid crisis begins in Rhode Island this week with Morgan, Lewis & Bockius against Motley Rice, two law firms that previously faced off in California.
By Amanda Bronstad
3 minute read
March 11, 2022 | Law.com
Opioid Judge 'Clearly Abused His Discretion,' Appeals Court SaysThe U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit on Friday issued a mandate against U.S. District Judge Dan Polster, who is overseeing 3,000 opioid lawsuits in multidistrict litigation, for failing to address hundreds of remand motions pending before him for more than three years.
By Amanda Bronstad
5 minute read
March 11, 2022 | Law.com
Who Gets the $2.3 Billion in Legal Fees in the Global Opioid Deal?The fees and costs outlined in the $26 billion opioid deal with Johnson & Johnson's Janssen Pharmaceuticals and three distributors are a mix of common benefit fees, contingency fees and payments to the states for outside counsel. One law professor said, "it's not like the lawyers are going to be impoverished."
By Amanda Bronstad
9 minute read
March 10, 2022 | Daily Business Review
'The Next Generation of MDL Leaders Has Expanded.' 12 Lawyers Join Zantac Plaintiffs' TeamU.S. District Judge Robin Rosenberg has added 12 more lawyers in the Zantac multidistrict litigation to a leadership development committee aimed at promoting younger attorneys.
By Amanda Bronstad
4 minute read
March 09, 2022 | Law.com
Critical Mass With Law.com's Amanda Bronstad: Judge Upholds First Jury Verdict Over Opioids. Lawsuits Are Flowing Over Infant Formula.By Amanda Bronstad
7 minute read
March 08, 2022 | The Recorder
Lawsuit: Google's Online Ordering Sites Violate Restaurant Trade NamesIn a first-of-its-kind lawsuit, a Florida franchise on Tuesday accused Google of illegally slapping restaurant names on its own websites or pop-up pages to deceptively direct customers to delivery providers like Grubhub and Postmates.
By Amanda Bronstad
4 minute read
March 07, 2022 | Law.com
Judge Polster Upholds First Jury Verdict Over Opioid CrisisIn a pair of orders on Monday, U.S. District Judge Dan Polster, among other findings, upheld his decision to excuse three unvaccinated jurors from the trial, concluding there was "no doubt that trial would have been disrupted."
By Amanda Bronstad
4 minute read
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