December 22, 2021 | Law.com
'Defendants Did Not Get a Fair Shake.' Pharmacies Challenge Jury's Opioid Verdict.In a joint motion for new trial filed on Tuesday, Walmart, Walgreens and CVS cited the judge's decision to eliminate unvaccinated jurors during voir dire.
By Amanda Bronstad
5 minute read
December 22, 2021 | Law.com
Law.com Class Actions: Critical Mass: In 2022, Johnson & Johnson Tackles Talc Lawsuits in Bankruptcy Court. No Victor in Court Battles Over 3M's Combat Earplugs.By Amanda Bronstad
6 minute read
December 21, 2021 | Law.com
Capital One Reaches $190M Settlement Over 2019 Data BreachIn a joint motion filed on Monday, lawyers asked to stay the proceedings in light of the settlement, the details of which would be provided within 45 days.
By Amanda Bronstad
2 minute read
December 21, 2021 | Law.com
In Mass Torts, All Eyes Are on Talc Bankruptcy in 2022Lawyers for talc claimants have moved to dismiss the Chapter 11 case, filed by LTL Management, a newly created subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, to resolve more than 38,000 lawsuits alleging that its talcum powder products cause ovarian cancer or mesothelioma.
By Amanda Bronstad
9 minute read
December 17, 2021 | Daily Business Review
After 10 Bellwether Trials, Juries Remain Divided Over 3M's EarplugsFlorida juries this year sided five times with the plaintiffs, granting awards ranging from $1.7 million to $22.5 million. Five other juries came back with verdicts for 3M.
By Amanda Bronstad
4 minute read
December 15, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer
Judge Conti: Philips Breathing Machine Multidistrict Litigation Is 'Largest That I Have Handled'At the first hearing in the multidistrict litigation over the June 14 recall of Philips breathing machines, Senior Judge Joy Flowers Conti, in Pittsburgh, said there were 153 lawsuits, but lawyers predicted many more.
By Amanda Bronstad
4 minute read
December 15, 2021 | Law.com
Critical Mass with Law.com's Amanda Bronstad: Opioid Trial Wraps Up With A Mistrial Motion. Judge Finds Lawyers Ignored a 'Variety of Red Flags' About Girardi Keese.Welcome to Law.com Class Actions: Critical Mass, a weekly briefing for class action and mass tort attorneys. A New York jury begins deliberations…
By Amanda Bronstad
7 minute read
December 14, 2021 | Law.com
'You Caused the Plaintiffs to Lose That Money.' Federal Judge Demands Records From Girardi Keese Client Trust AccountU.S. District Judge Thomas Durkin on Tuesday ordered lawyers who worked with Tom Girardi in the Lion Air Flight 610 crash lawsuits to provide records of a bank account in which $2 million in settlement funds went missing last year. He also ordered additional briefing on his authority to sanction all of them.
By Amanda Bronstad
9 minute read
December 09, 2021 | Law.com
'It Was All Lies.' Federal Judge Eyes Edelson in Girardi Keese ProbeA federal judge hearing testimony from two ex-Girardi Keese partners about $2 million in missing client settlement funds turned his attention to Edelson, the Chicago firm that first notified him of the missing funds Dec. 2, 2020. "I'm surprised and don't really understand why I had to learn about this in December," he told Edelson's lawyers Thursday.
By Amanda Bronstad
10 minute read
December 08, 2021 | Law.com
Ex-Girardi Keese Partners Testify About 'Outrageous Lies' and 'Contentious' ArgumentsU.S. District Judge Tom Durkin, who issued a contempt order against Tom Girardi and his firm last year, began an evidentiary hearing on Wednesday aimed at uncovering whether two other Girardi Keese partners, Keith Griffin and David Lira, should also be sanctioned for failing to pay $2 million to four clients with settlements over the 2018 crash of Lion Air Flight 610 in Indonesia.
By Amanda Bronstad
10 minute read
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