February 28, 2024 | The Recorder
California Judge Reduces $332M Roundup Verdict to $28MSan Diego County Superior Court Judge Kevin Enright on Monday denied Monsanto's posttrial motions and upheld the Oct. 31 verdict, but found the punitive damages were unconstitutional.
By Amanda Bronstad
5 minute read
February 28, 2024 | Law.com
Critical Mass With Law.com's Amanda Bronstad: Why Are Roundup Verdicts So Varied? Judge Halts 23andMe Data Breach CasesBy Amanda Bronstad
7 minute read
February 27, 2024 | Law.com
'Start at Zero': PacifiCorp Protests Wildfire Damages in 3rd Class TrialA third trial opened on Tuesday involving a class action brought against PacifiCorp on behalf of 5,000 survivors of wildfires in Oregon over Labor Day 2020.
By Amanda Bronstad
3 minute read
February 27, 2024 | Law.com
Opioid Judge Has Concerns About Motley Rice: 'I Can't Understand Why You Don't See That'U.S. District Judge Dan Polster, who is weighing a disqualification motion in the opioid multidistrict litigation, raised concerns this month about Motley Rice obtaining confidential information while representing the state of Hawaii, the District of Columbia and the city of Chicago in other cases.
By Amanda Bronstad
6 minute read
February 26, 2024 | Law.com
Why the Wide Range of Roundup Verdicts? It Might Depend on What Juries Hear About the EPAThe wide range of Roundup verdicts, from defense wins for Monsanto to a $2.25 billion award, could be due to what jurors hear at trial about the EPA and foreign regulatory agencies.
By Amanda Bronstad
8 minute read
February 23, 2024 | The Recorder
California Judge Halts Litigation Over 23andMe Data BreachOn Thursday, U.S. District Judge Edward Chen, who is overseeing most of the 35 lawsuits against 23andMe in the Northern District of California, said he planned to wait until the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation decides next month whether to coordinate the cases into multidistrict litigation.
By Amanda Bronstad
4 minute read
February 21, 2024 | Law.com
Law.com's Critical Mass With Amanda Bronstad: Roundup Lead Lawyers Defend Their Fees, Beasley Allen Faces Disqualification HearingBy Amanda Bronstad
6 minute read
February 20, 2024 | New Jersey Law Journal
Beasley Allen's Andy Birchfield Faces Evidentiary Hearing on DisqualificationJudges in both federal and state courts in New Jersey scheduled a March 25 evidentiary hearing to determine whether to disqualify Andy Birchfield and his firm, Beasley Allen, from the talcum powder multidistrict litigation against Johnson & Johnson.
By Amanda Bronstad
5 minute read
February 20, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer
Meet the Pennsylvania Judge Overseeing the Ozempic MDL"Civility helps bring out the best in people," Pratter said, "just like being uncivil tends to hide the merits of a case and unnecessarily inflames people to get involved in side squabbles that do not move the case along."
By Aleeza Furman | Amanda Bronstad
4 minute read
February 16, 2024 | Law.com
Roundup MDL Lead Counsel Defend Fee Allocations: 'Limited Funds Available'The fee committee, which is comprised of the three lead plaintiffs' firms in the Roundup multidistrict litigation, allocated 81% to themselves, but three firms objected to their allocations.
By Amanda Bronstad
5 minute read
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