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GlaxoSmithKline Settles Most Zantac Lawsuits for $2.2BThe settlement, announced on Wednesday, resolves 93% of all Zantac cases in state courts against GlaxoSmithKline.
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4 minute read
October 09, 2024 | Law.com
Critical Mass With Law.com's Amanda Bronstad: Could Cases Over Depo-Provera Be A New Mass Tort? Rulemaking Committee Might Take Up Litigation FundingBy Amanda Bronstad
6 minute read
October 07, 2024 | Law.com
Judicial Panel Sends Snowflake-Related Data Breach Lawsuits to MontanaThe U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation ordered that about 80 data breach cases centered on cloud storage software firm Snowflake Inc. be transferred to Chief U.S. District Judge Brian Morris in the District of Montana.
By Amanda Bronstad
4 minute read
October 03, 2024 | Law.com
First Lawsuit Filed Alleging Contraceptive Depo-Provera Caused Brain TumorEllen Relkin, who filed the first case on Tuesday, predicts thousands of lawsuits after a French study in March found the contraceptive Depo-Provera had a 550% higher chance of developing brain tumors.
By Amanda Bronstad
4 minute read
October 03, 2024 | Law.com
BD Settles Thousands of Bard Hernia Mesh LawsuitsThe settlement with Becton, Dickinson and Co., or BD, resolves nearly 25,000 cases in federal multidistrict litigation and more than 15,000 in state courts in Rhode Island, where Bard is headquartered.
By Amanda Bronstad
4 minute read
October 02, 2024 | Law.com
Lawyer in 3rd NEC Formula Trial Asks Jurors for 'a Very, Very Large Number'The third trial over cow's milk-based infant formula began on Wednesday in St. Louis City Circuit Court. It is the first trial against both manufacturers, Abbott Laboratories and Mead Johnson.
By Amanda Bronstad
5 minute read
October 02, 2024 | Law.com
Critical Mass With Law.com's Amanda Bronstad: Nonwhite Attorneys Got Only 11% Of 2023 MDL Appointments, Talc Bankruptcy Trustee in Wants Texas Case in NJLaw.com statistics found that only 11% of the leadership appointments in multidistrict litigation last year went to attorneys of color, down from 14% in 2022.
By Amanda Bronstad
7 minute read
October 01, 2024 | Law.com
'You Are Not Alone': 120 Sex Assault Victims Plan to Sue Sean 'Diddy' CombsAt a Tuesday news conference, attorney Tony Buzbee, of The Buzbee Law Firm in Houston, called on Sean 'Diddy' Combs' sexual assault victims to come forward. 'There is a great strength in numbers,' he said.
By Amanda Bronstad
4 minute read
October 01, 2024 | Law.com
The 'Biden Effect' on Senior Attorneys: Should I Stay or Should I Go?It's a conversation coming up more often among practicing lawyers who are approaching their 70s or, in some cases, are well into that decade of their life. Many who started practicing decades ago don't want to retire or play golf.
By Amanda Bronstad | Ross Todd | Lisa Willis
9 minute read
September 30, 2024 | Law.com
'That's Disappointing': Only 11% of MDL Appointments Went to Attorneys of Color in 2023"If you think that diversity in all of its forms is important in determining excellence, equity, these MDLs are great opportunities for people to learn, have a practice," U.S. District Judge William Orrick said in an interview.
By Amanda Bronstad
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