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Critical Mass: Congress Eyes FDA Regulation of Talc Products. Plus, SF Jury Mulls Case Over Weedkiller

Johnson & Johnson executives did not appear before the subcommittee looking into the alleged link between talc products and cancer, but the company was an obvious focus of the hearing
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Critical Mass: Congress Takes Aim at 'Forced' Arbitration. Plus: Women Make Strides in MDL Leadership

Members of Congress reintroduced a measure to curb arbitration clauses, claiming they shut the courthouse door on employees, consumers and survivors of sexual abuse among others
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Critical Mass: Judge Chhabria Gets Riled Up as Roundup Trial Starts. Plus, A Tiebreaker Talc Case?

Sparks flew as the first bellwether trial in the multidistrict litigation over Monsanto's Roundup herbicide opened in San Francisco
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Critical Mass: New Litigation Funding Bill May Not Have Bright Future. Plus: Top Settlements of 2018

Lawyers say GOP senators' efforts to reboot the measure will likely get a cold shoulder from the Democratic-controlled House
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Critical Mass: SEC Punts on Mandatory Arbitration in Shareholder Suits. Plus, Roger Stone's NFL Case Cameo

A law professor said that, if adopted, mandatory arbitration would be 'the death knell of securities fraud class actions'
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Critical Mass: Cases Over 'No Poach' Agreements Draw DOJ Response. Plus, Judge Demands More Details From Plaintiffs Suing Facebook

The U.S. Justice Department has raised its voice in several cases in which employees challenged "no-poach" employment agreements, and lawyers are weighing the impact of the feds' intervention
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Critical Mass: Koh Dismantles Yahoo Data Breach Settlement Proposal. Plus: Will PG&E Bankruptcy Douse Wildfire Lawsuits?

U.S. District Court Judge Lucy Koh rejected an $85 million proposed settlement in the Yahoo data breach case, enumerating a series of points about its lack of adequacy.
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Critical Mass: Shutdown Closing in on MDLs? Plus, J&J Short-Circuits Talc Trial

As a Jan. 31 date when federal courts are projected to run out of money looms, multidistrict litigation is beginning to feel the effects of the partial government shutdown.
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Critical Mass: High Court Eyes Scope of Class Action Fairness Act. Plus: Diversity Landmark for MDLs

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday looked at a closely-watched case about the jurisdictional scope of the Class Action Fairness Act and how to untangle its procedural puzzles.
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Critical Mass: SCOTUS Looks at Preemption in Drug Labeling Case. Plus, Fee Dispute Roils Hip Implant MDL

In oral arguments Monday, Merck made its case for federal preemption before the U.S. Supreme Court, saying there was "clear evidence" that the FDA would have rejected language in a warning label proposed for its osteoporosis drug Fosamax.
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