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Critical Mass: Dechert Bulks Up in Products Liability. Plus, the Truth Behind MGM's Surprising Lawsuits Against Shooting Victims

Two months after joining Dechert from Quinn Emanuel, Sheila Birnbaum and Mark Cheffo have being joined by some familiar faces--18 of their colleagues from Quinn Emanuel--as Dechert beefs up its products liability practice group.
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Critical Mass: Reading Kavanaugh's Record for Clues on Class Actions. Plus, J&J Copes With Talc Megaverdict

U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh has a thin record on class actions and mass torts -- but his writings in a number of cases leaves clues about how he'd treat those areas of law.
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Critical Mass: Class Action Lawyers Searching for Clues to Kavanaugh's Approach. Plus, RoundUp Cancer Claim Goes to Trial

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's history of dialing back the prerogatives of federal agencies could be a harbinger of a restrictive approach to class actions, some lawyers say.
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Critical Mass: Class Action Critic Gets Green Light to Target 'Selfish Deals'. Plus, A New Lit Funder Avoids Class Actions and Mass Torts

The 7th Circuit is allowing Ted Frank to find out if three objectors had gotten secret side payments to drop their appeals to a class action settlement.
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Critical Mass: Judge's Fee Inquiry Delves Into Hints of Political Corruption. Plus, Koh Remains Displeased by Databreach Case Fee Petition

A federal judge in Boston who started off a year ago looking at a $75 million fee request in a case against State Street is now hinting at public corruption involving Labaton Sucharow--a notion the firm is adamantly fighting.
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Critical Mass: SCOTUS Takes Another Swipe at Class Actions. Plus, Plaintiffs' Bar Salary Wars

The U.S. Supreme Court dealt another blow to class actions this week with a decision that prevents lawyers from tolling the filing of individual shareholder cases.
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Critical Mass: Talc Megatrial Opens in St. Louis. Plus: What the U.S. Chamber Is Saying About 'Bristol-Myers'

Claims by and on behalf of 22 women are going to trial over whether Johnson & Johnson's baby powder caused ovarian cancer
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Critical Mass: MDL Leadership Is Gaining in Diversity, But Slowly. Plus Judge Eying New Leadership for State Street Case

Plaintiffs' lawyers appointed to lead multidistrict litigation are starting to be less and less of a "boys club," but those gains are coming slowly. According to ALM statistics that I compiled, women increasingly are getting leadership posts--although they aren't always at the very top and still make up less than 30 percent.
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Critical Mass: How SCOTUS Roiled Class Action Bar. Plus, Why 'Bristol Myers' Defense Failed in Pa. Case

The U.S. Supreme Court's 5-4 decision upholding class action waivers included in arbitration clauses of employment contracts has sent shockwaves through the class action bar.
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Critical Mass: Litigation Funding Bill Introduced in U.S. Senate. Plus: Special Master's Data Breach Fee Report Lashed on All Sides

A litigation funding bill introduced in the U.S. Senate last week got a cold reception from financiers and plaintiffs lawyers, who have a few suggestions on how to change it.
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