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Lawyer: 'Real Explosion' of Lawsuits Predicted Over Zantac

"This is [the] very, very, very beginning of this litigation," said Brent Wisner, of Baum Hedlund, whose firm won $289 million and $2 billion Roundup verdicts. Zantac, he said, "will dwarf what we saw in Roundup."
7 minute read

The Recorder

How Fish & Richardson Found $175 Million After 15 Years

On behalf of San Jose electronics company Power Integrations, Fish's same core team soldiered through multiple high-dollar jury awards, an initial setback at the Federal Circuit eventually overruled by the Supreme Court, and the successful appeal of adverse PTAB decisions.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Mother, Daughter Sue Juul, Alleging Deceptive Marketing Targeted at Minors

The lawsuit joins a wave of litigation that has begun to crash over the company, which is a major figure in the burgeoning electronic cigarette market.
4 minute read

The Recorder

Judge Poised to Knock Out PragerU's State Law Claims Against YouTube

Judge Brian Walsh of Santa Clara Superior Court wrote that he was not persuaded YouTube's unrestricted mode and advertising platform "are freely open to the public or are the functional equivalent of a traditional public forum like a town square or a central business district."
6 minute read

Corporate Counsel

In-House Lawyer for Apple, Amazon and Google Joins Davis Wright Tremaine

Marisa Brutoco is expected to help expand the firm's presence in Silicon Valley and bolster its tech practice, which has about 50 lawyers nationwide.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Former Apple In-House Attorney Indicted for Insider Trading

Gene Levoff, 45, faces charges of securities fraud and wire fraud and a maximum of 20 years in prison and a $5 million fine for the securities fraud counts. The wire fraud charges carry a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a fine of $250,000 or "twice the gain derived from or loss caused by the offense."
2 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

J&J's Baby Powder Recall 'Highly Relevant' to Lawsuits, Attorneys Say

Lawyers want more discovery of FDA testing that found asbestos in a sample lot of Johnson & Johnson's baby powder, prompting a voluntary recall of 33,000 bottles.
4 minute read

The Recorder

Wilson Sonsini and BYU Join Forces to Help Asylum Seekers

With the help of Wilson Sonsini, BYU law students this spring will create a free tool for people applying for asylum. It's the third iteration of the school's LawX legal design lab program.
4 minute read

The American Lawyer

'This Is The Future': DLA Piper's #MeToo Allegations Unleash a 3-Way Mudfight

As sexual assault, harassment and bias claims become more frequent in Big Law, tactics are evolving—and getting bolder.
7 minute read

National Law Journal

Consumer Class Actions Nearly Tripled in the Past Decade, Report Says

Data privacy and unwanted text messages were among the claims in a rising number of consumer class actions, according to an inaugural report released Wednesday by Lex Machina.
5 minute read

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