By Amanda Bronstad | August 23, 2017
Three companies hit with a $1.15 billion lead paint judgment in California are hoping on Thursday to reverse a judge's finding that they created a public nuisance by promoting for decades a product that they knew was toxic.
By Amanda Bronstad | August 21, 2017
California jurors who awarded $417 million on Monday in a talcum powder trial might have been influenced by three new pieces of evidence, including an emailed photo that arrived just as the trial started, according to plaintiffs' attorneys in the case.
By Celia Ampel | August 21, 2017
The winning plaintiffs attorneys included a contestant on the most recent season of "The Bachelorette."
By Amanda Bronstad | August 18, 2017
In lobbying and litigation, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Johnson & Johnson often draw from the same playbook. One major connection is John Beisner, head of mass torts at Skadden Arps.
By Jennifer Surane | August 17, 2017
Companies behind the most popular U.S. credit cards said they are severing ties with extremist organizations that incite violence after they came under pressure to stop providing ways for white supremacists groups to raise funds.
By Amanda Bronstad | August 16, 2017
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit reduced the fees in a 2015 settlement from $4.8 million to $2.7 million. The suit alleged that front-loading washing machines made by Whirlpool Corp. and sold by Sears, Roebuck and Co. from 2004 to 2006 had a defect in their central control units and grew mold inside them. Sears estimated that the settlement, which resolved just the claims over the control units in Kenmore and Whirlpool brands, was worth about $900,000. The Seventh Circuit found a federal magistrate judge's reasoning "questionable" when she boosted the award 1.75 times what lawyers charged for their work.
By Associated Press | August 15, 2017
Americans are plowing money into their homes at an astonishing rate, new, used and even those not yet built, creating for Home Depot a frenzy of loyal customers.
By P.j. D'Annunzio | August 8, 2017
A Pennsylvania federal judge has dismissed a nascent class action against vitamin and nutritional supplement chain GNC alleging the company's website violated New Jersey state consumer law.
By Sue Reisinger | August 8, 2017
ODR can solve legal problems before they get out of hand.
By John Council | August 8, 2017
In a major win for employers, the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has shot down a National Labor Relations Board ruling forcing the Convergys Corporation to stop requiring its job applicants to sign class action waivers that prevent them from suing the company.
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