By Amanda Bronstad | September 17, 2020
80% said the electronic notice provision had a positive impact, compared to 60% approval for the requirement that objectors disclose payments they receive from lawyers in the case.
By Amanda Bronstad | September 11, 2020
The Great Smoky Mountains National Park cases, filed in 2018, allege that National Park Service failed to warn local officials and the area community about a fire that broke out Nov. 23, 2016, eventually charring more than 10,000 acres.
By Amanda Bronstad | September 9, 2020
Judges gave the plaintiffs a chance to amend, but the rulings are a blow for those trying to get over the first hurdle at a motion to dismiss.
By Amanda Bronstad | September 8, 2020
The rulings may not bode well for the plaintiffs bar suing on behalf of COVID-19 victims, according to a law professor tracking the cases.
By Amanda Bronstad | September 3, 2020
The verdict for Honeywell International comes after the defendant highlighted numerous problems with the virtual trial in California's Alameda County Superior Court.
By Amanda Bronstad | September 2, 2020
Bayer's $10.9 billion in settlements over Roundup might not pan out—could that mean more trials?
By Amanda Bronstad | September 1, 2020
The petitions, filed by Bayer, which owns Monsanto, and lawyers for Dewayne "Lee" Johnson, who won a $289 million verdict in 2018, are the first before the California Supreme Court from among three Roundup cases that have gone to trial.
By Ross Todd | August 28, 2020
Three plaintiffs lawyers driving the deal—Fidelma Fitzpatrick of Motley Rice, Edward Wallace of Wexler Wallace, and Erin Copeland of Fibich, Leebron, Copeland & Briggs—say the judge overseeing the coordinated state court cases in California kept them moving forward even as pandemic closures pushed off scheduled trial dates this spring.
By Amanda Bronstad | August 27, 2020
Two months after Bayer agreed to resolve thousands of lawsuits brought over Monsanto's Roundup herbicide, lawyers told a federal judge Thursday that most of the settlements have unraveled. U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria, who oversees the Roundup MDL, gave lawyers until Sept. 24 but said he might lift a stay on litigation and set cases for trial.
By Amanda Bronstad | August 27, 2020
"What I am concerned about is that Monsanto may be manipulating this litigation process to its advantage somehow," said U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria, who oversees the Roundup MDL. He gave lawyers until Sept. 24 but said he might lift a stay on litigation and set cases for trial.
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