By Amanda Bronstad | August 17, 2020
"It's very rare, and as a result kind of disappointing, but when it happens it's wonderful," said Oakland-based Tycko & Zavereei partner Sabita Soneji, of landing leadership roles in multidistrict litigation.
By Amanda Bronstad | August 17, 2020
Data gathered by Law.com shows very little progress in ethnic diversity of MDL leadership teams: only 5% of appointments, on average, went to lawyers who identified as "nonwhite" in MDLs created from 2016 through 2019.
Daily Business Review | Analysis
By Amanda Bronstad | August 17, 2020
An analysis shows very little progress in ethnic diversity of MDL leadership teams with an average of 5% of appointments going to attorneys who identified as "nonwhite" on plaintiffs teams created from 2016 to 2019.
By Amanda Bronstad | August 13, 2020
The case now before the court involves 22 plaintiffs who have alleged they, or their decedents, got ovarian cancer after using Johnson & Johnson's talcum powder products.
By Amanda Bronstad | August 12, 2020
The case now before the court involves 22 plaintiffs who have alleged they, or their decedents, got ovarian cancer after using Johnson & Johnson's talcum powder products.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Sara B. Roitman, Mara Cusker Gonzalez and Sarah Magen | August 12, 2020
Sara B. Roitman, Mara Cusker Gonzalez and Sarah Magen offer five strategies for companies and their counsel when working to counter negative media attention and advance affirmative themes inside and outside the courtroom; in other words, how to take charge of the narrative.
By Amanda Bronstad | August 12, 2020
The orders don't bode well for lawyers still waiting on the panel's decision about lawsuits against insurance firms over business interruption claims
By Amanda Bronstad | August 5, 2020
In a Wednesday order, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation rejected requests from plaintiffs' lawyers to coordinate cases on behalf of agents against more than 200 banks across the nation. The sheer number of defendants posed a problem for the panel.
By Amanda Bronstad | August 5, 2020
In its first orders related to the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation refused on Wednesday to coordinate cases brought against banks over their handling of COVID-19 relief loans to small businesses, citing the small number of cases and varied experiences of the plaintiff applicants.
By Amanda Bronstad | August 5, 2020
Plaintiffs' lawyers had split over where the TikTok cases should go: Illinois, home to the Illinois Biometric Privacy Act, one of the strictest statutes protecting biometric data; or California, where TikTok and its Beijing parent company, ByteDance, have U.S. locations.
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