By Amanda Bronstad | June 24, 2020
An appeals court slashed a record $4.7 billion talc verdict, but left billions against Johnson & Johnson for its "evil motive or reckless indifference."
By Amanda Bronstad | June 23, 2020
A Missouri appeals court has reduced a $4.7 billion talcum powder verdict to $2.1 billion but refused to toss punitive damages altogether, concluding that the evidence at trial showed Johnson & Johnson's conduct was "outrageous because of evil motive or reckless indifference."
By Amanda Bronstad | June 19, 2020
Nicholas Coulson, of Liddle & Dubin, who claims to have 12 of the 38 class actions filed against airlines over their alleged failure to provide passenger refunds, is the latest attorney to ask the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation to coordinate cases relating to COVID-19.
By Amanda Bronstad | June 17, 2020
A new letter pushing for changes in federal evidence rules cites "troubling trends" in 27 rulings in MDLs
By Amanda Bronstad | June 16, 2020
Gilford, a partner at Sidley Austin in Los Angeles who works with the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, said racism cuts across all African Americans. "We're not protected by our status as professionals," she said.
By Amanda Bronstad | June 15, 2020
In a footnote, U.S. Magistrate Judge James Clark wrote, "the court cautions that plaintiff's allegations regarding defendant's conduct, if true, demonstrate behavior unbecoming of litigants," in a decision that affects more than a dozen lawsuits involving medical technology firm Stryker Orthopaedics.
By Jenna Greene | June 12, 2020
The decision "recognizes that plaintiffs must bring their claims in a state that has real connections to those claims," Seitz said. "As a result, state courts will not expend their judicial and financial resources on cases that have no connection to that state or its citizens."
By Amanda Bronstad | June 10, 2020
For Ward, a principal at Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles and African American, the issue of racial justice is personal.
By Amanda Bronstad | June 10, 2020
Two prominent African-American lawyers in mass torts, one for plaintiffs and one for defendants, share what the protests mean to them personally and professionally.
New York Law Journal | Profile
By Amanda Bronstad | June 8, 2020
Attorneys Regina Calcaterra and Janine Pollack, former colleagues at Wolf Haldenstein, have launched Calcaterra Pollack with plans to focus on complex litigation, including class actions brought over COVID-19 issues.
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