By Meredith Hobbs | November 1, 2019
Adam Spicer, who has tried many high-exposure pharmaceutical, medical device and other product liability cases, is joining a key part of King & Spalding's tort trial practice.
By Amanda Bronstad | October 30, 2019
Opioid maker Purdue Pharma asked the U.S. Supreme Court to toss out the state of Arizona's proposed filing seeking to "claw back" billions of dollars in transfers from its founders, the Sackler family, in light of its Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
By Amanda Bronstad | October 30, 2019
In a Tuesday motion, lawyers from 13 firms said their fee request represented less than 20.4% of the $380.5 million cash fund and only 5.6% of the settlement when including the other benefits to the class.
By Max Mitchell | October 30, 2019
Tensions ran high during a hearing Wednesday over Johnson & Johnson's accusations that a judge showed pro-plaintiff bias when he posed for photos and allegedly high-fived jurors after the pharmaceutical giant was hit with an $8 billion award.
By Amanda Bronstad | October 29, 2019
Judges in MDLs over Juul e-cigarettes and 3M earplugs have ordered lawyers to come up with an early vetting process, which the defense bar has advocated for to weed out meritless lawsuits.
By Amanda Bronstad | October 29, 2019
U.S. District Judge William Orrick III, who is overseeing cases against San Francisco-based e-cigarette maker Juul, has ordered lawyers to prescreen some of the lawsuits through a process that resembles an idea that the defense bar has pushed as a means to weed out meritless lawsuits.
By Amanda Bronstad | October 25, 2019
"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."
By Jenna Greene | October 25, 2019
"The clients understood, as we all do, that there is not enough money to pay for all the damages related to this epidemic. They need help now not after five years of appeals."
By Amanda Bronstad | October 24, 2019
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.
By Amanda Bronstad | October 23, 2019
It's been quite the week for lawsuits over opioids.
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