Delaware Business Court Insider
By P.J. D'Annunzio | July 17, 2019
A Delaware federal magistrate judge has denied produce company Chiquita's request to be let out of litigation concerning Ecuadorean farm workers' claims that they were poisoned from exposure to pesticides used on bananas.
By Amanda Bronstad | July 17, 2019
This week had two big trials to watch: In both, state attorney generals have targeted mass torts. One trial began over pelvic mesh, and one ended over opioids.
By Amanda Bronstad | July 16, 2019
The trial opened Monday with a lawyer for the state of California claiming Ethicon misrepresented the safety of its products and thus should pay $700 million in penalties. A defense lawyer said 2,000 studies have looked at the safety of mesh products and that a “cottage industry” of plaintiffs lawyers and experts were behind the lawsuit.
By Amanda Bronstad | July 15, 2019
U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria of the Northern District of California, who refused to overturn the verdict Friday, found that Monsanto Co.'s conduct was sufficient to warrant punitive damages of $20 million—a ratio of four times the compensatory damages.
By Amanda Bronstad | July 15, 2019
U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria of the Northern District of California, who refused to overturn the verdict Friday, found that Monsanto Co.'s conduct was sufficient to warrant punitive damages of $20 million—a ratio of four times the compensatory damages.
By Amanda Bronstad | July 15, 2019
The first trial between a state attorney general and a manufacturer of transvaginal mesh devices opened Monday, with a lawyer for the state of California claiming Johnson & Johnson's Ethicon misrepresented the safety of its products to doctors and their patients.
By Amanda Bronstad | July 15, 2019
The first trial between a state attorney general and a manufacturer of transvaginal mesh devices opened Monday, with a lawyer for the state of California claiming Johnson & Johnson's Ethicon misrepresented the safety of its products to doctors and their patients.
By Angela Morris | July 11, 2019
Four women with injuries from transvaginal mesh medical devices alleged in a legal-malpractice lawsuit that their attorneys and law firms botched their cases by missing the statute of limitations. In a surprising twist, one of the law firm defendants has sued the plaintiffs' attorneys, alleging they improperly obtained its client lists.
By Angela Morris | July 11, 2019
The malpractice suit claims the women's attorneys and law firms botched their cases by missing the statute of limitations. One of the law firm defendants turned around and sued the plaintiffs attorneys over client lists.
By Angela Morris | July 11, 2019
Four women with injuries from transvaginal mesh medical devices alleged in a legal-malpractice lawsuit that their attorneys and law firms botched their cases by missing the statute of limitations. In a surprising twist, one of the law firm defendants has sued the plaintiffs' attorneys, alleging they improperly obtained its client lists.
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