By Charles Toutant | August 16, 2018
"If counsel is now 'scared off' by the prospect of paying for trial, counsel should not have undertaken the representation of plaintiff in the first instance," U.S. Magistrate Judge Joel Schneider said.
By Amanda Bronstad | August 15, 2018
Opioid manufacturers and one distributor say the complaint against them lacks specifics to back up deceptive trade practices and public nuisance claims. But the amicus briefs said none of that mattered because a state has a “unique role” in the opioid crisis.
By John Council | August 15, 2018
According to the recent decision by Houston's First Court of Appeals, journalist and documentary filmmaker Christine Cole Biederman is seeking to unseal the 1997 deposition testimony Baron & Budd founder Russell Budd gave about the discoverability of the controversial memo.
By Amanda Bronstad | August 15, 2018
Pennsylvania's statute of limitations would drastically limit suits stemming from the priest abuse scandal unless the legislature acts. In other class action and mass tort news, Monsanto reels from a giant verdict and Johnson & Johnson has new ammo in its talc defense.
By Amanda Bronstad | August 14, 2018
Science has been a key debate in the talcum powder cases, in which thousands of women allege Johnson & Johnson's baby powder caused their ovarian cancer.
By Amanda Bronstad | August 13, 2018
“I had 200 calls this morning from people wanting to sign up,” said plaintiff counsel R. Brent Wisner, of Los Angeles-based Baum Hedlund Aristei Goldman.
By Amanda Bronstad | August 10, 2018
Jurors awarded $39.2 million in compensatory damages and $250 million in punitive damages to plaintiff DeWayne “Lee” Johnson.
By Amanda Bronstad | August 10, 2018
Defense attorney James Lynch, of New York's Lynch Daskal Emery, said Daniel Blouin, a New York shareholder at Simmons Hanly Conroy, resorted to “incurable character assassinations” and “outrageous remarks” during trial.
New Jersey Law Journal | Analysis
By Stephen M. Orlofsky and Ethan M. Simon | August 10, 2018
As of last month, most states had adopted Daubert for purposes of their Rule 702 analogues. New Jersey was one of the few exceptions, until now.
By Amanda Bronstad | August 9, 2018
Plaintiffs lawyers are asking Apple to stop all communications with customers about refunds and replacements unless they notify them about their right to sue. A hearing on the matter is set for Sept. 28.
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