By Amanda Bronstad | May 14, 2018
The bill would require disclosure of third-party litigation funding in class actions and multidistrict litigation within 10 days of a case filing, or 10 days after a funding deal. It would also require disclosure of financing that provides cash to plaintiffs.
By Amanda Bronstad | May 10, 2018
The complaints come as the judge preliminarily approved the settlement on behalf of a class of more than 600,000 farmers who alleged Syngenta sold genetically modified corn seed that China refused to import.
By Amanda Bronstad | May 10, 2018
In a marked shift from the first hearing in the opioid litigation, a federal judge praised lawyers for getting closer to reaching a global settlement…
By Amanda Bronstad | May 9, 2018
A judge overseeing hundreds of opioid lawsuits has ordered lawyers to disclose their third-party litigation financing arrangements.
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By Max Mitchell | May 9, 2018
Attorneys for plaintiff Daniel Russell filed a post-trial motion earlier this week in Russell v. Janssen Pharmaceuticals, asking the court to grant a new trial in the case, which ended with a defense win on April 27.
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By Max Mitchell | May 8, 2018
The plaintiffs' latest filing before Eastern District Judge Michael Baylson contends that there is no substantial dispute of federal law that would give rise to federal jurisdiction.
By Amanda Bronstad | May 7, 2018
A federal judge overseeing the multidistrict litigation over the opioid epidemic has ordered lawyers to disclose all third-party financing arrangements in their cases.
By Amanda Bronstad | May 4, 2018
The pitches for lead plaintiffs counsel pit Steve Berman and a few lawyers at Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro against a 40-lawyer coalition led by Joseph Cotchett, of Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy, and Laurence King of Kaplan Fox & Kilsheimer.
By Amanda Bronstad | May 3, 2018
A LA judge has tentatively cleared the way for a Johnson & Johnson motion to toss out about 100 out-of-state plaintiffs from the coordinated talcum powder litigation in California in light of the U.S. Supreme Court's jurisdictional decision last year in Bristol-Myers Squibb v. Superior Court of California.
By Amanda Bronstad | May 2, 2018
The suits, filed in five states, were brought by individual persons against opioid manufacturers and distributors, and are among the few class actions filed against drugmakers and marketers.
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