By Amanda Bronstad | June 21, 2023
In multidistrict litigation dockets created in 2022, about 13% of plaintiffs lawyers appointed to leadership posts were not white, according to Law.com's exclusive data. That's down from the 16% in 2021, and 14% in 2020, but up from 2016 to 2019, when white attorneys dominated with 95% of appointments.
By Adolfo Pesquera | June 21, 2023
Fleming wants the high court to agree that a take-nothing verdict in his firm's favor in a 2016 trial, Harpst v. Fleming, be binding on the 8,000 plaintiffs in Wilson v. Flemming, his brief on the merits states.
By Amanda Bronstad | June 20, 2023
The $25 million, sent last week to bankruptcy trustee Elissa Miller, comes from attorney fees owed to the Girardi Keese estate from the $1.8 billion settlement over the 2015 gas leak in the Porter Ranch neighborhood of Los Angeles.
By Amanda Bronstad | June 20, 2023
In multidistrict litigation dockets created in 2022, about 13% of plaintiffs lawyers appointed to leadership posts were not white, according to Law.com's exclusive data. That's down from the 16% in 2021, and 14% in 2020, but up from 2016 to 2019, when white attorneys dominated with 95% of appointments.
By Ellen Bardash | June 14, 2023
Delaware courts have touched on the issue before, ruling on what type of exposure doesn't count as an injury, but the Croda case is the first to ask the high court to concretely state whether exposure leading to increased risk of disease is enough on its own.
By Abigail Adcox | June 12, 2023
"The regulatory area of our firm ... is a bit more active in a couple areas, including antitrust. And we see that there's a lot of top national talent that just happen to be based in D.C., like Jennifer," said Yvette Ostolaza, Sidley's management committee chair.
By Amanda Bronstad | June 12, 2023
On Friday, the jury reached its verdict, which Mulnomah County Circuit Court Judge Steffan Alexander read on Monday. The trial moves to a second phase of punitive damages, which could reach $15 billion when including the entire class.
By Amanda Bronstad | June 9, 2023
In a swift blow to 3M, U.S. Chief Bankruptcy Judge Jeffrey Graham, in Indianapolis, dismissed the Chapter 11 case of its subsidiary Aearo Technologies on Friday. "These cases were and are a litigation management tactic and not a rehabilitative effort," Graham wrote.
By Jason Grant | June 9, 2023
This complaint was first surfaced by Law.com Radar.
By Amanda Bronstad | June 9, 2023
The deal, announced on Friday by the state of New Mexico's outside counsel Baron & Budd, is one of the largest opioid settlements to date involving one state and a single defendant.
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