New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Edward E. Neiger, Alexandra Robertson and David Stern | October 27, 2022
On Aug. 10, 2022, President Biden signed the Camp Lejeune Justice Act of 2022 which provides a powerful statutory cause of action for individuals who experienced harm as a result of exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina; the Mallinckrodt trustee is currently accepting and processing claims for damages from creditors who were injured by Mallinckrodt's opioids; and the bankruptcy court ultimately confirmed BSA's plan of reorganization on Sept. 8, 2022.
By Amanda Bronstad | October 25, 2022
U.S. District Judge William Orrick delayed the first bellwether trial over Juul's electronic cigarettes to Nov. 15 after finding a "mess of issues" with motions, depositions, exhibits and jury instructions.
By Amanda Bronstad | October 24, 2022
The lawsuits—filed in federal courts in California, New Yokr and Illinois—follow a study linking hair relaxers to uterine cancer. Attorney Danielle Mason said she planned to file two more lawsuits this week.
By Amanda Bronstad | October 21, 2022
The trial, in Los Angeles Superior Court, could provide the first verdict involving CTE, or chronic traumatic encephalopathy, in NCAA football players.
By Amanda Bronstad | October 20, 2022
Thursday's settlement with Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody also includes a 10-year partnership in which Walmart will dispense 672,000 kits of Naloxone to law enforcement and first responders in the state.
By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys | October 20, 2022
Mark Lanier, founder of Houston's Lanier Law Firm, along with the COO of his firm and two English barristers have opened a firm in Manchester to handle the kind of litigation Lanier does in the U.S.
By Amanda Bronstad | October 20, 2022
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Barry Russell on Tuesday refused to allow The Mandell Law Firm to transfer $1.87 million in attorney fees to the Girardi Keese trustee, citing contingencies he found "troubling."
By Ross Todd | October 18, 2022
A half-dozen years after the first cases seeking to hold drug companies, distributors and pharmacies liable for the costs of dealing with the opioid crisis, our colleague Amanda Bronstad gives a thorough rundown of the current state of play.
By Amanda Bronstad | October 17, 2022
Drug companies settled opioid lawsuits for billions of dollars this year, and some filed for bankruptcy, but several closely watched appeals are coming up, and, for some defendants, such as pharmacies, the fight has just begun.
By Amanda Bronstad | October 13, 2022
A federal appeals court on Wednesday temporarily stayed what 3M called an "unprecedented and impermissible" injunction order by a Florida judge overseeing thousands of combat earplug lawsuits.
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