By Robert Dremluk | June 3, 2022
This strategy is intended to preserve and protect the legacy entity's assets and going concern value against overwhelming mass tort claims while creating a single forum to resolve mass tort claims fairly and equitably.
By Amanda Bronstad | June 2, 2022
Plaintiffs lawyers at Baum, Hedlund, Aristei & Goldman filed a motion to coordinate more than 30 lawsuits over Merck's Gardasil vaccine but said there could be more, citing 39 claims that went through the Vaccine Court claims process and 52 others that are pending. Michael Baum, of Baum Hedlund, called Merck's criticism a "false straw man argument."
By Amanda Bronstad | May 31, 2022
More than 620 cities and counties are challenging U.S. District Judge Dan Polster's order that requires 7.5% of their opioid settlements go toward attorney fees for lead plaintiffs' counsel in the multidistrict litigation.
By Amanda Bronstad | May 27, 2022
Thursday's order, by U.S. District Judge Rebecca Pallmeyer, in Chicago, followed a fight between two competing lawyer teams who traded barbs over diversity and size.
By Ross Todd | May 27, 2022
The jury verdict that Brad Bradford and Bryan Aylstock of Aylstock, Witkin, Kreis & Overholtz won last week for former soldier Jay Beal was the highest to date for a single plaintiff in the massive MDL and included $72.5 million in punitive damages.
By Amanda Bronstad | May 26, 2022
Mounting lawsuits cite a "pattern of conduct" involving Abbott's plant in Sturgis, Michigan, which was shut down amid a Feb. 17 recall of its infant formula products.
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By Tancred Schiavoni | May 25, 2022
Seven groups and one law professor submitted amicus briefs. Five of the amici support Purdue's appeal and three oppose.
By Ross Todd | May 25, 2022
Paul Schmidt, Andrew Stanner and Laura Flahive Wu of Covington & Burling discuss the challenge of staying on top of the all-encompassing assignment that's called on 50 lawyers at any given time.
By Amanda Bronstad | May 24, 2022
Tuesday's settlement is the latest involving Dr. James Heaps, the former campus gynecologist. Including prior settlements, UCLA has agreed to pay a total of nearly $700 million to resolve sexual abuse lawsuits.
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