By Amanda Bronstad | April 21, 2022
About 16% of attorneys appointed to leadership roles in multidistrict litigation created in 2021 identified as nonwhite, up slightly from 14% in 2020. In 2016, only 4% went to nonwhite attorneys.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Edward E. Neiger and David Stern | April 21, 2022
In this edition of their Mass Torts Update, Edward E. Neiger and David Stern discuss recent developments in cases involving Johnson & Johnson, Boy Scouts of America, Purdue and Mallinckrodt.
By Amanda Bronstad | April 19, 2022
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Barry Russell, who previously rejected a similar request back in November, shut down the objections of litigation funders Stillwell Madison, California Attorney Lending II and Virage SPV 1 LLC, all of whom are potential targets of the trustee's investigation.
By Jane Wester | April 18, 2022
The Litigation Coordinating Panel split the caseload between Suffolk and Westchester, saying it wanted to avoid an "unmanageable caseload."
Daily Business Review | Analysis
By Dan Roe | April 15, 2022
The high-profile litigation firm is seeing increased appellate demand in the Sunshine State following a 2021 rule change that more closely aligns state rules on summary judgment standards with federal rules.
By Ross Todd | April 13, 2022
The multi-firm, all-star approach to staffing multidistrict and mass torts cases may not be a panacea, but it's got its upsides — especially for litigators who aren't afraid to share the credit.
By Amanda Bronstad | April 11, 2022
In an opening statement on Monday, Walgreens attorney Steven Derringer cited statements on the attorney general's office website in 2018 and 2019 that drug manufacturers, such as Purdue Pharma, misrepresented the risks of opioids to pharmacies. "We agree with the attorney general about this," he told jurors, according to a broadcast by Courtroom View Network.
By Amanda Bronstad | April 8, 2022
3M, represented by Kirkland & Ellis at this month's trial, has now won six of the 14 bellwether trials in the multidistrict litigation over its dual-ended combat earplugs.
By Justin Henry | April 7, 2022
"I never thought I'd lead a law firm one day when I started, but after seeing what we've been able to accomplish I wanted to do it," she said in an interview Wednesday. "The only way in our 25 years we have been able to maintain Fortune 50 clients, continue to get more work from existing clients and bring in new clients is because of our client responsiveness."
By Amanda Bronstad | April 6, 2022
A lawyer for California Attorney Lending II, a Buffalo, New York-based litigation lender named by Edelson in a draft complaint that says Girardi Keese was a "criminal enterprise," called the new accusations "truly offensive" and a "smear campaign."
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