New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Edward E. Neiger and Tessa G. Cuneo | January 20, 2022
This Mass Tort Update focuses on the latest developments in nationwide litigations that are poised to make significant strides in 2022. This installment details the Philips CPAP recall and Paraquat multi-district litigations, sexual abuse allegations against fashion mogul Peter Nygard, and the bankruptcy mass torts involving Boy Scouts and Purdue Pharma.
By Amanda Bronstad | January 19, 2022
The lawsuit, filed on Tuesday, alleges Houston-based Marker Group failed to safeguard medical records and other sensitive information compromised in a Sept. 3 cyberattack. Morgan & Morgan filed the class action with co-lead plaintiffs attorneys in the proton-pump inhibitor multidistrict litigation in New Jersey.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Lawrence R. Cohan and Joshua C. Cohan | January 18, 2022
The human tissue industry is a rapidly growing part of the medical landscape but recent issues have brought to light certain flaws in the industry.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Terry M. Henry and Melissa F. Murphy | January 17, 2022
Do individual plaintiffs in multidistrict litigation (MDL) involving thousands of individual claims against a multitude of different defendants have an automatic right to appeal when all their claims are dismissed with prejudice, but only as to a subset of defendants?
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Jonathan T. Woy | January 16, 2022
This article will explain how Roverano's reliance on Azzarello-era precedent to reinstate per capita apportionment among strict liability defendants opens the door to a Tincher-based challenge to Pennsylvania's method of apportionment.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Larry Bendesky and Robert W. Zimmerman | January 15, 2022
As a juror, you will consider evidence including design drawings, product testing and analysis, marketing materials, and corporate designee and expert testimony.
By Amanda Bronstad | January 14, 2022
Nearly 50 lawsuits allege Abbott Laboratories and Mead Johnson made false statements about the safety of their cow's milk-based infant formula, which studies have found caused a gastrointestinal inflammation called necrotizing enterocolitis, or NEC, in premature babies.
By Amanda Bronstad | January 12, 2022
A Jan. 31 jury trial in Kansas City, Missouri, over the pesticide Roundup was postponed on Tuesday after Monsanto raised concerns about rising COVID-19 cases.
By Amanda Bronstad | January 10, 2022
U.S. District Judge M. Casey Rodgers denied a request from 3M to postpone Monday's trial over its combat earplugs after three members of its trial team tested positive for COVID-19.
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