By Amanda Bronstad | September 20, 2021
"There are some plaintiffs counsel who believe that having bellwether trials is a source of leverage to push defendants toward settlement, and, if they're not happening, that leverage is diminished," John Beisner of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom in New York.
By Amanda Bronstad | September 20, 2021
"We just got to push on through because it has the potential to be such a large eight ball we may never get out from behind it if we don't keep trying the bellwether cases," said Timothy O'Brien, a partner at Levin Papantonio Rafferty Proctor Buchanan O'Brien Barr Mougey in Pensacola, Florida.
By Ellen Bardash | September 15, 2021
Attorneys for abused scouts estimate the final settlement amount could by the end of the year double what's been agreed to so far.
By Amanda Bronstad | September 15, 2021
Johnson & Johnson began trials in two states against lawyers claiming its talcum powder caused their clients to get ovarian cancer
By Jane Wester | September 10, 2021
The settlement comes after Suffolk County Supreme Court Justice Jerry Garguilo appointed a special master to report on alleged discovery failures by Endo and its attorneys at Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer.
By Amanda Bronstad | September 9, 2021
In opening statements on Thursday, plaintiffs lawyer Allen Smith compared Johnson & Johnson to a "bad company" that sold "ruby red lipstick" with "kill" in it, according to a Courtroom View Network broadcast of the trial.
By Amanda Bronstad | September 8, 2021
The proposed $26 billion global settlement with four opioid defendants survived its first hurdle after 42 states, five territories and Washington D.C. signed onto the deal by Sept. 4. But it's still got a long way to go.
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By Jasmine Floyd | September 8, 2021
"From every crisis comes opportunity. The pandemic is no different. We have seen the advantage of remote proceedings in law and many other professions and industry," Cohen said.
By Amanda Bronstad | September 2, 2021
L. Everett & Associates, an environmental consulting firm based in Santa Barbara, is one of 500 creditors in the Girardi Keese bankruptcy. The firm, which has a $200,000 claim, worked for 20 years with Girardi Keese, often on cases referred by Erin Brockovich. "There was a time when the checks stopped coming, and we became quite nervous," said CEO Lorne Everett.
By Amanda Bronstad | September 1, 2021
Judge M. Casey Rodgers, who is overseeing the 3M earplug multidistrict litigation in Pensacola, told lawyers it was "my responsibility as the presiding judge over this massive MDL to move things along." With COVID-19 cases surging in the area, she ordered all attorneys, parties and staff coming into her courtroom must show proof of vaccination or a negative test within the prior week.
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