The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Amanda Bronstad | December 15, 2021
At the first hearing in the multidistrict litigation over the June 14 recall of Philips breathing machines, Senior Judge Joy Flowers Conti, in Pittsburgh, said there were 153 lawsuits, but lawyers predicted many more.
By Amanda Bronstad | December 14, 2021
U.S. District Judge Thomas Durkin on Tuesday ordered lawyers who worked with Tom Girardi in the Lion Air Flight 610 crash lawsuits to provide records of a bank account in which $2 million in settlement funds went missing last year. He also ordered additional briefing on his authority to sanction all of them.
New Jersey Law Journal | Analysis
By New Jersey Law Journal | December 13, 2021
Third Circuit's Guidance on 'Issue Class' Takes a Holistic View on Rule 23 Requirements. Proposed Amendments to FRE 702: The Court as Gatekeeper to Expert Testimony. Third Circuit to Revisit Administrative Feasibility Prong of Heightened Ascertainability Requirement. Testimony of Witnesses In-State and Out-of-State: Issues to Consider Under NJ Law.
New Jersey Law Journal | Analysis
By Daniel B. Carroll, Kaitlyn E. Stone and Michael C. Zogby | December 10, 2021
This article focuses on interactions with current and former company employees under New Jersey law, with attention to implications for out-of-state witnesses involved in New Jersey litigation, and witnesses involved in litigation outside of the state who reside in New Jersey.
By Amanda Bronstad | December 9, 2021
A federal judge hearing testimony from two ex-Girardi Keese partners about $2 million in missing client settlement funds turned his attention to Edelson, the Chicago firm that first notified him of the missing funds Dec. 2, 2020. "I'm surprised and don't really understand why I had to learn about this in December," he told Edelson's lawyers Thursday.
By Amanda Bronstad | December 8, 2021
U.S. District Judge Tom Durkin, who issued a contempt order against Tom Girardi and his firm last year, began an evidentiary hearing on Wednesday aimed at uncovering whether two other Girardi Keese partners, Keith Griffin and David Lira, should also be sanctioned for failing to pay $2 million to four clients with settlements over the 2018 crash of Lion Air Flight 610 in Indonesia.
By Jane Wester | December 8, 2021
Plaintiffs failed to show that the defendant companies caused a public nuisance through their work with opioids, argued Philadelphia-based Harvey Bartle of Morgan Lewis.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys | December 7, 2021
Spencer Law Firm of Houston seeks a refund of $44,000 from ForLawFirmsOnly Marketing, after the Pennsylvania company promised 80 clients for an MDL, but provided only one incomplete client lead and "excuse after excuse" for delaying the refund.
By Amanda Bronstad | December 7, 2021
In 2020, lawyers who were 45 or younger made up 46% of appointments to lead counsel and plaintiffs' executive committee in multidistrict litigation, up from 32% in 2016, according to data reviewed by Law.com.
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