By Amanda Bronstad | August 19, 2021
U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer appointed Elizabeth Cabraser, of Lieff Cabraser, to serve as lead counsel in 50 opioid lawsuits brought by cities, counties, school districts, labor unions, hospitals and others against Purdue Pharma's consulting firm. The next hearing is Sept. 2.
By Amanda Bronstad | August 18, 2021
The judge in the New York opioid trial has scheduled an Aug. 25 hearing to determine whether to hold defendant Endo Pharmaceuticals and its outside law firm Arnold & Porter in contempt for alleged discovery violations.
By Amanda Bronstad | August 16, 2021
The petition also challenges U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria's admission of plaintiffs' experts in the underlying case, which is the only federal Roundup verdict and the first bellwether case from among 3,800 cases in multidistrict litigation in the Northern District of California.
By Amanda Bronstad | August 16, 2021
Monday's petition before the U.S. Supreme Court, in the only federal Roundup trial, seeks to reverse an $80 million verdict based on federal preemption and admission of plaintiffs' experts and is among Bayer's key avenues to resolving the litigation over Monsanto's pesticide.
By Amanda Bronstad | August 11, 2021
Objectors and cy pres funds were among the top concerns that prompted the 2018 amendments to the federal rules governing class action settlements. But does that mean there's no place for them? Not exactly.
By Amanda Bronstad | August 10, 2021
Plaintiffs lawyers alleging that casino-style apps on Facebook, Google and Apple violate state gambling laws had proposed a leadership team in charge of all three dockets.
By Amanda Bronstad | August 9, 2021
A bankruptcy trustee's request to send the NFL concussion cases to Goldberg, Persky & White, and 52 transvaginal mesh cases to Nadrich & Cohen and The Oshman Firm, is likely to go forward after Erika Girardi, the estranged wife of Tom Girardi, dropped her objection on Monday.
By Amanda Bronstad | August 9, 2021
A Girardi Keese bankruptcy trustee is set to transfer more than 150 lawsuits filed over transvaginal mesh devices and concussions of professional football players to other law firms after Erika Girardi abruptly dropped her objection.
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By Max Mitchell | August 9, 2021
The new trial date comes after U.S. District Judge Michael Baylson on Aug. 6 rejected J&J's effort to get the case swept into a multidistrict litigation pending in New Jersey federal court, and instead granted the plaintiff's motion to remand the case to the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas.
By Ross Todd | August 6, 2021
Jurors in St. Clair County, Illinois gave the company a complete defense win even though the judge overseeing the trial held the company and a key witness in contempt.
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