By Amanda Bronstad | November 9, 2021
A majority opinion found the district judge "went too far" in extending Oklahoma's public nuisance law to include the marketing of Johnson & Johnson's opioid products.
By Amanda Bronstad | November 8, 2021
The trial, in New Orleans, is one of nearly 12,500 lawsuits that allege that women who take Taxotere, a chemotherapy drug used to treat breast cancer, never grow back their hair.
By Ross Todd | November 5, 2021
The tentative decision from a judge in Orange County, California, was the first major win for drug companies facing trials across the country targeting their roles in the opioid crisis. Kirkland & Ellis, Hueston Hennigan, O'Melveny & Myers and Morgan, Lewis & Bockius represented the defendants.
By Amanda Bronstad | November 3, 2021
Tom Girardi's estranged wife, Erika Girardi, also threatened sanctions against the Girardi Keese trustee for "inflammatory, malicious, and reckless" allegations that she received $25 million in fraudulent transfers from her husband's firm.
By Amanda Bronstad | November 3, 2021
A bankruptcy judge has set two days of hearings on whether to grant an injunction that would halt lawsuits over Johnson & Johnson's talc-based baby powder. A tentative decision on Monday found a group of California governments failed to distinguish legitimate reasons to prescribe opioids from illegal uses. And find out who SoClean hired to represent it in lawsuits over its CPAP cleaning devices.
By Amanda Bronstad | November 2, 2021
In a tentative decision Monday, Orange County Superior Court Judge Peter Wilson found that the plaintiffs, which are three large California counties and the city of Oakland, failed to differentiate between legitimate uses of opioids, which are prescription painkillers, and the illegal activities that led to addictions and overdoses.
By Amanda Bronstad | October 29, 2021
Friday's defense verdict comes in the fifth bellwether trial in the multidistrict litigation over 3M's dual-ended combat earplugs. 3M won a previous verdict, but other juries have awarded $7.1 million, $1.7 million and $8.2 million to plaintiffs.
By Amanda Bronstad | October 28, 2021
Kimberly Branscome and Jay Bhimani, both partners in Dechert's Los Angeles office, filed an opening brief on Thursday before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, seeking to overturn U.S. District Judge M. Casey Rodgers' sanctions against them in an earplug trial earlier this year.
By Amanda Bronstad | October 28, 2021
Kimberly Branscome and Jay Bhimani, both partners in Dechert's Los Angeles office, filed an opening brief on Thursday before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, seeking to overturn U.S. District Judge M. Casey Rodgers' sanctions against them in an earplug trial earlier this year.
By Amanda Bronstad | October 27, 2021
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Craig Whitley, who is overseeing J&J subsidiary LTL Management's Chapter 11 filing, issued two orders on Tuesday that challenge the venue and limit the scope of a stay on talcum powder lawsuits.
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