By Amanda Bronstad | July 30, 2021
Sierra Elizabeth, a Los Angeles partner at Kirkland & Ellis, handled back-to-back jury trials this summer in Florida and California, regions with very different COVID-19 protocols. "If they tell me that's the only way to try cases, and put a mask on, I'll do it," she said.
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By Max Mitchell | July 29, 2021
Johnson & Johnson, which has been hit with multibillion-dollar verdicts over its talc products, removed the case from the state trial court to the Philadelphia federal court.
By Amanda Bronstad | July 29, 2021
At the first hearing in the multidistrict litigation over its alleged role in the opioid crisis, the global consulting firm's lawyer on Thursday insisted that more than half the 50 lawsuits are subject to a $573 million multistate settlement reached earlier this year.
By Tasha Norman | July 29, 2021
"I really enjoy building relationships — mentoring, mentorship, and working with other organizations that I care about. You've got to figure out what you like to do and what you do well."
By Amanda Bronstad | July 28, 2021
A judge on Monday ordered Johnson & Johnson in contempt of court after its witness failed to appear during a talcum powder trial. A revised $26 billion global settlement to resolve the opioid crisis is dependent on who participates – and who doesn't. Who did Philips North America retain to represent it in lawsuits over its recalled breathing machines?
By Amanda Bronstad | July 27, 2021
A lawsuit filed in New Jersey Superior Court on behalf of the National Council of Negro Women alleges that Johnson & Johnson marketed its baby powder to Black women, many of whom died of ovarian cancer.
By Amanda Bronstad | July 27, 2021
Attorney Ben Crump teamed up with New York's Napoli Shkolnik to file a lawsuit Tuesday on behalf of the National Council of Negro Women alleging that Johnson & Johnson marketed its baby powder to Black women, many of whom died of ovarian cancer.
By Amanda Bronstad | July 26, 2021
An Illinois state court judge issued the contempt order Monday against Johnson & Johnson and its vice president of women's health, Dr. Susan Nicholson, after she failed to appear for cross-examination as a defense witness in the trial, according to Beasley Allen, which is representing plaintiff Colleen Cadagin.
By Amanda Bronstad | July 26, 2021
Tom Girardi and his firm's former bookkeeper are anticipated to plead the Fifth Amendment at an upcoming contempt hearing involving two former partners at Girardi Keese, according to lawyers at a telephonic hearing Monday. A federal judge in Chicago is planning a Sept. 13 hearing to determine whether former partners Keith Griffin and David Lira should be held in contempt over $2 million in missing client settlement funds involving the Lion Air crash litigation.
By Ross Todd | July 23, 2021
The lawyers representing municipalities across the country played a central role in getting the proposed deal with Johnson & Johnson and three opioid drug distributors back on track. "With this settlement and the injunctive relief terms, we have the potential to improve public safety for the country," says Motley Rice's Joe Rice.
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