By Charles Toutant | July 23, 2021
"If they consider that a victory, that says a lot about the company," attorney Ben Martin said. "This is not in any way a victory for the defendant."
By Amanda Bronstad | July 22, 2021
Rizkalla, whose parents emigrated from Vietnam, now serves on leadership committees in multiple multidistrict litigation proceedings, including Elmiron and 3M's combat earplugs. In October, she opened the Los Angeles office of The Carlson Law Firm, based in Texas.
By Amanda Bronstad | July 21, 2021
Attorneys general from several states, including New York and California, announced Wednesday a $26 billion global settlement to resolve lawsuits against the nation's three largest distributors of opiate pharmaceuticals and Johnson & Johnson. The deal, which is dependent on how many governments participate, also aims to resolves the vast majority of more than 4,000 lawsuits filed by cities and counties.
By Amanda Bronstad | July 21, 2021
A proposed $26 billion global opioid settlement that's been in the works for nearly two years could be announced this week, according to several news reports and the lead plaintiff attorneys in the multidistrict litigation negotiating the deal.ra
By Amanda Bronstad | July 15, 2021
The trustee of the Girardi Keese bankruptcy has sued Erika Girardi for accepting more than $242,658 from a court settlement that should have gone to her husband Tom Girardi's law firm. Erika Girardi, who stars on "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills," is set receive another $78,000 in payments through 2025 from the settlement of a case involving the lottery winnings of former actress Natalie Marston.
New Jersey Law Journal | Analysis
By Christopher J. Keale and Marina G. McGuire | July 15, 2021
In the context of mass torts, it is often more effective to separate those battling the plaintiffs' bar from those charged with resolution.
By Amanda Bronstad | July 14, 2021
Bone scans and off-the-record conferences dominated the first day of final approval hearings in the $641.25 million settlement over water contamination in Flint, Michigan.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Jane Wester | July 13, 2021
The Child Victims Act in 2019 opened a one-year window for survivors of child sex abuse to file civil suits against their abusers or related institutions, even if the claim would otherwise be barred by statutes of limitation. Amid the pandemic, the window was extended, and it is now set to end Aug. 14.
By Amanda Bronstad | July 12, 2021
In the first of three final approval hearings this week, objectors on Monday raised concerns about bone scans and off-the-record meetings the settlement attorneys held with U.S. District Judge Judith Levy in Michigan. Arguments challenging a $202 million attorney fee request are set for Thursday.
By Amanda Bronstad | July 9, 2021
A year after the COVID-19 pandemic halted trial plans, jurors are scheduled to hear three cases this summer in Illinois, Pennsylvania and Missouri, alleging Johnson & Johnson's talcum powder products caused ovarian cancer. The first one, brought on behalf of Elizabeth Driscoll, who died in 2016 at age 69, begins July 12—and could involve only vaccinated jurors.
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