By Amanda Bronstad | June 16, 2021
U.S. District Chief Judge Nancy Rosenstengel, favored by plaintiffs, will preside over the case, which consolidates more than 70 lawsuits.
By Ellen Bardash | June 9, 2021
After a plaintiff's win and a defense verdict, Pensacola, Florida federal court is kicking off the third bellwether trial over allegations of hearing loss in U.S. service members.
By Ellen Bardash | June 8, 2021
Judge Charles R. Breyer has been selected to preside over the new MDL, which will be litigated in the Northern District of California. The global consulting firm, which is headquartered in Manhattan, wanted the case to be sent to the Southern District of New York.
By Ellen Bardash | June 8, 2021
Dozens of lawsuits alleging the herbicide paraquat is tied to Parkinson's disease will be consolidated in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation has decided.
By Ross Todd | June 4, 2021
After 3M was hit with a $7.1 million verdict in the first bellwether trial in the combat earplug multidistrict litigation, which has more than 230,000 plaintiffs, Kirkland's Hariklia "Carrie" Karis, Sierra Elizabeth, and Mark Nomellini won a complete defense verdict in the second.
By Amanda Bronstad | June 3, 2021
The lawsuits, which allege that the apps, available on the Google Play Store, constitute unlawful gambling because they operate like slots, poker, blackjack and bingo, have been sent to U.S. District Judge Edward Davila, who is overseeing similar lawsuits against Apple.
By Amanda Bronstad | June 3, 2021
The hearings are expected to address whether to dismiss about 1,300 Zantac lawsuits in the multidistrict litigation, and potentially 70,000 more claims registered with the court. U.S. District Judge Robin Rosenberg, in Florida's Southern District, ordered "our next generation of lawyers" to make the arguments.
By Amanda Bronstad | June 2, 2021
"This is a message that our co-counsel at Beasley Allen, and me and my partner Todd Schoenhaus of our firm, will be asking the jury to send in the first talc case to try in Philadelphia[,]" Eisenberg, Rothweiler, Winkler, Eisenberg, & Jeck's Nancy Winkler, who is part of the team bringing the first Pennsylvania talc case to trial, said in an emailed statement.
By Amanda Bronstad | June 2, 2021
The U.S. Supreme Court's decision on Tuesday not to hear Johnson & Johnson's petition to review a $2.1 billion talcum powder verdict prompted plaintiffs lawyers with thousands of similar cases to declare victory. But Johnson & Johnson, in a statement, said the decision "leaves unresolved significant legal questions" in both federal and state courts.
By Amanda Bronstad | June 2, 2021
The justices rejected the consumer products company's petition to review a $2.1 billion verdict in Missouri, but that may not be the end of the matter.
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