By Amanda Bronstad | September 9, 2021
In opening statements on Thursday, plaintiffs lawyer Allen Smith compared Johnson & Johnson to a "bad company" that sold "ruby red lipstick" with "kill" in it, according to a Courtroom View Network broadcast of the trial.
By Amanda Bronstad | September 8, 2021
The proposed $26 billion global settlement with four opioid defendants survived its first hurdle after 42 states, five territories and Washington D.C. signed onto the deal by Sept. 4. But it's still got a long way to go.
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By Jasmine Floyd | September 8, 2021
"From every crisis comes opportunity. The pandemic is no different. We have seen the advantage of remote proceedings in law and many other professions and industry," Cohen said.
By Amanda Bronstad | September 2, 2021
L. Everett & Associates, an environmental consulting firm based in Santa Barbara, is one of 500 creditors in the Girardi Keese bankruptcy. The firm, which has a $200,000 claim, worked for 20 years with Girardi Keese, often on cases referred by Erin Brockovich. "There was a time when the checks stopped coming, and we became quite nervous," said CEO Lorne Everett.
By Amanda Bronstad | September 1, 2021
Judge M. Casey Rodgers, who is overseeing the 3M earplug multidistrict litigation in Pensacola, told lawyers it was "my responsibility as the presiding judge over this massive MDL to move things along." With COVID-19 cases surging in the area, she ordered all attorneys, parties and staff coming into her courtroom must show proof of vaccination or a negative test within the prior week.
By Amanda Bronstad | September 1, 2021
Girardi Keese's liabilities total an eye-popping $101 million, according to a bankruptcy trustee – and a large chunk is owed to other law firms. Talcum powder plaintiffs hit some bumps in their attempts to halt Johnson & Johnson's plan to offload its liabilities into bankruptcy.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Aleeza Furman | September 1, 2021
"This is the perfect case for an MDL. The facts are the same, the conduct of the defendants applies to all of the plaintiffs in the exact same manner," Levin Sedran & Berman's Sandra L. Duggan said.
By Amanda Bronstad | August 30, 2021
"If you don't have a lot of injured plaintiffs because of a recall, you certainly have a lot of people who bought a product who could have a consumer fraud lawsuit," Terry Henry, a partner at Blank Rome in Philadelphia who counsels companies on recalls, said. "You really can't head it off."
By Amanda Bronstad | August 26, 2021
A summary of assets and liabilities filed Tuesday by the trustee in the Girardi Keese bankruptcy included nearly 500 separate claims from litigation financing firms, law firms, consulting firms, media companies, vendors, former employees and others. It also lists 5,276 clients, including 970 minors, who may be owed money.
By Amanda Bronstad | August 25, 2021
A judge will soon decide whether to issue a contempt order in a high-stakes opioid trial following a hearing today in New York.
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