By Allison Dunn | October 20, 2023
U.S. District Senior Judge Rebecca Beach Smith of the Eastern District of Virginia approved the final settlement agreement between a class of drug purchasers and pharmaceutical companies, Merck & Co., and Glenmark Pharmaceuticals, which also requires the defendants to pay one-third of the settlement fund in attorney fees, or $23 million, as well as $3.9 million in costs—as requested by plaintiffs' counsel.
By Charles Toutant | October 20, 2023
The stolen files contain information that is "critical to the plaintiffs' businesses and which they exercised efforts to keep confidential since the utilization and/or disclosure thereof would damage their business tremendously," the suit said.
By Colleen Murphy | October 20, 2023
"The court disagrees with plaintiff's position that the analysis of the premises rule in Lapsley is somehow incomplete and instead finds that the decision supplies the correct legal framework for determining compensability and the application of the exclusive remedy provision in this case," U.S. District Judge Joseph H. Rodriguez said.
By Christine Charnosky | October 19, 2023
Of the donation, $5.5 million will be used to establish the new Ruth Bader Ginsburg Women's Rights and Gender Justice Clinic, according to the school's announcement.
By Donovan Swift | October 19, 2023
James Tyrrell joins Bressler Amery; Buchanan Ingersoll adds Michael Caruso; and more moves.
By Amanda Bronstad | Ross Todd | Ellen Bardash | October 19, 2023
At a Sept. 6 status hearing, lawyers on both sides of the talcum powder lawsuits against Johnson & Johnson debated the impact of the upcoming amendments to Federal Rule 702 of Evidence.
By Charles Toutant | October 18, 2023
"[T]here is some irony to the fact that interpretation of the fallout of a state cannabis law is going to be done by the federal courts, when the federal law, in and of itself, doesn't even acknowledge cannabis as being legal," McCarter & English's Ryan Magee said.
By Colleen Murphy | October 18, 2023
"Despite plaintiff's surgery and a year of physical therapy, it is undisputed by the town of Harrison's orthopedic expert that plaintiff still had a ten-degree decreased range of motion in his elbow, along with reduced grip strength in his left hand, as a result of his injury," the opinion said. "This—coupled with his alleged inability to dress himself, participate in gym class, participate in sports, and write with his left hand—creates a legitimate fact issue."
By Charles Toutant | October 18, 2023
An Essex County jury awarded $1.3 million on Sept. 29 in Terell v. Chitra to a woman who suffered neck, back and shoulder injuries in a motor vehicle accident.
By Colleen Murphy | October 17, 2023
"I believe we are morally obligated to pursue and promote racial justice," said New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin in a statement. "Ensuring greater equity and justice for underserved communities across our diverse state remains one of my top priorities."
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