By Michael Booth | April 23, 2018
The attorneys fielded numerous questions from the justices on whether the standard for expert testimony in products cases should be changed in New Jersey.
By P.J. D'Annunzio | April 20, 2018
In response to a request to consolidate an apparently mounting group of lawsuits over the chemotherapy drug Taxotere, the New Jersey state court system has asked the bar for feedback on the possible establishment of multi-county litigation.
By Charles Toutant | April 12, 2018
Plaintiff Mary McGuinness was awarded $23 million in damages. Her husband, Thomas, was awarded $10 million for loss of consortium.
By Charles Toutant | April 11, 2018
Johnson & Johnson and Imerys Talc America were hit with an $80 million punitive damages verdict Wednesday in a suit by a New Jersey man who said he developed mesothelioma from using Johnson's Baby Powder. Total damages in the case rose to $117 million with the addition of today's verdict to last week's $37 million in compensatory damages.
By Charles Toutant | April 6, 2018
In the nation's first trial where a jury linked Johnson & Johnson's talc products to mesothelioma, the company's efforts to discredit the plaintiffs' evidence simply fell flat.
By Kristen Rasmussen | March 21, 2018
A partner in Covington & Burling's food, drug, and device practice group and a former associate chief counsel for enforcement in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Office of Chief Counsel is named GC at the pharmaceutical giant.
By Michael Booth | March 19, 2018
The three-judge Appellate Division panel reinstated the lawsuit, which alleged that 42-year-old Michelle Skounakis died 15 days after she was prescribed Cytomel, a thyroid hormone that can be used as a weight-loss medication.
By Amanda Bronstad | March 7, 2018
U.S. District Judge Dan Polster in Cleveland told lawyers in the multidistrict litigation to come up with a plan by March 16 over the scope and timing of a “litigation track.”
By Max Mitchell | February 27, 2018
Sessions outlined plans to create a new litigation-oriented task force within the Department of Justice to pursue claims against opioid manufacturers and distributors.
By Michael Booth | February 22, 2018
New Jersey Attorney General Gurbil Grewal on Thursday announced an expansion of the state's efforts to combat the ongoing opioid addiction crisis.
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