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2 Counties Want Unvaccinated Jurors Kicked From Upcoming Opioid Trial
The opioid case is one of several mass torts returning to the courtroom for bellwether trials, despite rising COVID-19 cases in most of the country. In the opioid litigation, two other bench trials are pending in California state court and federal court in West Virginia
2 Ohio Counties Want Unvaccinated Jurors Kicked From Upcoming Opioid Trial
Lawyers for two Ohio counties filed a Sept. 21 bench brief asking a federal judge to exclude 39 unvaccinated jurors from an Oct. 4 trial that seeks to hold several pharmacies accountable for the opioid crisis. "A significant number of potential jurors indicated on their questionnaires that they would not feel comfortable or safe serving on a jury with unvaccinated individuals," they wrote.
Bellwether Trials in Mass Torts Are Back, But They Look a Bit Different
Despite continued COVID-19 case surges, juries are hearing bellwether trials across the country in mass torts involving Bard's hernia mesh, 3M's combat earplugs, opioids and Johnson & Johnson's baby powder and Risperdal.
Mass Tort Bellwether Trials Are Back in New York and Other States. But They Look a Bit Different
"There are some plaintiffs counsel who believe that having bellwether trials is a source of leverage to push defendants toward settlement, and, if they're not happening, that leverage is diminished," John Beisner of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom in New York.
'Filings Aren't Going Down': Bellwether Trials in Mass Torts Are Back, But They Look a Bit Different
"We just got to push on through because it has the potential to be such a large eight ball we may never get out from behind it if we don't keep trying the bellwether cases," said Timothy O'Brien, a partner at Levin Papantonio Rafferty Proctor Buchanan O'Brien Barr Mougey in Pensacola, Florida.
In the War for Talent, Balance Is Midsize Firms' Secret Weapon
In a world full of overworked lawyers, midsize firms can make a special pitch as they seek to add and retain talent.
In the War for Talent, Balance Is Midsize Firms' Secret Weapon
In a world full of overworked lawyers, midsize firms can make a special pitch as they seek to add and retain talent.
Consovoy McCarthy Boutique Deepens Roster of Former SCOTUS Clerks
The firm said it has brought on Taylor Meehan as counsel after her five years as a partner at the litigation powerhouse Bartlit Beck. A University of Chicago Law School graduate, she clerked for Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas.
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