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Consolidated Trials Drawing Fire From Defense as Unfair
In a trial involving four women suing over an allegedly defective transvaginal mesh device, a Miami jury was faced with an assortment of claims. Some of the women felt like they had a ball between their legs. Some had pain during sex, while others didn't. They all went to different doctors, at different times, for different surgeries. But the jury's verdict showed little difference. Each woman got more than $6.5 million.
Working Mother Names Best Law Firms for Women, Laments Industry's 'Glacial' Progress
The firms are eager to be recognized for their efforts, but progress in the industry overall is nothing to celebrate.
Mother Loses Case Against ADT, Honeywell Over Son's Murder
A federal appeals court has ruled that security company ADT and appliance maker Honeywell could not be held liable for an alarm system that failed to activate during the theft of a couple's gun ultimately used to murder the mother's son.
Three Pelvic Mesh Cases Moved Out of Phila. Court
Three plaintiffs suing Boston Scientific in Philadelphia over allegedly defective pelvic mesh have agreed to litigate their cases elsewhere in light of the latest jurisdictional pronouncement from the U.S. Supreme Court.
Is Washington, DC, the Nation's Next 'Food Court'?
A nonprofit group represented by a longtime plaintiffs lawyer is challenging Mott's applesauce in a case that could be a sign of things to come.
Battle Over Venue for 1,300 Mo. Talc Cases Flares in Wake of 'Bristol-Myers'
Armed with last month's U.S. Supreme Court decision in , Johnson & Johnson has moved to dismiss the claims of 1,365 women with talcum powder suits in Missouri state court in part because their lawyers have engaged in "blatant forum shopping on a grand scale."
Panel: Defense Attorneys 'Mischaracterized the Evidence' in Tobacco Case
A reversal in a tobacco case that turned on questions of addiction and motivation.
Drugmaker Brandishes 'Bristol-Myers' in Bid to Quell Suits Over Chemo Drug
Sanofi-Aventis U.S. LLC is brandishing a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision to take aim at nearly 70 women who have filed lawsuits over its chemotherapy drug Taxotere.
Will 'Bristol-Myers' Exclude Tort Actions From—or Draw Them to—Pa.?
The U.S. Supreme Court's recent game-changing decision in is widely seen as the beginning of the end for mass torts in several venues that have historically attracted large-scale litigation, including California and Missouri. But, for Pennsylvania, the ruling is expected to be much more of a mixed bag, and, according to some, could instead lead to an uptick in suit against certain defendants.
SCOTUS Narrows Forum-Shopping in Big Pharma Action
In a win for the corporate defense bar, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday tightened jurisdictional rules that determine where companies can be sued.Trending Stories
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- 5Meta agrees to pay $25 million to settle lawsuit from Trump after Jan. 6 suspension
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