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The Legal Intelligencer

Filings in Phila. Paraquat Mass Tort Surge Amid Slowdowns in Federal MDL

When it comes to coordinated litigation, "it's really a matter of getting into court, getting trials, and getting justice," Chaffin Luhana managing partner Eric Chaffin said.
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Court Orders Less Strict Nuisance Injunction for Chicken Farms

In a 92-page opinion written by Justice Brett Busby, the Supreme Court found no fault with the trial court on the first two issues, but concluded that it erred in defining the scope of the injunction.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

'Lawyers Are Always Responsible': 5th Circuit Discards AI Disclosure Rule After Pushback

A number of district court judges across the country have issued orders setting out disclosure requirements after a pair of New York lawyers were sanctioned last year for using fake, ChatGPT-generated case citations.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Phila. Judge Slashes $1.8B Off of $2.25B Roundup Verdict

The plaintiff's lawyers said they "believe the reduction of the jury's verdict is a departure from established Pennsylvania law that we plan to appeal, seeking reinstatement of the full measure of compensatory and punitive damages."
3 minute read

Law.com

Tracking Monsanto's Roundup Verdicts Across the US

To learn more about how the Roundup litigation has taken shape since trials began in 2018, check out this interactive map of verdicts.
1 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

'Urgent Need for Clarity': Mass Tort Defendant Presses Superior Court to Examine Pa.'s Registration Statute

"To provide much needed constitutional clarity after Mallory and conclusively resolve the jurisdictional status of nearly 90% of the total plaintiffs in the Paraquat mass tort program, this court should grant Syngenta Crop's petition for permission to appeal," the defendant argued.
3 minute read

Law.com

Another Roundup Trial Kicks Off in Missouri. Monsanto Faces 3 Plaintiffs

Jury selection began Monday in St. Louis in a case brought by two Ohio women and one woman in Oklahoma.
4 minute read

Law.com

Soaring Sugar Prices Not So Sweet: Antitrust Class Actions Surge

Two years after the U.S. Department of Justice failed to block a $315 million merger between United States Sugar Corp. and Imperial Sugar Co., antitrust lawyers have lodged nearly two dozen class actions at the sugar industry.
5 minute read

Law.com

Paraquat Judge Tosses Key Plaintiffs' Expert Over 'Methodological Contortions'

U.S. District Judge Nancy Rosenstengel, who is overseeing the paraquat multidistrict litigation, found that Dr. Martin Wells, a biostatistician and epidemiologist at Cornell University, used unreliable methodologies in concluding that exposure to the pesticide increased the risks of getting Parkinson's disease.
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

ADM Emptied the Silo to Lure Aboard New General Counsel

Archer-Daniels-Midland says Regina Bynote Jones forfeited $3.95 million in cash and unvested equity by resigning from her last job. It removed those golden handcuffs, agreeing to make her whole.
2 minute read

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