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Paraquat Liability Tops Jam-Packed List of Cases Facing MDL Panel. Plus: Roundup Settlement Rejected

The federal panel has a full docket for its Thursday hearing that includes not only the agricultural product but Google Play apps, opioids and baby food.
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Law.com

Pandemic Did Not Pause Filing of New Federal Lawsuits, Study Says. Plus: Roundup Verdict Is Upheld by Ninth Circuit

The COVID-19 pandemic did little to curb lawsuits in 2020, particularly in products liability, and, in fact, contributed 6,905 new cases to the federal docket, a Lex Machina report said.
7 minute read

Law.com

First Federal Bellwether Trial Opens in West Virginia. Plus: Objectors Dig In Over $2 Billion Roundup Settlement Proposal

Distributors and drug makers are still working on a proposed $26 billion settlement with lead plaintiffs' attorneys in the opioid MDL. So why did the West Virginia plaintiffs still go to trial?
7 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

'Tip of the Iceberg': Six Tort Cases Filed in Pa. and Two Other States Blaming Herbicide for Parkinson's Disease

A half dozen lawsuits were filed simultaneously in federal court in three states April 30—including Pennsylvania—against the manufacturers and marketers of Paraquat, a herbicide allegedly linked to developing Parkinson's disease.
6 minute read

Law.com

Did Monsanto Pay a Plaintiff to Force Preemption Appeal? Plus: Judges Debate Vices and Virtues of Virtual MDL Hearings

The maker of the Roundup weedkiller insists  a "high-low settlement" with a plaintiff wasn't designed to create an appellate ruling.in its long-term favor
7 minute read

The Recorder

Water Board Issues PFAS Investigative Orders to Refineries and Bulk Fuel Storage Terminals

A recent wave of PFAS investigation orders will have broad implications not only for refineries and bulk fuel storage terminals, but also for the larger regulated community as California continues to aggressively investigate PFAS contamination across the state and identify responsible parties, says Jeffrey Dintzer and Gregory Berlin of Alston & Bird in Los Angeles.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Kirkland Caps Bankruptcy Win With $1B Restructuring Plan for Honeywell Spinoff

A federal bankruptcy judge in Manhattan approved Kirkland's restructuring plan for Garrett Motion Inc., which filed for voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization in September. The case pitted Kirkland's restructuring and litigation teams against powerhouse firms Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan and Sullivan & Cromwell for Garrett.
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Litigation Daily

Bayer's Potential Path to Get Federal Preemption Arguments in Roundup Cases Before SCOTUS Just Got a Bit Wider

The company has already argued one appeal in the Ninth Circuit claiming that it had no duty to warn Roundup users about cancer risks since federal law governs herbicide labeling. A Georgia doctor whose state law failure to warn claims were tossed on federal preemption grounds is now appealing in the 11th Circuit.
4 minute read

Law.com

Lawyers Revising Roundup Settlement as Approval Hearing Looms. Plus: Are Essential Production Facilities 'Federal Officers" During Pandemic?

Lawyers who crafted the $2 billion class action settlement with Bayer to resolve future claims over Monsanto's Roundup have fired back at a host of objectors, defending a settlement they say that "will save lives."
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

A Setback for Climate Litigation—But There Is Still Hope

On April 1, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a lawsuit attempting to hold multinational oil companies liable for the harmful effects of global warming.
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