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Big Law Steps In for Shale Oil Producers Hit With Antitrust Allegations

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Kirkland & Ellis and other Big Law firms have appeared in court for shale oil producers accused of conspiring to fix gas prices since early 2021.
5 minute read

Daily Report Online

Bayer's Monsanto Loses Federal Preemption Appeal Over Roundup—Again

On Monday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit found that the EPA's registration of Roundup did not carry the "force of law" that preempted Georgia plaintiff John Carson's claims.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

'Abusive Discovery Tactics'? Talc Plaintiffs Attack New J&J Subpoenas

Johnson & Johnson subpoenaed records concerning plaintiffs' expert Dr. Jacqueline Moline and a partnership involving attorney Andy Birchfield and one of its former lawyers.
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Altria Legal Chief to Retire After 4 Decades Advising Tobacco Giant

Murray Garnick helped the Marlboro maker navigate a morass of litigation.
2 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

NJ 'Uncorks' New Legislation, Shakes Up Alcoholic Beverage Industry

In short, this legislation expands the scope of permissible business activities by certain manufacturers, creates new license categories, ratchets up the pressure on inactive retail licenses to be put to productive use, and creates a new mechanism for bringing otherwise inactive retail licenses back into active use.
8 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

New Jersey: A New Venue for Monsanto Roundup Trials?

Motley Rice's Daniel Lapinski filed the Jan. 22 request for multicounty litigation designation of 10 Roundup cases, all of which were filed in New Jersey state courts since Dec. 18, 2023.
4 minute read

Law.com

Judge Who Upheld Addiction Claims Gives Thumbs-Down to Social Media's Appeal Attempt

At a Friday hearing, U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers said she planned to reject social media's request to grant interlocutory appeal of her Nov. 14 ruling refusing to dismiss addiction claims.
5 minute read

Law.com

DC-Area Walmart Stores Accused of Mispricing Items, Charging More at Check Out in Class Action Lawsuit

According to the class action suit, more than 400 items were mispriced throughout store locations in D.C., many of which are alleged to have been mispriced and left uncorrected for months.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Morgan Lewis Adds Former Ballard Spahr Practice Leader

Aliza Karetnick had been at Ballard since 2019, when she arrived from Duane Morris.
2 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

District Court Certifies Question to State High Court: Can Parents Bring Loss of Consortium Claims for a Child?

"The absence of authoritative state decisions on this issue, and the split at the trial court level, counsel in favor of certification at this point," U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea of the District of Connecticut wrote about parents' claims for loss of filial consortium.
5 minute read

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