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Litigators of the Week: This Huge Talc Verdict is One for the Record Books--–But It Almost Didn't Happen at All

A talcum powder trial in Los Angeles ended with a bang on Monday--–a $417 million bang, to be exact. But jurors almost didn't hear the case at all.
23 minute read

Corporate Counsel

J&J Was Just Handed a $417M Court Loss. What's the GC to Do?

Michael Ullmann, general counsel of Johnson & Johnson will have a lot to think about in the aftermath of the massive verdict.
13 minute read

The Recorder

Lead Paint Defendants Seek to Upend $1B Public-Nuisance Finding

Three companies hit with a $1.15 billion lead paint judgment in California are hoping on Thursday to reverse a judge's finding that they created a public nuisance by promoting for decades a product that they knew was toxic.
6 minute read

The Recorder

New Evidence Seen as Key in LA Jury's $417M Talc Verdict

California jurors who awarded $417 million on Monday in a talcum powder trial might have been influenced by three new pieces of evidence, including an emailed photo that arrived just as the trial started, according to plaintiffs' attorneys in the case.
15 minute read

Daily Business Review

Speedy Tobacco Trial Ends in $2.2M Verdict

The winning plaintiffs attorneys included a contestant on the most recent season of "The Bachelorette."
4 minute read

National Law Journal

For Plaintiffs Bar, Taking on J&J Means Battling a Shadow Foe

In lobbying and litigation, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Johnson & Johnson often draw from the same playbook. One major connection is John Beisner, head of mass torts at Skadden Arps.
64 minute read

Daily Business Review

Visa, Discover Pare Deals With Extremist Groups After Rally

Companies behind the most popular U.S. credit cards said they are severing ties with extremist organizations that incite violence after they came under pressure to stop providing ways for white supremacists groups to raise funds.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

Fees in Class Action Over Moldy Washing Machines Nearly Halved

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit reduced the fees in a 2015 settlement from $4.8 million to $2.7 million. The suit alleged that front-loading washing machines made by Whirlpool Corp. and sold by Sears, Roebuck and Co. from 2004 to 2006 had a defect in their central control units and grew mold inside them. Sears estimated that the settlement, which resolved just the claims over the control units in Kenmore and Whirlpool brands, was worth about $900,000. The Seventh Circuit found a federal magistrate judge's reasoning "questionable" when she boosted the award 1.75 times what lawyers charged for their work.
14 minute read

Daily Business Review

The Boom Is Booming and Home Depot Is Setting Records

Americans are plowing money into their homes at an astonishing rate, new, used and even those not yet built, creating for Home Depot a frenzy of loyal customers.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

GNC Dodges Potential Consumer Class Action Over Website

A Pennsylvania federal judge has dismissed a nascent class action against vitamin and nutritional supplement chain GNC alleging the company's website violated New Jersey state consumer law.
3 minute read

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