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3M Tells US Appeals Court That Government-Contractor Defense Should Overturn Earplug Verdicts

On Monday, 3M attorney Paul Clement told the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit that the government-contractor defense should have immunized his client from lawsuits over its combat earplugs.
4 minute read

Law.com

'All or Nothing': Plaintiffs' Talc Expert Pressed to Provide Names in Groundbreaking Report

U.S. Magistrate Judge Valerie Figueredo, in New York, is set to decide whether plaintiffs' expert Dr. Jacqueline Moline must disclose the 33 individuals in her 2019 article, one of the first to link cosmetic talcum powder to mesothelioma.
7 minute read

Law.com

'Roundup Does Not Cause Cancer': Another Jury Trial Opens Over Monsanto's Pesticide

On Wednesday, Aimee Wagstaff told jurors in Clayton, Missouri, about Sharlean Gordon, who was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma in 2006 after years of spraying Roundup on her yard in Illinois.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

With Carlton Fields at Its Side, BASF Unleashes Slew of Litigation in Florida

"Assuming the facts as they've alleged are true, there aren't going to be a lot of defenses," said Benjamin Widlanski, a Kozyak Tropin & Throckmorton partner, who is not involved in the litigation.
5 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Plaintiffs' Lawyers Move to Dismiss J&J's Talc Bankruptcy … Again

In a Monday motion, a talc claimants committee said Johnson & Johnson's LTL Management manufactured financial distress when it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy this month.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Estee Lauder Vice Chair and Former General Counsel to Retire

Sara Moss has been with the cosmetics giant for two decades, most of that time as legal chief. She was promoted to vice chair in 2019.
2 minute read

Law.com

Tylenol's Prenatal Health Risks Lawsuits Against J&J Move Forward

U.S. District Judge Denise Cote, in New York, refused on Thursday to dismiss 72 lawsuits alleging taking Tylenol while pregnant increases the risks of children developing autism or ADHD.
4 minute read

Law.com

Talc Bankruptcy Judge Grants Partial Stay, Has 'More Questions Than Answers'

U.S. Bankruptcy Chief Judge Michael Kaplan on Thursday limited his preliminary injunction order to 60 days and allowed discovery to move ahead in pending talc cases against Johnson & Johnson.
6 minute read

Law.com

Factual Dispute Not Grounds to Bar Doctor's Expert Testimony in Product Liability Suit, Washington Appeals Court Holds

The Washington State Court of Appeal reversed and remanded a products liability suit against Hyland's Naturals on Monday after determining that the trial court improperly applied the Frye standard to exclude testimony from a doctor who concluded that the company's tablets "'more likely than not'" caused the death of a 13-month-old child.
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National Law Journal

'Parade of Horribles:' Judge Wary of Proposed Cancer Warning for Glyphosate

California's proposed warning label on popular weedkiller Roundup draws judicial concern.
5 minute read

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