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The Recorder

Plaintiffs Ask Calif. Supreme Court to Reinstate $417M Talc Verdict

The petition, filed Aug. 9, seeks to reverse a July 9 ruling by California's Second District Court of Appeal that lawyers have cited in other talcum powder cases and in post-trial motions involving a $2 billion Roundup verdict.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Is Products Liability Closing In on Amazon?

In his Complex Litigation column, Michael Hoenig writes: Three decisions in July have ignited a potential firestorm of products liability exposure perhaps wider than the jurisdictions involved in the cases. Given Amazon’s huge product line, the numbers of purchasers and users, the diversity of the many third-party vendors, and the policy reasons articulated by these courts, it is likely that a flood of lawsuits lies ahead.
10 minute read

Law.com

Critical Mass: Objectors to Opioid Proposal Get A Grilling from the Judge. Lieff Cabraser's Contract Attorney Fees Up for Debate, Again. Who Won the Latest Talc Verdict for J&J?

A federal judge appeared reluctant to reject a proposal for a "negotiation" class that could settle lawsuits over the opioid crisis.
6 minute read

Daily Business Review

Tesla Sued by Family of Florida Man Killed in Autopilot Crash

Jeremy Banner died when his Tesla sedan he was driving failed to brake or steer to avoid a semi-trailer that ran a stop sign on a Florida highway in March, according to the lawsuit.
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Lawsuits Over Recalled Rock 'n Play Sleepers Coordinated in New York

The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation, in its Thursday order, rejected a request from Mattel Inc., parent company of Fisher-Price, to transfer the cases to the Central District of California. Most plaintiffs' attorneys had opposed an MDL.
4 minute read

Law.com

Critical Mass: After Breach, Lawyers Beeline for Capital One's Wallet. Monsanto Cites Talc in Appeal of $289M Roundup Verdict. No Legal Defense for Daycare in Child's Hot Car Death.

Class actions hit the courts less than a day after Capital One announced a massive data breach.
6 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Connecticut AG Investigates Juul Over Alleged Smoking-Cessation Claims Using E-Cigarettes

"Juul has never been approved as an effective smoking cessation device," Connecticut Attorney General William Tong said.
4 minute read

The Recorder

'Noel v. Thrifty Payless': Calif. Supreme Court Halts the Chipping Away of Consumer Class Actions

Court holds that no evidentiary requirement exists at the class certification stage to demonstrate how individual class members will be identified.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Avoiding Loss of Patent Rights in the Post-America Invents Act Era

Many observers greeted the Sept. 16, 2011, passage of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA) into law as a long-overdue overhaul of U.S. patent law that aligned it with patent systems prevailing in the rest of the world. Who knew what mischief just seven of the AIA's more than 25,000 words contained?
10 minute read

The Recorder

CA Supreme Court Lowers Bar for 'Ascertainability' of Class Members

Monday's ruling, in a case over an inflatable pool, addressed to what extent a plaintiff had to identify members of a class prior to certification. Public Justice's Leslie Brueckner, who argued for the plaintiff, said the decision ends a "terrible strain of ascertainability decisions" in California's appeals courts.
4 minute read

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