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Syngenta Says Paraquat Researcher May Have Collaborated With Lawyers, Journalists

The New York neurologist, Dr. Earl Ray Dorsey, 'was never instructed, coached, or encouraged to prepare his article,' his lawyers responded this week in court.
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Litigation Daily

Strategy #1 for Dealing With 'Outsized' Damages Awards: Focus Courts on the Experts

With the uptick in $10 million-plus verdicts, Wilmer's Bill Lee thinks lawyers should be focusing courts on consistently applying Daubert to challenges to expert damages testimony.
8 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Life Care Plan Usage Is on the Rise, and So Are Their Cost Projections, Lawyers Say

"The ability to get medical records quicker, easier, less costly—these things allowed for this new business to become part of the mainstream for us," Pond Lehocky Giordano's Jerry Lehocky said.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

Judge Hears From Experts to Decide Whether to Block Georgia's Ban on Gender-Affirming Care

A federal judge in Atlanta heard conflicting testimony Thursday about the safety and benefit of hormone therapy to treat adolescents struggling with their gender identity.
3 minute read

Law.com

Pennsylvania Judge Vacates $25M Damages Award to Plaintiffs Due to Erroneous Expert Report

Molder had concluded that the lost profits over the term of the contract totaled to an approximate of $24.5 million. However, the court determined there were "significant flaws" in his opinion, which were exposed on cross examination.
6 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

NJ Supreme Court Weighs Recordings and Presence of Third Parties at Defense Medical Examinations

Where the court departed from the Appellate Division was the latter's determination that the defendants bore the burden of demonstrating why a neutral third-party observer or an unobtrusive recording should not be permitted.
8 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

'Enemies List': Plaintiffs' Expert Witnesses Are Targets as J&J Unit Revives Lawsuit

Johnson & Johnson subsidiary LTL Management filed a second fraud lawsuit on Friday against three plaintiffs' experts who authored a 2020 report linking its talcum powder products to mesothelioma.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Making the Defendant Attorney Your Expert

A discussion of the rules on deposing a professional as an expert, including the standard of care and importance of the witnesses' own conduct.
7 minute read

Litigation Daily

Scoring Points for Your Case With the Other Side's Expert Witness

Mark Drummond, the executive director of the Civil Jury Project at NYU School of Law, and Loeb & Loeb partner Laura McNally share strategic approaches to expert witness cross-examination.
6 minute read

Daily Business Review

Florida Lawyer's Missteps Lead Court to Order New Trial

"What the Fourth District Court of Appeal says here is that given this particular piece of evidence, and the way it was withheld, and then used in rebuttal, completely prejudiced the defendant," said Craig Joseph Trocino, who is not involved in the litigation.
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