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The Legal Intelligencer

Phila. Jury Returns $78M to Plaintiffs in Roundup Case

The verdict marks the fourth plaintiffs win in the Philadelphia Roundup litigation since trials in the mass tort began a year ago, and the third win for the plaintiffs team of Kline & Specter and Arnold & Itkin.
3 minute read

The Recorder

Girardi's Lawyers Move for New Trial: He Doesn't Remember Jury's Verdict

Tom Girardi's lawyers asked a federal judge on Tuesday to toss his conviction because he wasn't competent enough to understand his own criminal trial.
6 minute read

Law.com

GlaxoSmithKline Settles Most Zantac Lawsuits for $2.2B

The settlement, announced on Wednesday, resolves 93% of all Zantac cases in state courts against GlaxoSmithKline.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Mass Torts Litigator Ken Murphy Returns to Big Law

The longtime partner at Drinker Biddle & Reath moved to the Tucker Law Group in 2022. Now he's eager to resume defending larger clients at DLA Piper.
3 minute read

The American Lawyer

Turning the Tables: Defense Litigators Embrace Lawsuits, Alleging Fraud at Plaintiffs Shops

"This is a new direction in civil litigation and a new approach by the defense," said Tyson & Mendes partner and head of communications Ashley Fetyko.
6 minute read

Law.com

First Lawsuit Filed Alleging Contraceptive Depo-Provera Caused Brain Tumor

Ellen Relkin, who filed the first case on Tuesday, predicts thousands of lawsuits after a French study in March found the contraceptive Depo-Provera had a 550% higher chance of developing brain tumors.
4 minute read

Law.com

BD Settles Thousands of Bard Hernia Mesh Lawsuits

The settlement with Becton, Dickinson and Co., or BD, resolves nearly 25,000 cases in federal multidistrict litigation and more than 15,000 in state courts in Rhode Island, where Bard is headquartered.
4 minute read

Law.com

Lawyer in 3rd NEC Formula Trial Asks Jurors for 'a Very, Very Large Number'

The third trial over cow's milk-based infant formula began on Wednesday in St. Louis City Circuit Court. It is the first trial against both manufacturers, Abbott Laboratories and Mead Johnson.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Levin Sedran Partner Arnold Levin Dies at 85

"He took on some very tough cases and was able to provide some relief to victims, and they weren't easy cases," said Daniel Levin, an attorney with Levin Sedran and Arnold Levin's son. "He took on the cases that not everyone could take on."
3 minute read

Law.com

Critical Mass With Law.com's Amanda Bronstad: Nonwhite Attorneys Got Only 11% Of 2023 MDL Appointments, Talc Bankruptcy Trustee in Wants Texas Case in NJ

Law.com statistics found that only 11% of the leadership appointments in multidistrict litigation last year went to attorneys of color, down from 14% in 2022.
7 minute read

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