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Federal Rule of Evidence 806—A Useful Tool to Demonstrate Bias in Serial Tort Litigation

Practitioners should keep Rule 806 in mind when engaged in serial litigation. Though the case law in civil matters is scarce, the plain language of the rule and its application and purpose should provide avenues for its use when faced with slanted learned treatises offered into evidence from unavailable witnesses.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Filings in Phila. Paraquat Mass Tort Surge Amid Slowdowns in Federal MDL

When it comes to coordinated litigation, "it's really a matter of getting into court, getting trials, and getting justice," Chaffin Luhana managing partner Eric Chaffin said.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Plaintiffs Move to Prevent Johnson & Johnson's Plans in 3rd Talc Bankruptcy

Lawyers for talc claimants filed a motion on Tuesday to prevent a planned third J&J bankruptcy from being filed outside New Jersey, where two prior Chapter 11 cases were dismissed.
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Delaware Business Court Insider

Zantac Defendants: Delaware Could See Mass Tort Surge If Expert Testimony Decision Holds

"The resulting influx of cases could have significant consequences for the efficient administration of justice in Delaware, for both Delaware-domiciled companies and Delaware residents," the defendants said in the application for interlocutory review.
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Law.com

Critical Mass with Law.com's Amanda Bronstad: New Ozempic Judge Loses No Time; New MDLs Include AT&T Breach, GM Privacy

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Law.com

Will the Fourth Circuit Finally Take On Bankruptcy's 'Texas Two-Step'?

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has agreed to take up a bankruptcy involving the controversial "Texas two-step," potentially deciding the merger tactic's fate in future Chapter 11 cases. The opening brief is due July 10.
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The Legal Intelligencer

'Back to Business': Ozempic MDL's New Judge Pushes Litigation Forward in Wake of Predecessor's Death

Marston held the status conference just two weekdays after the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation reassigned the MDL to her. The litigation, which Pratter had overseen since its coordination in February, had gone about three weeks without a judge.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Ozempic MDL Reassigned to Pennsylvania Judge Karen Marston

On Thursday, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation reassigned the docket to U.S. District Judge Karen Marston, in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, after the initial judge, U.S. District Judge Gene Pratter, 75, died on May 17.
3 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Another Dean Omar Talc Trial Opens in Dallas, Two Days After $260M Verdict

'For more than 50 years, people have studied whether there's a connection between baby powder, and its talc, and mesothelioma,' Johnson & Johnson attorney Collin Cox told jurors on Wednesday, according to Courtroom View Network's livestream. 'There isn't.'
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Texas Lawyer

Panel Sends AT&T Data Breach Lawsuits to Texas Judge Ada Brown

In a Wednesday order, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation assigned U.S. District Judge Ada Brown of the Northern District of Texas to oversee the AT&T data breach docket.
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