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'It Was Shocking': Tom Girardi's Former Clients Testify About Missing Settlement Checks

Former Girardi Keese clients testified on Wednesday how they repeatedly attempted to get their settlement agreements or settlement payments but were ignored or told, in emails and memos, that Tom Girardi hadn't signed the checks.
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Law.com

Critical Mass With Law.com's Amanda Bronstad: Tom Girardi's Criminal Trial Begins in Los Angeles, Who Were the Attorneys Behind the $4B Hawaii Wildfire Settlement?

On Tuesday, 12 jurors and three alternatives were selected for the federal government's criminal case against Tom Girardi.
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The Recorder

Prosecutor: Tom Girardi Used His Clients' Money 'Like a Personal Piggy Bank'

Jurors heard opening statements on Tuesday in a downtown Los Angeles courtroom for the Tom Girardi criminal trial, which is expected to last two weeks.
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The Recorder

Jury Selection Starts in Tom Girardi's Criminal Trial

About 70 jurors were brought into a downtown Los Angeles courtroom for the trial, which is expected to last two weeks.
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Law.com

Dallas Law Firm That Won 2 Talc Verdicts This Year Opens Another J&J Trial

Dean Omar Branham Shirley, which won jury awards of $45 million and $260 million in Illinois and Oregon, gave opening statements to a South Carolina jury on behalf of Michael Perry, who, at 53 years old, was diagnosed with mesothelioma in 2023.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Philips Sues Lab Over Allegedly Faulty Research That Spurred Major Breathing Machine Recall

"Philips RS has spent hundreds of millions of dollars toward this recall and would have pursued a different and more focused recall had PSN not made its serious mistakes and greatly overestimated the potential threat to patients," the plaintiffs claimed.
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The Recorder

A Judge Asks: Is It Time to End Ken Feinberg's Roundup Settlement Program?

Last month, U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria asked plaintiffs' lead counsel if the settlement program under Ken Feinberg should come to an end.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Phila. Plaintiffs Avoid Mass Tort Treatment as Infant Formula Litigation Heats Up

While the two formula cases to go to trial this year were against product manufacturers, the Philadelphia litigation brings hospital defendants into the mix.
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Law.com

Critical Mass With Law.com's Amanda Bronstad: How TorHoerman Won a $495M Verdict Over Baby Formula, Why Talc Claimants Could Vote 'Yes' to J&J's Bankruptcy Plan

Lawyers suing over infant formula tied to a gastrointestinal disease in preemies saw a "unifying theme" in the July 26 verdict against Abbott.
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Connecticut Law Tribune

Venue Fight: CooperSurgical Plaintiffs Push for Multidistrict Litigation

"[The defendant's] argument is the standard defense playbook of divide and conquer," attorney Tiseme Zegeye said. "They recognize the plaintiffs are stronger together, and that their clients may benefit from trying to litigate in various jurisdictions."
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