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Top Defense Team Appears for Drug Companies Sued Over Zantac Recall

Defense lawyers include Anand Agneshwar, co-chairman of Arnold & Porter's products liability litigation practice. His client, Sanofi, voluntarily recalled Zantac on Oct. 18 after the FDA discovered it contained an ingredient that could cause cancer.
5 minute read

Law.com

Oklahoma AG Plans to Appeal $465M Opioid Judgment

Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter appealed the opioid judgment after the judge refused to extend the abatement funds beyond a year.
4 minute read

The Recorder

Judge Poised to Unlock Confidential Documents in Essure Mass Tort

"Justice will be done in public, putting a limit on how corporate America thinks it can operate in secret without accountability," said Lori Andrus, of Andrus Anderson in San Francisco.
3 minute read

Law.com

Skilled in the Art: What, Me Sovereign? U.S. Doesn't Invoke Immunity on HIV Patent + Could Panel Stacking Save the PTAB? + InterDigital Settles IoT Case

The federal government has fired back on two fronts against Gilead Sciences in the war over an HIV vaccine.
9 minute read

Law.com

J&J Asks Oklahoma Judge to Limit Its Future Liability for Opioid Crisis

Johnson & Johnson insists that Oklahoma lawmakers should act if they want a potential $572 million court judgment for the state to extend beyond one year. The state's governor and two senior legislators filed a proposed amicus brief insisting that taxpayers shouldn't pay for the opioid crisis.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

IVC Filter Companies Want $33M Verdict Tossed as Product of 'Gamesmanship'

'This punitive damages award is not based on the harms actually suffered by plaintiff, nor are they proportionate to the actions taken by Rex to bring the [filter] to the market,' the motion said.
4 minute read

Law.com

Appeals Court Grants Review of 'Negotiation' Class Action Over Opioids

In dual orders Friday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit granted interlocutory appeal of a Sept. 11 order by U.S. District Judge Dan Polster approving certification of a "negotiation" class of potentially 33,000 cities and counties suing opioid companies.
5 minute read

Law.com

The Next Opioid Trial Could Be in New York, but Others Lined Up

On Wednesday, a state court judge set a Jan. 20 trial date for an opioid case brought by the state of New York. Yet several other cities, counties and Native American tribes are preparing for trials in 2020, possibly in California, Florida, Illinois, Minnesota, Ohio, Oklahoma and West Virginia.
6 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Benicar Plaintiffs Lawyers' Complaints About Pay Rates Rejected

U.S. Magistrate Judge Joel Schneider ruled that the lawyers' committee that divided up legal fees in the multidistrict litigation treated Gerald Williams and Mark Cuker "fairly and equitably."
5 minute read

Law.com

Critical Mass: Equifax Lawyers Want How Much in Fees? Today in Court: Purdue's Plan to Pause Lawsuits. Mich. AG Hires Outside Counsel.

Lawyers who got a $1.4 billion class action settlement this year over the Equifax data breach have asked for $77.5 million in attorney fees.
6 minute read

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