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'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.
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Law.com

In J&J Sunscreen Settlement Appeal, Ted Frank Applies Hot Topic of Standing

Frank, of the Hamilton Lincoln Law Institute and the Center for Class Action Fairness, filed his opening brief on Wednesday before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, which reversed another settlement three months ago because the lead plaintiffs lacked standing.
4 minute read

Delaware Law Weekly

Ex-Occidental Plant Workers File 20 Suits—and Counting—Over Mercury Exposure

Each complaint brings nine claims related to chronic health problems that have caused the plaintiffs to experience emotional distress and face ongoing medical bills.
2 minute read

Law.com

3M's $12.5B Settlement Tops Drinking Water Payouts, but More Lawsuits Remain

3M's $12.5 billion deal to resolve lawsuits brought by hundreds of water providers is one of the largest settlements to date involving contaminated drinking water, but it's a fraction of its legal liability involving 'forever chemicals.'
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Law.com

3M to Pay $12.5B to Settle Lawsuits Over 'Forever Chemicals' in Water Supplies

"This historic settlement is the largest amount ever paid by a single company to resolve claims involving contaminated drinking water and provides compensation critical to protecting our nation's drinking water supplies and upgrading our water treatment infrastructure to deal with this new threat," said Paul Napoli, a partner at Napoli Shkolnik and co-lead counsel for the plaintiffs.
2 minute read

Delaware Law Weekly

Supreme Court Weighs Class Action Injury Definition Under Delaware Law

Delaware courts have touched on the issue before, ruling on what type of exposure doesn't count as an injury, but the Croda case is the first to ask the high court to concretely state whether exposure leading to increased risk of disease is enough on its own.
4 minute read

Law.com

DuPont Strikes $1.2 Billion Settlement Over Toxic Chemicals, Leaving 3M to Face Trial Alone

DuPont agreed to a $1.185 billion settlement involving toxic chemicals that includes a case brought by the city of Stuart, Florida, that begins trial on Monday. 3M remains in that trial, the first bellwether in multidistrict litigation over aqueous film-forming foams.
6 minute read

The Recorder

'This Will Take His Life': Rare Trial Kicks Off Over Johnson's Baby Powder

Allison Brown, a lawyer for Johnson & Johnson, questioned the facts of the case, which is in California's Alameda County Superior Court: She noted that many of the stores where the plaintiff's mother testified she bought its baby powder were more than 100 miles from her house.
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Law.com

Bayer Wins 7th Defense Verdict Over Monsanto's Roundup Pesticide

A jury in Clayton, Missouri, issued its defense verdict late Tuesday after about five hours of deliberations.
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Law.com

'This Is Fraud': Plaintiff Wins Key Ruling Over Expert's Talc Report, Files Sanctions

U.S. Magistrate Judge Valerie Figueredo, in New York, denied a demand from defendants to disclose of 33 individuals in plaintiff's expert Dr. Jacqueline Moline's 2019 report, used in talc cases nationwide to link cosmetic talc to mesothelioma.
5 minute read

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