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After Jury Returns $45M Verdict Against Johnson & Johnson, Dean Omar Opens New Talc Trial in Oregon

Dean Omar, the Dallas-based plaintiffs firm that won a $45 million talcum powder verdict last month against Johnson & Johnson, opened on Thursday with another trial. Orrick's Will Stute represented Johnson & Johnson.
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Law.com

Johnson & Johnson Launches $6.48B Bankruptcy Plan to Resolve Talc Lawsuits

Wednesday's proposed plan immediately got pushback from lawyers representing ovarian cancer victims: "This is not a done deal," Beasley Allen's Andy Birchfield told Law.com. "There is substantial opposition to this."
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Law.com

Another Roundup Trial Kicks Off in Missouri. Monsanto Faces 3 Plaintiffs

Jury selection began Monday in St. Louis in a case brought by two Ohio women and one woman in Oklahoma.
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Law.com

'We Fight': The Dallas Firm That Won $45M Talc Verdict Refused Johnson & Johnson's Settlement Offer

Friday's verdict against Johnson & Johnson, in Chicago's Cook County Circuit Court, is the first for a mesothelioma victim since two failed talc bankruptcies last year—and a groundbreaking win for Dallas-based Dean Omar Branham Shirley.
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Daily Business Review

Florida Jury Sides With Johnson & Johnson in First Post-Bankruptcy Talc Verdict

Thursday's verdict comes in the second ovarian cancer trial since Johnson & Johnson's failed talc bankruptcies last year.
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New Jersey Law Journal

In Talc DQ Hearing, Beasley Allen's Andy Birchfield Testifies: 'It Never Crossed My Mind'

Andy Birchfield, of Beasley Allen, took the stand on Wednesday to fend off Johnson & Johnson's allegations that he breached his ethical duties by working with one of its former lawyers to come up with a proposed $19 billion talc settlement.
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Daily Business Review

Another J&J Talc Trial Opens in Florida: 'This Fundamentally Is a Case About Science'

The second trial since the dismissal of Johnson & Johnson's talc bankruptcy last year opened on Monday, alleging its baby powder caused Patricia Matthey's ovarian cancer.
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New Jersey Law Journal

Federal Judge Orders 'Full Refiling' of Daubert Motions in J&J Talc Litigation

U.S. District Judge Michael Shipp, overseeing more than 50,000 talc lawsuits in multidistrict litigation, cited recent changes to Federal Rule of Evidence 702 and new science since the first Daubert hearing in 2020.
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Law.com

'I Was Kind of Dumbfounded': J&J Lawyers Testify in Talc Disqualification Hearing

Johnson & Johnson's worldwide vice president of litigation, Erik Haas, and Jim Murdica, outside counsel at Barnes & Thornburg, testified on Monday that they were shocked to find out a former member of their team had been working with plaintiffs' lawyer Andy Birchfield as early as April 2023.
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Law.com

MDL Judge: 'Significant Number of Plaintiffs' Can't Allege Paraquat Exposure

Chief U.S. District Judge Nancy Rosenstengel, in the Southern District of Illinois, has issued a series of discovery orders after finding many of the 5,200 lawsuits over paraquat are "implausible on their face."
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