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'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."
8 minute read

Law.com

'There Is No Conspiracy': Lawyer Fires Back Against Sanctions Motion in DuPont Water Settlement

Jeff Kray, of Marten Law in Seattle, accused of holding up DuPont's $1.19 billion water contamination settlement, called class counsel's sanctions motion an "intimidation tactic" based on a "fantastical conspiracy theory."
5 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Lawsuits Are Flying Over PFAS. But Can Plaintiffs Prove Actual Injury?

"It just makes it sound like everybody can sue over it, and that does not seem workable for our legal system," attorney John Galvin said.
5 minute read

The Recorder

California Roundup Case Dismissed Midtrial, Monsanto Declares Victory

Plaintiffs lawyers on Tuesday voluntarily dismissed a Roundup case in California's Sonoma County Superior Court on the third day of trial.
2 minute read

Daily Business Review

Mistrial Declared in First Post-Bankruptcy Ovarian Cancer Trial Over J&J Talc

Miami-Dade Circuit Judge William Thomas declared a mistrial after the jury sent him a note Tuesday afternoon that said: "We are hopelessly deadlocked with absolutely, positively, no way to resolve it."
5 minute read

Delaware Law Weekly

Roundup Verdicts: Arkansas Jurors Side With Monsanto, Mistrial in Delaware

Jurors in Conway County Circuit Court, in Arkansas, gave Monsanto its 11th win on Friday in Roundup trials, and New Castle County Superior Court Judge Vivian Medinilla declared a mistrial after jurors in Delaware were deadlocked.
3 minute read

The Recorder

SoCalGas, Parent Company Hit With Toxic Tort Over 2015 Aliso Facility Natural Gas Leak

This complaint was first surfaced by Law.com Radar.
3 minute read

The Recorder

California Judge Reduces $332M Roundup Verdict to $28M

San Diego County Superior Court Judge Kevin Enright on Monday denied Monsanto's posttrial motions and upheld the Oct. 31 verdict, but found the punitive damages were unconstitutional.
5 minute read

Law.com

Why the Wide Range of Roundup Verdicts? It Might Depend on What Juries Hear About the EPA

The wide range of Roundup verdicts, from defense wins for Monsanto to a $2.25 billion award, could be due to what jurors hear at trial about the EPA and foreign regulatory agencies.
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