By Amanda Bronstad | March 3, 2021
U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria appeared likely to trim an estimated $800 million in common benefit fees to lead counsel. He even questioned the need for a common benefit order at all. "The fact that something is repeatedly done in MDLs doesn't mean courts have authority to do it," he said at a Wednesday hearing.
By Amanda Bronstad | February 19, 2021
"The simple fact remains that all Roundup attorneys and plaintiffs have benefitted from MDL leadership's efforts," lead counsel wrote in a Thursday filing. They responded to more than a dozen law firms that objected to an 8.25% holdback on their settlements with Monsanto for "common benefit" fees.
New Jersey Law Journal | Analysis
By Dan Roe | February 12, 2021
Greg Dadika's move to Greenberg Traurig is one of several in-house leader moves to the Am Law 200 this year.
By Amanda Bronstad | February 10, 2021
Objections over an estimated $800 million in common benefit fees in the Roundup multidistrict litigation are rolling in.
By Amanda Bronstad | February 10, 2021
The case, a smoker's lawsuit against R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., is the first jury trial to occur at a new courthouse in Multnomah County Circuit Court. It is among the rare civil trials attempting to occur in person during the pandemic; a separate in-person bench trial in Los Angeles concluded Wednesday with a $23.7 million verdict.
By Amanda Bronstad | February 10, 2021
The case, a smoker's lawsuit against R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., is the first jury trial to occur at a new courthouse in Multnomah County Circuit Court. It is among the rare civil trials attempting to occur in person during the pandemic; a separate in-person bench trial in Los Angeles concluded Wednesday with a $23.7 million verdict.
By Amanda Bronstad | February 5, 2021
One lawyer called the request a "money grab," particularly given that lead counsel got $2 billion in fees for settling their own cases last year.
By Amanda Bronstad | February 3, 2021
The class action settlement, announced Wednesday, includes a $1.325 billion compensation fund program under which Roundup users can make claims for a period of four years. No such fund existed in a similar $1.1 billion deal that lawyers were forced to withdraw last summer after a federal judge raised numerous concerns.
By Katheryn Tucker | January 19, 2021
"We think it's still important to have that brick-and-mortar building," said Frank Woodson, managing attorney of Beasley Allen's new office. "We wanted a stand-alone building—which we have leased—with a Beasley Allen sign out front to say, 'Yes. We are here.'"
New Jersey Law Journal | Analysis
By Mitchell W. Taraschi and Alexander J. Gacos | December 9, 2020
On June 3, 2020, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that "manufacturers and distributors can be found strictly liable for failure to warn of the dangers of their products, including their asbestos-containing components and a third party's replacement components."
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