By Jeffrey Dintzer and Gregory Berlin | April 26, 2021
A recent wave of PFAS investigation orders will have broad implications not only for refineries and bulk fuel storage terminals, but also for the larger regulated community as California continues to aggressively investigate PFAS contamination across the state and identify responsible parties, says Jeffrey Dintzer and Gregory Berlin of Alston & Bird in Los Angeles.
By Amanda Bronstad | April 23, 2021
Plaintiffs attorneys that got Roundup verdicts have accused parent company Bayer of paying its opponent in a Georgia case to appeal a favorable federal preemption ruling to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Bayer, which has raised federal preemption arguments in other Roundup appeals in California, defended its actions as transparent and the settlement as appropriate.
By Alaina Lancaster | March 19, 2021
The decision will end the litigation brought by Dewayne Johnson against Bayer's Monsanto over claims its Roundup pesticide caused his non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Justin Henry | March 11, 2021
The group includes professionals in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Allentown, who focus on toxic tort, chemical and pharmaceutical litigation.
By Amanda Bronstad | March 5, 2021
More than a dozen law firms opposed the proposed class action settlement, the second attempt by Bayer to resolve lawsuits while keeping Roundup on store shelves. Public Citizen and the American Association for Justice also filed amicus briefs opposing the deal.
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.
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