By Amanda Bronstad | October 9, 2018
U.S. Magistrate Judge David Ruiz on Oct. 5 allowed most of the claims in a key case in a massive MDL against opioid companies to go forward, concluding that the complaint was far from a “fishing expedition.”
By Amanda Bronstad | October 3, 2018
Another jury in Los Angeles deadlocked on whether Johnson & Johnson's baby powder caused mesothelioma.
By Amanda Bronstad | October 2, 2018
The lawsuits come on the heels of a $670.7 million settlement with DuPont and Chemours Co. last year involving an MDL over a related chemical that has been linked to cancer and hypertension in pregnant women and other illnesses.
By John Council | September 12, 2018
The case, Jefferson County v. Farris, concerns the death of James Farris, who served as judge of the 317th District Court from 1977 until his retirement in 1996.
By Amanda Bronstad | August 30, 2018
A judge has allowed the state of Ohio's case to go forward against several opioid manufacturers in a ruling that plaintiffs lawyers are citing in…
By Amanda Bronstad | August 16, 2018
"Imagine that late one evening, around closing time, after dinner with a friend, the waiter hands you a bill for $5,000. You object," wrote Corbin Barthold, litigation counsel at the WLF. “The host arrives and explains that the other patrons left without paying. The restaurant cannot track them down. You, however, are here. You, therefore, shall pay—for everyone.”
By Charles Toutant | August 15, 2018
The Third Circuit on Wednesday found no abuse of discretion in rejection of the plaintiff's medical expert for failure to proffer a sufficiently reliable causation methodology under the standard set out in the U.S. Supreme Court's 1993 "Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals" decision.
By Amanda Bronstad | August 14, 2018
Science has been a key debate in the talcum powder cases, in which thousands of women allege Johnson & Johnson's baby powder caused their ovarian cancer.
By Phillip Bantz | August 14, 2018
David Snively joined Monsanto's legal department 34 years ago in the midst of a PR crisis over Agent Orange. His replacement will also have to be adept at dealing with controversy.
By Amanda Bronstad | August 13, 2018
“I had 200 calls this morning from people wanting to sign up,” said plaintiff counsel R. Brent Wisner, of Los Angeles-based Baum Hedlund Aristei Goldman.
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