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Transparency rules for funders in tort mass cases, and how funding affects the "business model" of plaintiff mass tort litigaiton
By Amanda Bronstad | March 15, 2024
Express Scripts Inc., a pharmacy benefit manager facing upcoming bellwether trials over the opioid crisis, filed a March 13 brief referencing a subpoena that Motley Rice member Linda Singer sent to the company on behalf of the city of Chicago.
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By Amanda Bronstad | March 15, 2024
The proliferation of advertising on social media for Ozempic and related drugs will be a key part of the lawsuits against Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly.
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By Aleeza Furman | March 15, 2024
"What I want is to avoid asking for continuances and asking for delay and asking for new dates. Just pick your poison and stick with it," Pratter told the approximately 70 people gathered in her courtroom Thursday.
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By Amanda Bronstad | March 14, 2024
An Illinois jury awarded $60 million on Wednesday in the first verdict involving cow's milk-based infant formula that allegedly has sickened or killed premature babies who contracted a gastrointestinal inflammation called necrotizing enterocolitis, or NEC.
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By Amanda O'Brien | March 13, 2024
Kristen Gibbons Feden, who delivered the closing argument in Cosby's second criminal trial as a Montgomery County prosecutor, launched the sexual abuse practice group at Saltz Mongeluzzi.
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By Amanda Bronstad | March 11, 2024
The disqualification motion comes as U.S. District Judge Dan Polster, who is overseeing the opioid multidistrict litigation, has lined up four bellwether trials against OptumRx and another pharmacy benefit manager, Express Scripts.
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By Aleeza Furman | March 11, 2024
The first trial in the mass tort had been scheduled to begin Monday, but most of the program's cases were resolved through confidential settlements in the last six months, according to Kline & Specter partner Tobi Millrood, who serves as plaintiffs liaison counsel in the matter.
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By Edward E. Neiger, Alexandra Robertson and Gregory Lawrence | March 8, 2024
This article discusses how, for multidistrict litigation (MDL) to move forward to trials, we must understand 'Daubert', Rule 702 and the role of the judge in determining the admissibility of expert testimony. It goes on to highlight recent updates in related Tylenol and Paraquat MDL cases.
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By Amanda Bronstad | March 6, 2024
At a Wednesday hearing, lawyers predicted that as many as 80% of the claims made in Altria's $45.5 million class settlement over Juul could be invalid or fraudulent.
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By Amanda Bronstad | March 6, 2024
Plaintiffs lawyers on Tuesday voluntarily dismissed a Roundup case in California's Sonoma County Superior Court on the third day of trial.
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