Don’t forget you can visit MyAlerts to manage your alerts at any time.
Exploring whether and how funders are investing in cases with public health and environmental remediation elements, and what effect funding has.
By Amanda Bronstad | April 10, 2024
Andy Birchfield, of Beasley Allen, took the stand on Wednesday to fend off Johnson & Johnson's allegations that he breached his ethical duties by working with one of its former lawyers to come up with a proposed $19 billion talc settlement.
5 minute read
By Amanda Bronstad | April 1, 2024
The second trial since the dismissal of Johnson & Johnson's talc bankruptcy last year opened on Monday, alleging its baby powder caused Patricia Matthey's ovarian cancer.
5 minute read
By Amanda Bronstad | March 27, 2024
U.S. District Judge Michael Shipp, overseeing more than 50,000 talc lawsuits in multidistrict litigation, cited recent changes to Federal Rule of Evidence 702 and new science since the first Daubert hearing in 2020.
5 minute read
By Amanda Bronstad | March 26, 2024
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.
6 minute read
By Amanda Bronstad | March 25, 2024
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
By Amanda Bronstad | March 21, 2024
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
By Emily Cousins | March 18, 2024
"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
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.
2 minute read
By Amanda Bronstad | March 5, 2024
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
By Amanda Bronstad | March 1, 2024
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
Presented by BigVoodoo
Celebrate outstanding achievement in law firms, chambers, in-house legal departments and alternative business structures.
The Daily Report is honoring those attorneys and judges who have made a remarkable difference in the legal profession.
Consulting Magazine identifies consultants that have the biggest impact on their clients, firms and the profession.
Associate attorney position at NJ Immigration Law firm: Leschak & Associates, LLC, based in Freehold, NJ, is looking for a full time ass...
Company Description CourtLaw Injury Lawyers is an established Personal Injury Law Firm with its primary office located in Perth Amboy, New J...
Black Owl Recruiting is looking for a number of qualified applicants to fill positions for a highly reputable client. Recent experience work...
MELICK & PORTER, LLP PROMOTES CONNECTICUT PARTNERS HOLLY ROGERS, STEVEN BANKS, and ALEXANDER AHRENS