Welcome to Critical MassLaw.com’s weekly briefing for class action and mass tort attorneys. What does the jury’s verdict in the Harvey Weinstein criminal trial mean for a related class action against the ex-Hollywood producer? How the lawsuit over Kobe Bryant’s death could hinge on a “loss of love” claim. Two lead lawyers who won a $265 million verdict over Monsanto’s dicamba herbicide share a lot more than the same office.

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Harvey Weinstein, the former co-chairman of the Weinstein Co., center, arrives with his attorney Donna Rotunno, left, at state Supreme Court in Manhattan on Feb. 24. Photo: Peter Foley/Bloomberg

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