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Amanda Bronstad is the ALM staff reporter covering class actions and mass torts nationwide. She writes the email dispatch Critical Mass. She is based in Los Angeles.
October 15, 2018
Speaking about President Donald Trump's tweet that sparked the lawsuit, a federal judge wrote: “The First Amendment protects this type of rhetorical statement."
October 15, 2018
Speaking about President Donald Trump's tweet that sparked the lawsuit, a federal judge wrote: “The First Amendment protects this type of rhetorical statement."
October 15, 2018
DRI - The Voice of the Defense Bar wants the appeals court to find that unnamed members in a class action against Dish Network should not have been certified because they did not have the same injuries as lead plaintiffs in the case.
October 11, 2018
About 44 percent of pregnant women on the Blackfeet Tribe reservation in Montana tested positive for opioid use.
October 11, 2018
After two mistrials in similar cases that had juries in Los Angeles deliberating for days, a New Jersey jury took just half an hour to decide that Johnson & Johnson’s baby powder did not cause a woman to get mesothelioma.
October 10, 2018
Labaton acknowledged it should have disclosed a $4.1 million referral payment and agreed to make several internal changes.
October 10, 2018
San Francisco Superior Court Judge Suzanne Bolanos issued the tentative ahead of a hearing on Wednesday afternoon.
October 10, 2018
Labaton acknowledged it should have disclosed a $4.1 million referral payment and agreed to make several internal changes.
October 10, 2018
Also this week: A hard to swallow LaCroix class action, and Feds probing asbestos trust.
October 09, 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.”
October 05, 2018
A federal magistrate judge issued his recommendation in a key lawsuit brought against opioid manufacturers and distributors, as well as pharmacies.
October 05, 2018
A federal magistrate judge issued his recommendation in a key lawsuit brought against opioid manufacturers and distributors, as well as pharmacies.
October 05, 2018
U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer refused to dismiss a class action on behalf of consumers who sold their Volkswagen vehicles before Sept. 18, 2015.
October 05, 2018
U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer refused to dismiss a class action on behalf of consumers who sold their Volkswagen vehicles before Sept. 18, 2015.
October 04, 2018
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit found that the district judge had violated the Class Action Fairness Act and tackled the legal question of what constitutes a coupon.
October 04, 2018
The cases include nine lawsuits MGM filed against 2,000 victims of the shooting.
October 04, 2018
Lawyers for Civil Justice released the report while pushing to establish the first civil rules in multidistrict litigation.
October 03, 2018
Another jury in Los Angeles deadlocked on whether Johnson & Johnson's baby powder caused mesothelioma.
October 03, 2018
Also this week, Apple Defense Sours in Throttling Cases.
October 02, 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.
September 27, 2018
The panelists spent most of the hearing asking about the circumstances behind the settlement’s approval.
September 26, 2018
At times against the objections of the lawyers, particularly for the defense, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Margaret Oldendorf interviewed jurors, reiterated jury instructions, ordered more oral arguments and replaced a juror with an alternate.
September 26, 2018
Also on deck, a look at Yahoo's bargain over data breaches.
September 24, 2018
After a week of deliberations, the jury failed to reach a verdict, telling the judge they were deadlocked at 8 to 4.
September 24, 2018
Facebook Inc.'s content moderators had to see videos and images of "child abuse, rape, torture, bestiality, beheadings, suicide, murder."
September 24, 2018
Facebook's content moderators viewed images of "child abuse, rape, torture, bestiality, beheadings, suicide, murder" as part of their jobs.
September 24, 2018
Facebook Inc.'s content moderators had to see videos and images of "child abuse, rape, torture, bestiality, beheadings, suicide, murder."
September 21, 2018
Yahoo's attorney and lead plaintiffs’ counsel told U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh in the multidistrict litigation in federal court in California that both sides had reached an “agreement in principle.”
September 20, 2018
The panel rejected the argument of Public Counsel, which represented two plaintiffs seeking arbitration of their Miami class action against JPay, that the question was merely procedural in nature.
September 19, 2018
The opposed motion goes before U.S. District Judge Rebecca Pallmeyer at a hearing on Thursday in Chicago.
September 19, 2018
Plus: A look at the law firm accused of luring women into unnecessary surgery, and arbitration roadblocks in the Uber data breach.
September 18, 2018
Monsanto cited a 2017 ruling in a case involving Johnson & Johnson's powder, in which the judge vacated a $417 million verdict due to lack of evidence.
September 18, 2018
The lawsuit filed by Morgan & Morgan is the first following gas explosions in the Merrimack Valley region that forced thousands to evacuate, injured over 20 and killed a teenager.
September 18, 2018
The lawsuit is the first filed after explosions in the Merrimack Valley region that forced thousands to evacuate, injured over 20 and killed one on Sept. 13.
September 18, 2018
U.S. District Judge Philip Gutierrez found riders were aware they signed arbitration agreements when they registered to use the app.
September 17, 2018
The judge rescheduled a hearing on lead counsel motions for next month.
September 16, 2018
So far, there's no clear victor in trials aimed at resolving 9,000 cases over the medical devices.
September 13, 2018
On Thursday, Merck urged the Supreme Court to clarify its "clear evidence" holding in Wyeth v. Levine and reverse a 2017 decision that reinstated more than 500 cases over its osteoporosis drug Fosamax.
September 12, 2018
After kicking off with two verdicts awarding over $140 million, the docket of more than 6,000 cases alleging "low testosterone" treatments caused heart attacks and bloodclots comes to an end in a global settlement.
September 12, 2018
After kicking off with two verdicts awarding over $140 million, the docket of more than 6,000 cases alleging "low testosterone" treatments caused heart attacks and bloodclots comes to an end in a global settlement.
September 12, 2018
This week, we look at the lawsuits stemming from Elon Musk's tweets about making his company private. Also up — a report claiming the SEC's the reason for more crypto suits.
September 12, 2018
The report also found that, during that same period, New York’s Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom topped the list of defense firms handling securities cases, as well as a separate ranking of those with the most defense wins.
September 12, 2018
A Lex Machina report found that securities lawsuits filed over cryptocurrencies or bitcoin have tripled so far this year as SEC chairman Jay Clayton announced a crackdown on that industry.
National Law Journal |Analysis
September 11, 2018
A Lex Machina report found that securities lawsuits filed over cryptocurrencies or bitcoin have tripled so far this year as SEC chairman Jay Clayton announced a crackdown on that industry.
September 10, 2018
So far, there's no clear victor in trials aimed at resolving 9,000 cases over the medical devices.
September 10, 2018
So far, there's no clear victor in trials aimed at resolving 9,000 cases over the medical devices.
September 07, 2018
The only class action brought on behalf of consumers of Johnson & Johnson’s baby powder was focused on the lack of warning labels, but the appeals court said the class had no standing.
September 06, 2018
Amicus briefs from all side are flowing in, in advance of an Oct. 31 U.S. Supreme Court argument weighing administration of cy pres funds in class settlements.
September 05, 2018
Amicus briefs from the Chamber, 31 state AGs, and others are flowing in, in advance of an Oct. 31 U.S. Supreme Court argument weighing administration of cy pres funds in class settlements.
September 05, 2018
Amicus briefs from all side are flowing in, in advance of an Oct. 31 U.S. Supreme Court argument weighing administration of cy pres funds in class settlements.
September 05, 2018
Kavanaugh, a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, has a thin record when it comes to class actions. But it doesn’t mean the topic didn’t come up, as consumer advocates fretted about his impact on tort law.
September 04, 2018
A woman whose nine family members died when a duck boat sank in Missouri on July 19 is alleging in a new lawsuit that the operators knew that the design of canopies on the vehicles could create a “death trap” for passengers.
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…
August 29, 2018
The final approval of a $75 million concussion settlement with the National Collegiate Athletic Association is on hold until an independent auditor completes its review of a notice program that has apparently been plagued with problems.
August 29, 2018
Ken Starr, the former U.S. solicitor general, has reentered private practice, taking of counsel status at The Lanier Firm, a well-known plaintiffs' firm based in Houston and led by Starr's close friend Mark Lanier.
August 28, 2018
The case is one of at least six that Public Justice, a national nonprofit legal advocacy organization, has brought on behalf of consumers of eye drops.
August 27, 2018
A Ninth Circuit panel conclude the right standard was used to keep documents sealed in a case claiming faulty power modules caused some Chrysler and Jeep vehicles to stall or have trouble starting.
August 27, 2018
A Ninth Circuit panel concluded that U.S. District Judge Dean Pregerson used the right standard to keep documents sealed in a case claiming faulty power modules caused some Chrysler and Jeep vehicles to stall or have trouble starting.
August 24, 2018
Lawyers attempting to negotiate a global settlement of lawsuits brought over the opioid epidemic aren’t representing a key group: babies who have been born addicted to prescription painkillers.
August 24, 2018
Lawyers attempting to negotiate a global settlement of lawsuits brought over the opioid epidemic aren’t representing a key group: babies who have been born addicted to prescription painkillers.
August 23, 2018
Six separate lawsuits have been filed since The Wall Street Journal reported last month that the Justice Department was investigating whether media sales teams and station owners shared information with one another.
August 23, 2018
Six separate lawsuits have been filed since The Wall Street Journal reported last month that the Justice Department was investigating whether media sales teams and station owners shared information with one another.
August 23, 2018
Six separate lawsuits have been filed since The Wall Street Journal reported last month that the Justice Department was investigating whether media sales teams and station owners shared information with one another.
August 22, 2018
U.S. District Senior Judge Mark Wolf appointed a special master to look into potential overbilling, after a $75 million fee request by the three lead plaintiffs firms.
August 22, 2018
Why did a federal judge in the Anthem data breach case award more than $30 million to plaintiffs lawyers with whom she was “deeply disappointed?” There’s a lot of amicus support for lead paint companies petitioning the U.S. Supreme Court. And read on for an update on multi district litigation over EpiPen pricing.
August 21, 2018
“Johnson & Johnson’s talc products were not contaminated with asbestos,” attorney Christopher Vejnoska said. “That didn’t happen by accident. That didn’t happen by luck."
August 20, 2018
More than 80 class actions alleged the companies committed "insider trading” by allowing their employees to participate in contests using nonpublic information, or they enticed consumers to participate in illegal gambling.
August 17, 2018
U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh in San Jose, California, approved the fees after concluding that the results were “exceptional.”
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.”
August 16, 2018
Opioid manufacturers and one distributor say the complaint against them lacks specifics to back up deceptive trade practices and public nuisance claims. But the amicus briefs said none of that mattered because a state has a “unique role” in the opioid crisis.
August 15, 2018
Opioid manufacturers and one distributor say the complaint against them lacks specifics to back up deceptive trade practices and public nuisance claims. But the amicus briefs said none of that mattered because a state has a “unique role” in the opioid crisis.
August 15, 2018
Opioid manufacturers and one distributor say the complaint against them lacks specifics to back up deceptive trade practices and public nuisance claims. But the amicus briefs said none of that mattered because a state has a “unique role” in the opioid crisis.
August 15, 2018
Pennsylvania's statute of limitations would drastically limit suits stemming from the priest abuse scandal unless the legislature acts. In other class action and mass tort news, Monsanto reels from a giant verdict and Johnson & Johnson has new ammo in its talc defense.
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.
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.
August 10, 2018
Jurors awarded $39.2 million in compensatory damages and $250 million in punitive damages to plaintiff DeWayne “Lee” Johnson.
August 10, 2018
Jurors awarded $39.2 million in compensatory damages and $250 million in punitive damages to plaintiff DeWayne “Lee” Johnson.
August 10, 2018
Defense attorney James Lynch, of New York’s Lynch Daskal Emery, said Daniel Blouin, a New York shareholder at Simmons Hanly Conroy, resorted to “incurable character assassinations” and “outrageous remarks” during trial.
August 10, 2018
Plaintiffs lawyers are asking Apple to stop all communications with customers about refunds and replacements unless they notify them about their right to sue. A hearing on the matter is set for Sept. 28.
August 09, 2018
Plaintiffs lawyers are asking Apple to stop all communications with customers about refunds and replacements unless they notify them about their right to sue. A hearing on the matter is set for Sept. 28.
August 09, 2018
Plaintiffs lawyers are asking Apple to stop all communications with customers about refunds and replacements unless they notify them about their right to sue. A hearing on the matter is set for Sept. 28.
August 08, 2018
The dispute stems from Uber's announcement that hackers had stolen the personal information of 57 million drivers and riders in 2016, and that it had paid them $100,000 to destroy the information.
August 08, 2018
The first trial over whether Monsanto’s Roundup causes cancer wrapped up on Tuesday, and the plaintiff’s lawyers weren’t shy about what they wanted.
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August 07, 2018
Plaintiff’s lawyer R. Brent Wisner asked jurors to award more than $39 million in compensatory damages and $373 million in punitive damages to his client, Dewayne “Lee” Johnson.
August 06, 2018
Texas plaintiffs attorney Mikal Watts is asking for at least $150 million in legal fees from the $1.5 billion settlement with Syngenta AG, citing his firm's “unique position in this litigation.”
August 03, 2018
A federal appeals court sided with an objector who sought fees in a settlement over drink vouchers on Southwest Airlines—but issued a stern warning to the lawyers to end the case.
August 03, 2018
The lawsuits, filed in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Wisconsin and Massachusetts, allege that Merck failed to warn that the virus in the vaccine caused shingles, brain damage and death, among other things.
August 02, 2018
A federal judicial panel has sent about 100 lawsuits brought over Merck’s shingles vaccine to Pennsylvania.
August 02, 2018
Boeing argued this week that a final report into the disappearance of Malaysia Air Flight 370 supports its bid to dismiss dozens of lawsuits brought in U.S. courts on behalf of the families of deceased passengers.
August 01, 2018
Flint Mayor Karen Weaver said the decision gives the state of Michigan a “free pass.”
August 01, 2018
One day after more than $100 billion in Facebook stock value was erased, a team of New York-based litigators filed a proposed class action suit against the social media company, contending its leaders misled shareholders about its business operations.
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August 01, 2018
MGM Resorts International’s filing of lawsuits against 2,500 victims of the Oct. 1, 2017, mass shooting at the country music concert in Las Vegas was an unprecedented move that has plaintiffs’ lawyers accusing the entertainment conglomerate of forum shopping and defense lawyers scratching their heads.
July 27, 2018
A federal judge in California has appointed two lawyers to lead class actions brought against Facebook Inc. over the Cambridge Analytica scandal over misuse of user data.
July 27, 2018
A federal appeals court has agreed to review a decision en banc that has alarmed class action lawyers on both sides for potentially threatening the viability of nationwide settlements.
July 27, 2018
So far, nearly 50 lawsuits have been filed against USC and Dr. George Tyndall, the campus gynecologist for more than two decades.
New York Law Journal |Analysis
July 26, 2018
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit's decision earlier this week, in a matter of first impression, found that a class representative has standing to sue in federal court on behalf of a class of consumers subject to laws outside her own state.
July 26, 2018
An appeals court has approved a class action settlement about allegedly defective Remington rifles—one that attorneys general in 10 states, including…
July 26, 2018
An appeals court has approved a class action settlement about allegedly defective Remington rifles—one that attorneys general in 10 states opposed…
National Law Journal |Research
July 25, 2018
A record pace of shareholder class action filings continued during the first half of 2018—and the cases are getting much bigger, according to a midyear report released today.
July 25, 2018
Two months after joining Dechert from Quinn Emanuel, Sheila Birnbaum and Mark Cheffo have being joined by some familiar faces--18 of their colleagues from Quinn Emanuel--as Dechert beefs up its products liability practice group.
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