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By Amanda Bronstad | October 13, 2021
Bayer is facing Roundup trials in California, the first of which ended in a defense verdict. And as a federal rules committee reviews possible amendments to multidistrict litigation, some judges are paving their own paths.
By Amanda Bronstad | October 6, 2021
At least five lawsuits have been filed over the Sept. 25 derailment of an Amtrak train in Montana. And after a defense verdict in a Georgia talc trial, could jurors have a different view of science coming out of the pandemic?
By Amanda Bronstad | September 29, 2021
It was three up, three down, for Johnson & Johnson and its courtroom battles tying its cosmetic talcum powder products to ovarian cancer.
By Amanda Bronstad | September 22, 2021
COVID-19 case counts notwithstanding, mass tort trials have resumed in cases involving talcum powder, Risperdal, hernia mesh and earplugs. Judges in multidistrict litigation are paying attention to diversity on leadership committees -- and how its members get compensated
By Amanda Bronstad | September 15, 2021
Johnson & Johnson began trials in two states against lawyers claiming its talcum powder caused their clients to get ovarian cancer
By Amanda Bronstad | September 8, 2021
The proposed $26 billion global settlement with four opioid defendants survived its first hurdle after 42 states, five territories and Washington D.C. signed onto the deal by Sept. 4. But it's still got a long way to go.
By Amanda Bronstad | September 1, 2021
Girardi Keese's liabilities total an eye-popping $101 million, according to a bankruptcy trustee – and a large chunk is owed to other law firms. Talcum powder plaintiffs hit some bumps in their attempts to halt Johnson & Johnson's plan to offload its liabilities into bankruptcy.
By Amanda Bronstad | August 25, 2021
A judge will soon decide whether to issue a contempt order in a high-stakes opioid trial following a hearing today in New York.
By Amanda Bronstad | August 18, 2021
The judge in the New York opioid trial has scheduled an Aug. 25 hearing to determine whether to hold defendant Endo Pharmaceuticals and its outside law firm Arnold & Porter in contempt for alleged discovery violations.
By Amanda Bronstad | August 11, 2021
Objectors and cy pres funds were among the top concerns that prompted the 2018 amendments to the federal rules governing class action settlements. But does that mean there's no place for them? Not exactly.
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