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By Amanda Bronstad | December 2, 2020
Plaintiffs' lawyers in two Big Pharma cases, data privacy and COVID-related insurance claims, seek coordination of actions
By Amanda Bronstad | November 25, 2020
In a "surprising" finding, litigation researcher Lex Machina discovered that new lawsuits were on the increase even as the pandemic settled in.
By Amanda Bronstad | November 18, 2020
New York Attorney General Letitia James' corruption case against the gun-rights groups, and the DOJ's antitrust action against Google, are under consideration before the U.S. MDL panel
By Amanda Bronstad | November 11, 2020
The deal still needs the approval of the government parties. It also may have little impact on planned trials, including one in a lawsuit piloted by New York Attorney General Letitia James.
By Amanda Bronstad | November 4, 2020
Among the cases: Uber drivers brought a class action alleging the ridesharing firm was forcing them to support Proposition 22, a California ballot initiative that voters passed on Tuesday.
By Amanda Bronstad | October 28, 2020
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the American Tort Reform Association called the public nuisance case that led to last year's $465 million opioid judgment against Johnson & Johnson a "new species of super tort" that could wipe out swaths of established law.
By Amanda Bronstad | October 21, 2020
More attorneys than ever are expected to pitch in as poll workers and provide services pro bono around the Nov. 3 election
By Amanda Bronstad | October 14, 2020
The pandemic has postponed upcoming opioid trials, while another drug company, which is a defendant in thousands of cases, filed for bankruptcy.
By Amanda Bronstad | October 8, 2020
In cases over coverage for business losses, MDL treatment would be slow and inefficient, the federal panel said in a series of orders
By Amanda Bronstad | September 30, 2020
President Donald Trump's pick for the U.S. Supreme Court, Circuit Judge Amy Coney Barrett, has a short but intriguing record on big tort cases and arbitration
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