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By Amanda Bronstad | 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.
By Amanda Bronstad | 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.
By Amanda Bronstad | August 1, 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.
By Amanda Bronstad | 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.
By Amanda Bronstad | July 18, 2018
U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh has a thin record on class actions and mass torts -- but his writings in a number of cases leaves clues about how he'd treat those areas of law.
By Amanda Bronstad | July 11, 2018
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's history of dialing back the prerogatives of federal agencies could be a harbinger of a restrictive approach to class actions, some lawyers say.
By Amanda Bronstad | June 27, 2018
The 7th Circuit is allowing Ted Frank to find out if three objectors had gotten secret side payments to drop their appeals to a class action settlement.
By Amanda Bronstad | June 20, 2018
A federal judge in Boston who started off a year ago looking at a $75 million fee request in a case against State Street is now hinting at public corruption involving Labaton Sucharow--a notion the firm is adamantly fighting.
By Amanda Bronstad | June 13, 2018
The U.S. Supreme Court dealt another blow to class actions this week with a decision that prevents lawyers from tolling the filing of individual shareholder cases.
By Amanda Bronstad | June 6, 2018
Claims by and on behalf of 22 women are going to trial over whether Johnson & Johnson's baby powder caused ovarian cancer
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