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Transparency rules for funders in tort mass cases, and how funding affects the "business model" of plaintiff mass tort litigaiton
By Aleeza Furman | April 24, 2024
Walsh said that, during an extensive hearing on leadership structure last week, Pratter "had some concerns about the size of the committee that we put in the application."
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By Amanda Bronstad | April 24, 2024
The first talcum powder verdicts involving Johnson & Johnson since the failed bankruptcies of its subsidiary last year both ended on April 19—but with mixed results.
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By Amanda Bronstad | April 22, 2024
Friday's verdict against Johnson & Johnson, in Chicago's Cook County Circuit Court, is the first for a mesothelioma victim since two failed talc bankruptcies last year—and a groundbreaking win for Dallas-based Dean Omar Branham Shirley.
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By Amanda Bronstad | April 19, 2024
Thursday's verdict comes in the second ovarian cancer trial since Johnson & Johnson's failed talc bankruptcies last year.
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By Edward E. Neiger, Alexandra Robertson and Gregory Lawrence | April 18, 2024
This issue of the Mass Torts Update addresses the United Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation ordering the consolidation of Suboxone dental injury lawsuits as centralized in the the Northern District of Ohio. It goes on to provide an update on Purdue Pharma's Chapter 11 bankruptcy case.
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By Amanda Bronstad | April 17, 2024
U.S. District Judge Nancy Rosenstengel, who is overseeing the paraquat multidistrict litigation, found that Dr. Martin Wells, a biostatistician and epidemiologist at Cornell University, used unreliable methodologies in concluding that exposure to the pesticide increased the risks of getting Parkinson's disease.
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By Amanda Bronstad | April 12, 2024
On Friday, lawyers in the multidistrict litigation over aqueous film-forming foam announced the Tyco settlement, which would compensate 12,000 public water systems nationwide with contaminated drinking water supplies.
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By Emily Cousins | April 11, 2024
More than 100 cases have been filed so far this year, according to ALM's Law.com Radar, which tracks new cases filed in state and federal courts.
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By Amanda Bronstad | April 11, 2024
"This mass tort is going to end up being one of the most important litigations in recent history," said R. Brent Wisner, a partner at Wisner Baum.
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By Amanda Bronstad | April 11, 2024
"This mass tort is going to end up being one of the most important litigations in recent history," said R. Brent Wisner, a partner at Wisner Baum.
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