By Jane Wester | July 21, 2020
U.S. District Judge Margo Brodie's dismissal is a victory for the defendants including JPMorgan Chase & Co, which was represented by a Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom team led by partner Boris Bershteyn.
By Ross Todd | July 8, 2020
U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria, who is overseeing the multidistrict litigation over claims that the herbicide Roundup causes cancer, can craft a question that will waylay even the best lawyer.
By Amanda Bronstad | July 8, 2020
The notice of withdrawal came two days after Judge Chhabria said he was likely to deny approval of the settlement, which Bayer reached last month to cap subsidiary Monsanto's liability over future Roundup claims.
By Ross Todd | July 7, 2020
At the top ranks of the MDL plaintiffs bar at least, women lawyers have made great strides in the past few years according to a new report from law.com. But attorneys of color have not broken into the upper echelon of repeat players in MDL leadership appointments in the same way.
By Dan Clark | July 7, 2020
A new survey from the law firm Carlton Fields found that in-house legal spending on class action lawsuits increased for the fifth year in a row.
By Amanda Bronstad | July 6, 2020
According to Law.com research, women made up 40% of lawyers leading four or more MDLs created from 2016 to 2019. Although most of the top firms remain the same, some have spread out appointments to several lawyers, including women. "These are badass attorneys who are also women," said Mike Morgan, of Morgan & Morgan.
By Amanda Bronstad | July 6, 2020
U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria said in a Monday order that he was "skeptical of the propriety and fairness of the proposed settlement, and is tentatively inclined to deny" it.
By Alaina Lancaster | July 1, 2020
U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh of the Northern District of California issued specific guidelines on adding new law plaintiffs firms to the litigation after pushing back on attorney billing in recent major class action cases.
By Jenna Greene | June 12, 2020
The decision "recognizes that plaintiffs must bring their claims in a state that has real connections to those claims," Seitz said. "As a result, state courts will not expend their judicial and financial resources on cases that have no connection to that state or its citizens."
By Jenna Greene | June 4, 2020
What's so unusual is how U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers has handled competing claims by Labaton Sucharow and Robbins Geller to lead the nearly $4 billion case against Apple.
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