By Amanda Bronstad | July 30, 2021
Friday's defense verdict comes four days after an Illinois judge issued a contempt order against Johnson & Johnson because its corporate witness, who testified in the trial, failed to appear for cross-examination.
By Amanda Bronstad | July 27, 2021
Attorney Ben Crump teamed up with New York's Napoli Shkolnik to file a lawsuit Tuesday on behalf of the National Council of Negro Women alleging that Johnson & Johnson marketed its baby powder to Black women, many of whom died of ovarian cancer.
By Amanda Bronstad | July 26, 2021
An Illinois state court judge issued the contempt order Monday against Johnson & Johnson and its vice president of women's health, Dr. Susan Nicholson, after she failed to appear for cross-examination as a defense witness in the trial, according to Beasley Allen, which is representing plaintiff Colleen Cadagin.
By Amanda Bronstad | July 22, 2021
Rizkalla, whose parents emigrated from Vietnam, now serves on leadership committees in multiple multidistrict litigation proceedings, including Elmiron and 3M's combat earplugs. In October, she opened the Los Angeles office of The Carlson Law Firm, based in Texas.
By Amanda Bronstad | July 19, 2021
Johnson & Johnson's July 14 recall of five sunscreen products found to contain dangerous levels of benzene only scratches the surface, say lawyers, who are preparing for more lawsuits—and more recalls.
By Andrew Goudsward | July 13, 2021
The nominations are for the Consumer Product Safety Commission and Commerce Department.
By Nate Robson | June 23, 2021
Most firms shrank their headcount in 2020, but a few managed to come out better than expected financially.
By Amanda Bronstad | June 21, 2021
In a Monday order, U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria significantly scaled back the request, originally estimated to give $800 million to lead counsel in the Roundup multidistrict litigation. He also found the common fund doctrine inapplicable in the cases and called on a federal rules committee to consider new methods to compensate lead counsel in MDLs.
By Amanda Bronstad | June 21, 2021
U.S. District Judge M. Casey Rodgers imposed a $10,000 sanction on one attorney and $2,000 sanction against another defense lawyer. "Today these proceedings and the integrity of the court were degraded, they were disrespected by the willful violation of my orders by 3M's counsel," the judge said June 18, hours before a jury issued a $1.7 million verdict, according to a transcript.
By Amanda Bronstad | June 2, 2021
The U.S. Supreme Court's decision on Tuesday not to hear Johnson & Johnson's petition to review a $2.1 billion talcum powder verdict prompted plaintiffs lawyers with thousands of similar cases to declare victory. But Johnson & Johnson, in a statement, said the decision "leaves unresolved significant legal questions" in both federal and state courts.
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