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Lead Plaintiff in State Street Overbilling Probe Hires Own Counsel but Stays in Case

The executive director over an Arkansas pension fund has retained outside counsel but insisted he could continue to serve as lead plaintiff in settlements…
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National Law Journal

DOJ Civil Chief, 3 Former SCOTUS Clerks Among Latest Trump Court Picks

The president's 15th round of judicial nominations also included a slate of Big Law lawyers.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

J&J 'Rigged Tests' on Whether Baby Powder Was Laced With Asbestos, Lanier Tells Jury

Johnson & Johnson “rigged the tests” to avoid conceding that its baby powder contained asbestos, causing 22 women to get ovarian cancer, plaintiffs lawyer Mark Lanier told a St. Louis jury in opening statements on Wednesday in the most high-volume talcum powder trial to date.
1 minute read

National Law Journal

Trial Linking Talc to 22 Ovarian Cancer Cases Set to Open in Mo.

Claims of 22 women are set to be tested in the case, the first scheduled to go to trial since the Supreme Court's 2017 decision in "Bristol-Myers Squibb v. Superior Court of California," which made it harder for nonresident litigants to pursue claims in multiplaintiff lawsuits.
1 minute read

National Law Journal

Court Acts to Freeze Assets of Chesley, Ex-'Master' of Mass Torts

An appeals court has upheld an injunction freezing the assets of Stanley Chesley—once known as the "master of disaster" for his work in mass tort litigation—after concluding that the disbarred Cincinnati plaintiffs attorney is likely to continue what it called a “high-stakes shell game.”
6 minute read

National Law Journal

Quiet Time? Oral Arguments Disappear in Federal Appeals Courts

The number and percentage of cases argued at the federal appellate level is fading leaving firms to ask where their next generation of appellate lawyers can turn for courtroom experience.
9 minute read

National Law Journal

Judge in Case Over State Street Overbilling Is Considering Appointing New Class Counsel

U.S. District Judge Mark Wolf in Boston said he would address concerns by three plaintiffs firms currently serving as class counsel to State Street customers about the deadline to propose redactions to the report, which the special master filed under seal on May 14.
6 minute read

National Law Journal

SG Urges SCOTUS to Review 'Clear Evidence' Ruling in Fosamax Case

The U.S. solicitor general has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review a case that addresses one of the most significant federal pre-emption issues for brand drug companies since Wyeth v. Levine.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

Senate Panel Clears 2 Judicial Nominees, Despite Controversies

The nominees were tripped up by a Democratic senator's questions on Brown v. Board of Education.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

Trial Opens Over Lawyer's Death Allegedly Caused by J&J's Baby Powder

The trial against Johnson & Johnson claims an attorney's lifetime use of its baby powder caused her to get one of the deadliest forms of cancer.
5 minute read

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