By Tom McParland | April 5, 2019
New York Supreme Court Judge Robert J. McDonald ruled that Madvapes Holdings, Vape Easy and LG Chem would have to face claims that they were negligent and failed to warn plaintiff Katrina Williams about the allegedly defective lithium-ion battery.
By Sue Reisinger | December 14, 2018
The jewelry-making kits already were recalled by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, but the suit filed on Thursday in state Supreme Court in New York still seeks civil penalties and a court order to require the companies to implement additional compliance measures.
By Colby Hamilton | October 24, 2018
U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer said all of the plaintiffs expert witnesses failed to pass the Daubert test, dealing a potentially fatal blow to the massive products liability suit.
By Jason Grant | October 24, 2018
An Appellate Division, First Department panel has ruled that as the sponsors of a clinical trial, Enbrel's manufacturers owed no duty to an enrollee in the trial.
By Colby Hamilton | September 12, 2018
Responding to the fifth amended complaint that covers dozens of cases as part of the multidistrict litigation, U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman settled a trio of outstanding issues related to state liability claims.
By Amanda Bronstad | August 10, 2018
Defense attorney James Lynch, of New York's Lynch Daskal Emery, said Daniel Blouin, a New York shareholder at Simmons Hanly Conroy, resorted to “incurable character assassinations” and “outrageous remarks” during trial.
By Gary Svirsky, Tancred Schiavoni, Andrew Sorkin, and Gerard Savaresse | July 13, 2018
A discussion of negotiating and litigating channeling injunctions—powerful tools available in asbestos and mass-tort bankruptcies that can provide comprehensive solutions for debtors, tort claimants, and interested non-debtor companies. The article explains the ins-and-outs of how channeling injunctions work, who can benefit from them, and what factors a company might consider in weighing whether to participate in a channeling injunction.
By Amanda Bronstad | June 18, 2018
A New York state court judge has refused to dismiss lawsuits against several opioid manufacturers in some of the first substantive rulings to come out of the barrage of cases brought by governments over the prescription painkillers.
By Amanda Bronstad | June 4, 2018
Heading Johnson & Johnson's trial team are Peter Bicks, Morton Dubin and Lisa Simpson, all New York partners at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe.
By Dan Packel | May 22, 2018
Quinn Emanuel pre-emptively announced Tuesday that Sheila Birnbaum, Mark Cheffo and Douglas Fleming are leaving the firm five years after they came aboard from Skadden.
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