By Susan DeSantis | May 7, 2018
Lawrence Randolph Bailey Jr., the first African-American attorney to become an equity partner at Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, died May 2 in Westchester at the age of 68.
By Amanda Bronstad | April 24, 2018
Merck has moved to coordinate dozens of lawsuits brought over injuries allegedly caused by its shingles vaccine, Zostavax.
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By E. Leo Milonas and Andrew C. Smith | April 19, 2018
In their Appellate Division Review column, E. Leo Milonas and Andrew C. Smith highlight some of the Appellate Division's closely watched cases—including a number of reversals—from the first quarter of 2018.
By Jenna Greene | April 19, 2018
If your robot hurts someone, are you liable? Legally speaking, is a robot like a pet? An employee? Should robots have rights? In a new report, the U.S. Chamber Commerce contemplates not-so-distant questions about robot law.
By Kristen Rasmussen | April 18, 2018
Jeremy Livianu comes to New York City-based Establishment Labs Holdings Inc. from Redwood City, California's Nevro Corp., where he built the legal department from scratch and helped take the company public.
By Charles Toutant | April 11, 2018
Johnson & Johnson and Imerys Talc America were hit with an $80 million punitive damages verdict Wednesday in a suit by a New Jersey man who said he developed mesothelioma from using Johnson's Baby Powder. Total damages in the case rose to $117 million with the addition of today's verdict to last week's $37 million in compensatory damages.
By Charles Toutant | April 6, 2018
In the nation's first trial where a jury linked Johnson & Johnson's talc products to mesothelioma, the company's efforts to discredit the plaintiffs' evidence simply fell flat.
By Charles Toutant | April 5, 2018
The jury apportioned 70 percent of the award to Johnson & Johnson, maker of the Johnson's Baby Powder that 46-year-old plaintiff Steven Lanzo III said he had used all his life, and 30 percent to co-defendant Imerys Talc America, which produced the raw ingredient in the company's products.
By Andrew Denney | April 2, 2018
In the same timeframe, new filings for vehicle liability cases grew from 423 cases to 1,896 in 2016. Aircraft liability case filings ratcheted up from 49 cases to 94.
By P.J. Dannunzio | March 9, 2018
A federal jury in northern Indiana hit Johnson & Johnson with a $35 million verdict in a lawsuit over an "unreasonably dangerous" pelvic mesh implant, a team of lawyers has announced.
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