By MP McQueen | October 16, 2019
Some former in-house counsel said they believe juries are becoming more unpredictable, and that is changing companies' risk assessment.
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By Amanda Bronstad | September 26, 2019
Dozens of lawyers suing electronic cigarette maker Juul Labs Inc. packed a Los Angeles courtroom Thursday to convince the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation which judge should hear the cases. The MDL panel also heard arguments about the data breach class actions against Capital One.
By Max Mitchell | September 18, 2019
A Third Circuit panel rejected a manufacturer's argument that courts look at the facts pleaded in a complaint when considering whether carriers should indemnify them.
By Amanda Bronstad | September 17, 2019
Lawyers who have worked with Weil Gotshal partner Diane Sullivan said she does not do anything unethical. But plaintiffs lawyers, and a few judges, have said she skirts the rules at trial.
By Amanda Bronstad | September 11, 2019
The verdict, in a trial of four people alleging Johnson & Johnson's talcum powder products caused mesothelioma, comes after the judge struck the defense's entire closing argument.
By Amanda Bronstad | September 10, 2019
Johnson & Johnson has moved for a mistrial in a high-profile talc trial after a New Jersey judge struck the closing argument of its attorney, Diane Sullivan, of Weil, Gotshal & Manges, then allowed the plaintiffs attorneys to follow with final statements "soaked with venom." Middlesex County Superior Court Judge Ana Viscomi admonished Sullivan: "Stop denigrating the lawyers."
By Suzette Parmley | September 10, 2019
Lawyers are seeking approval of a settlement that they say will provide car owners and lessees with benefits valued at more than $6.25 million in litigation over the automaker's allegedly defective Starlink infotainment system.
By Amanda Bronstad | September 5, 2019
Juul Labs Inc. is hoping to send more than 30 lawsuits brought over its e-cigarettes to San Francisco, but some plaintiffs lawyers have suggested judges in New Jersey and Maryland.
By Amanda Bronstad | August 13, 2019
The petition seeks to reverse a July 9 ruling that lawyers have cited in other talcum powder cases and in post-trial motions involving a $2 billion Roundup verdict.
By Amanda Bronstad | August 2, 2019
The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation, in its Thursday order, rejected a request from Mattel Inc., parent company of Fisher-Price, to transfer the cases to the Central District of California. Most plaintiffs' attorneys had opposed an MDL.
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