By Amanda Bronstad | August 27, 2020
Two months after Bayer agreed to resolve thousands of lawsuits brought over Monsanto's Roundup herbicide, lawyers told a federal judge Thursday that most of the settlements have unraveled. U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria, who oversees the Roundup MDL, gave lawyers until Sept. 24 but said he might lift a stay on litigation and set cases for trial.
By Amanda Bronstad | July 8, 2020
The notice of withdrawal came two days after a federal judge said he was likely to deny approval of the settlement, which Bayer reached last month to cap subsidiary Monsanto's liability over future Roundup claims.
By Amanda Bronstad | June 30, 2020
The class action settlement, which faces judicial scrutiny and the potential that objectors could unravel the deal, includes a controversial science panel that some lawyers criticized. The deal also provides up to $150 million in attorney fees.
By Amanda Bronstad | June 23, 2020
A Missouri appeals court has reduced a $4.7 billion talcum powder verdict to $2.1 billion but refused to toss punitive damages altogether, concluding that the evidence at trial showed Johnson & Johnson's conduct was "outrageous because of evil motive or reckless indifference."
By Amanda Bronstad | May 22, 2020
Johnson & Johnson attributed its decision this week to discontinue sales of talc-based baby powder to COVID-19 and declining demand, but lawyers and law professors point instead to an April 27 ruling allowing plaintiffs' experts to testify in trials.
By Amanda Bronstad | May 19, 2020
Johnson & Johnson said it would "vigorously defend" the products in court. Plaintiffs attorney Chris Placitella, who is liaison counsel in the talc multidistrict litigation, said "we look forward to meeting them there as we continue to pursue justice for our clients."
By Amanda Bronstad | April 27, 2020
On Monday, U.S. District Judge Freda Wolfson, who is overseeing the talcum powder multidistrict litigation against Johnson & Johnson, found that five plaintiffs' experts, two of whom have testified before Congress on talcum powder safety, could appear before juries. The ruling is the first in which a federal judge has ruled on the scientific evidence in talc trials.
By Amanda Bronstad | April 24, 2020
"If this is not an abuse of discretion, if this didn't warrant separate trials, I can't imagine a case that would," Johnson & Johnson attorney Thomas Weaver told the Missouri Court of Appeals on Friday. Kevin Parker, of The Lanier Law Firm, argued to retain the record jury award, despite previous appeal reversals in other talc verdicts.
By Amanda Bronstad | February 10, 2020
In a brief before California's First District Court of Appeal on Friday, Bayer insisted that "egregious and pervasive misconduct" by plaintiffs counsel infected the trial.
By Amanda Bronstad | February 7, 2020
In the final hours before the jury's verdict on Thursday, lawyers had raised objections and a mistrial motion, and the judge made two curative instructions for the jury to ignore the attacks the attorneys had made about each other.
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