By Amanda Bronstad | February 5, 2024
On Monday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit found that the EPA's registration of Roundup did not carry the "force of law" that preempted Georgia plaintiff John Carson's claims.
By Ellen Bardash | February 5, 2024
Plaintiff's counsel was was part of the team that persuaded a Missouri jury to award three plaintiffs who had non-Hodgkin lymphoma a total of $1.56 billion in November.
By Justin Henry | February 5, 2024
Kimberly Branscome joins Paul Weiss's Los Angeles office after nearly four years at Dechert.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Stephen J. Finley, Jr. and Cecilia Y. Carreras | February 5, 2024
In Oberdorf v. Amazon.com, the plaintiff filed suit against Amazon alleging the product she purchased from a third-party vendor was defective. Although the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania held Amazon was not a "product seller" within the meaning of Section 402A, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit disagreed, finding that Amazon qualified as a product seller, thus expanding the scope of strict products liability to include online sales platforms.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Amanda Bronstad | February 2, 2024
On Friday, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation ordered 55 cases filed against Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk over Ozempic, Mounjaro and other medications be coordinated into multidistrict litigation.
By Amanda Bronstad | February 2, 2024
At a Feb. 2 telephonic hearing, Girardi's Illinois lawyer, Seema Ahmad, asked U.S. District Judge Mary Rowland, of the Northern District of Illinois, to allow her to determine whether her client is mentally competent to stand trial.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Molly E. Flynn, Rebecca L. Trela and Chanda A. Miller | February 2, 2024
Numerous practitioners, academics and parties have already submitted written comments that raise significant concerns about the potential implications of the proposed rule.
By Amanda Bronstad | February 1, 2024
Johnson & Johnson subpoenaed records concerning plaintiffs' expert Dr. Jacqueline Moline and a partnership involving attorney Andy Birchfield and one of its former lawyers.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Larry E. Coben | January 30, 2024
Pennsylvania has steadfastly held to the principle that in strict products liability cases, evidence of a manufacturer's due care is both irrelevant and inadmissible.
By Amanda Bronstad | January 29, 2024
Motley Rice's Daniel Lapinski filed the Jan. 22 request for multicounty litigation designation of 10 Roundup cases, all of which were filed in New Jersey state courts since Dec. 18, 2023.
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