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Is Seroquel Shaping Up to Be the Mass Tort That Wasn't?
Publication Date: 2009-06-15
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With summary judgment granted to AstraZeneca in another Seroquel case last week--the third Seroquel suit to be tossed on Daubert grounds--the Delaware state court judge overseeing a docket of 700 of the pharmaceutical product liability cases says it's time for plaintiffs' lawyers to consider the viability of the litigation.

SEC Cuts Off Pay-to-Play for Investment Advisers; Lawyers Still Free to Contribute to Pension Officials' Campaigns
Publication Date: 2010-07-01
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For years tort reformers have been squawking about the securities class action bar buying access to public pension fund officials through campaign contributions. On Wednesday the SEC banned similar quid pro quo deals between investment advisers and fund officials. Does that make state and local politicians more dependent than ever on law firm contributions?

March 11, 2013 |

The Bankruptcy Files: Ailing Detroit Hires Jones Day

Detroit has retained Jones Day—a firm known for handling restructuring work across the industrial Midwest, including key clients in the U.S. auto industry—as it seeks to fight the state of Michigan's decision to impose an emergency financial manager on the Motor City. Other Am Law 200 firms like Akin Gump, Kirkland & Ellis, Quarles & Brady, Reed Smith, and SNR Denton have landed roles on the latest round of noteworthy bankruptcy filings.
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March 30, 1999 |

3rd Circuit Upholds Dismissal of Union Funds' Tobacco Suit

A 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel ruled that union health and welfare funds cannot prove the tobacco industry caused them to spend more money on health care for workers. The unanimous ruling in Steamfitters Local Union No. 420 v. Philip Morris affirmed an April 1998 decision dismissing the class-action antitrust and RICO suit brought by seven Pennsylvania-based union health and welfare funds against eight tobacco companies.
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October 18, 2010 |

Trial lawyers don't retreat from Dems

Trial lawyers are holding steady as one of the Democratic Party's biggest sources of campaign contributions, providing a cushion for the party as it struggles to maintain control of Congress in the midterm elections.
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October 20, 2010 |

Trial lawyers stick with Democrats

Trial lawyers are holding steady as one of the Democratic Party's biggest sources of campaign contributions, providing a cushion for the party as it struggles to maintain control of Congress in the midterm elections.Lawyers who represent plaintiffs in securities class actions, personal injury cases and consumer protection lawsuits have donated millions of dollars this election cycle to Democratic campaigns.
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September 28, 2009 |

2009 Ineligible List

Notice to the bar.
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March 01, 2010 |

The Orbit: Notable and Notorious

Lawyers cycle through the media firmament.
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October 19, 2010 |

Trial Lawyers Sticking With Democratic Party

Trial lawyers are holding steady as one of the Democratic Party's biggest sources of campaign contributions, providing a cushion for the party as it struggles to maintain control of Congress in the midterm elections. Lawyers who represent plaintiffs in securities class actions, personal injury cases and consumer protection lawsuits have donated millions of dollars this election cycle to Democratic campaigns, at some firms contributing even more than in the 2008 campaign when presidential hopefuls were after their money.
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