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J&J Looking to Rebound From Series of Megaverdicts
After Johnson & Johnson got hit with a $1 billion verdict last week, plaintiffs lawyers were quick to paint a portrait of the company as an aggressive litigator uninterested in settling whose actions have prompted juries to award gargantuan punitive damages. It's the same refrain that plaintiffs attorneys have been touting this year as Johnson & Johnson has gotten hammered with five big verdicts over its hip implants and talcum powder products.
J&J Looking to Rebound From Series of Megaverdicts
After Johnson & Johnson got hit with a $1 billion verdict last week, plaintiffs lawyers were quick to paint a portrait of the company as an aggressive litigator uninterested in settling whose actions have prompted juries to award gargantuan punitive damages. It's the same refrain that plaintiffs attorneys have been touting this year as Johnson & Johnson has gotten hammered with five big verdicts over its hip implants and talcum powder products.
J&J Looking to Rebound From Series of Megaverdicts
After Johnson & Johnson got hit with a $1 billion verdict last week, plaintiffs lawyers were quick to paint a portrait of the company as an aggressive litigator uninterested in settling whose actions have prompted juries to award gargantuan punitive damages. It's the same refrain that plaintiffs attorneys have been touting this year as Johnson & Johnson has gotten hammered with five big verdicts over its hip implants and talcum powder products.
IN BRIEF: Jury Awards $1B to Six Plaintiffs in Hip Implant Case
Johnson & Johnson lost a $1 billion verdict on Dec. 1 in a closely watched trial over a hip implant device made by its DePuy Orthopaedics Inc. division. Plus more in this week's column.
Johnson & Johnson Hit With $1 Billion Verdict in Hip Implant Case
Johnson & Johnson lost a $1 billion verdict on Thursday in a closely watched trial over a hip implant device made by its DePuy Orthopaedics Inc. division.Johnson & Johnson Hit With $1 Billion Verdict in Hip Implant Case
The award for six plaintiffs included $1 billion in punitive damages and $40 million in compensatory damages. J&J's Skadden Arps defense team pledged to appeal.
Texas Lawyer's Litigation and Legal Departments of the Year
As part of our annual Litigation and Legal Departments of the Year awards, Texas Lawyer invited firms and legal departments across the state to tell us about the great work they did this past year.
Litigators of the Week: Reid Weingarten of Steptoe & Johnson LLP and Frank Libby of LibbyHoopes
As the end of a six-week trial approached, Steptoe & Johnson LLP partner Reid Weingarten and LibbyHoopes partner Frank Libby had a decision to make: whether to put their clients on the stand. It turns out, their instincts were right.
Martinotti Confimed as Federal District Judge
Brian Martinotti has been confirmed to serve as a judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. Martinotti was confirmed on a 92-5 vote on July 6. He has served as a Bergen County Superior Court judge since 2002, and replaces U.S. District Judge Stanley Chesler, of Newark, who took senior status last year.TRENDING STORIES
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