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May 10, 2005 |

News Briefs

A roundup of legal news items.
4 minute read
May 02, 2012 |

Bid for review of asset freeze order in Miami case rejected

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has sided with prosecutors on a key asset forfeiture issue that has divided courts across the country.
5 minute read
October 22, 2007 |

Court Decisions

Terminating an employee for falsely reporting an injury doesn't constitute retaliation for exercising protected workers' compensation rights the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found. Plus other court decisions from The National Law Journal.
13 minute read
August 20, 2002 |

Johnson & Johnson Loses Bid to Limit Discovery in Class Bias Suit

Plaintiffs in a discrimination suit against Johnson & Johnson are entitled to companywide discovery and do not have to proceed in stages, despite defense claims that producing all the documents at once is burdensome, a federal judge in New Jersey has ruled. The suit, filed last November, alleges that Johnson & Johnson discriminated against Hispanic and black employees throughout the pharmaceutical company and its subsidiaries.
3 minute read
August 16, 2010 |

The increasing importance of re-examinations

As demonstrated by a dramatic increase in recent filings, they can provide substantial benefits.
7 minute read
July 16, 2007 |

Too many cooks? Hey, no problem

The stakes are huge even for Johnson & Johnson, the world's largest manufacturer of health care products, when it's facing three cases on both coasts and in the South, with over $5 billion in collective damages sought. J&J leveraged the complementary skills of litigators from Sidley Austin and Weil, Gotshal & Manges to defend its marketing strategy against antitrust charges.
4 minute read
July 16, 2007 |

The thrill hasn't gone completely

Talk about your vanishing trial. We received scores of nominations for our third annual Defense Hot List, for firms ranged from small shops doing personal injury and products liability torts to legal giants contesting the fates of industries. The bet-the-company bench and jury trials we wanted to highlight seemed in short supply during the past 12 months, but the firms on this list lived the kind of drama one doesn't find in a settlement conference.
3 minute read
April 03, 2012 |

Multiple Uses Must Be Considered in Products Liability Cases

The state Supreme Court has ruled that a court conducting a risk-utility analysis of an allegedly defective product with more than one intended use should consider all of those uses, rather than just the one that allegedly resulted in harm.
6 minute read
November 25, 2009 |

Unpublished Opinions

Unpublished state and federal court decisions.
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