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February 06, 2014 |

Litigation Over Anti-Clot Drug Plavix Continues To Mount in New Jersey

Lawsuits alleging health and financial injury from the anti-blood-clot drug Plavix are piling up in New Jersey following the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multi-District Litigation's decision to centralize them here.
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February 09, 2011 |

Glaxo Pays Reported $250 Mil. in Round of Avandia Settlements

As the "Am Law Daily" blog noted last June, GlaxoSmithKline has an unusual strategy for dealing with the thousands of personal injury suits alleging that its controversial diabetes drug Avandia contributes to heart problems.
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February 01, 2011 |

Phila. Judge Grants GSK Summary Judgment in Avandia Case

As litigation over a diabetes drug that allegedly causes heart problems winds down, drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline won summary judgment in the latest Avandia case originally scheduled to go to trial in Philadelphia Common Pleas Court this week.
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April 01, 2011 |

Big Suits

Intel v. NVIDIA; In Re Checking Account Overdraft Litigation; Burford v. SmithKlineBeecham d/b/a GSK; Saffran v. J&J
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February 19, 2013 |

Distribution of $144 Mil. In Avandia Legal Fees Approved by Judge

The judge presiding over the entire Avandia multidistrict litigation has approved the distribution of nearly $144 million in Avandia attorney fees and costs undertaken for the common benefit of the entire litigation in the wake of attorneys settling objections to how the funds were divided.
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January 29, 2013 |

Attorneys Settle Objections to Distribution Of $144 Million in Avandia Legal Fees

The objections of attorneys who opposed the distribution of nearly $144 million in Avandia attorney fees and costs undertaken for the common benefit of the entire Avandia multidistrict litigation have been resolved, according to the court-appointed master in the case.
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Glaxo Ponies Up Reported $250 Million in Latest Round of Avandia Settlements
Publication Date: 2011-02-07
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In keeping with its established strategy of settling batches of cases with individual plaintiffs lawyers, GSK has resolved all of the more than 5,000 cases filed by the two lawyers who were to have tried the first Avandia bellwether case last month. The price tag is eye-popping, but that's nothing new for the multibillion-dollar Avandia litigation.

August 16, 2004 |

On the Move

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Pepper Hamilton Defending GlaxoSmithKline in First Federal Wrongful Death Trial Over Avandia Diabetes Drug
Publication Date: 2011-01-21
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The company recently announced that it's taking a $3.4 billion legal charge, mostly for Avandia litigation. A wrongful death trial set to begin in Philadelphia could indicate if that number will grow. Pepper Hamilton is leading Glaxo's trial team.

August 02, 2011 |

Centralized Management of Plavix Litigation

Notice to the bar.
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