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By Michael Marciano | January 31, 2020
Adam Masin has joined Drinker Biddle & Reath's Hartford office as a partner in the products liability and mass torts group, a lateral move from Hartford's Shipman & Goodwin.
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By Max Mitchell | January 17, 2020
Although the two-sentence order did not outline his reasoning for drastically cutting the $8 billion jury award, the decision brings the punitive damages award to 10 times the $680,000 compensatory award for plaintiff Nicholas Murray.
By Zach Warren | January 10, 2020
As part of the Legalweek 2020 Q&A series, Legaltech News speaks with GSK e-discovery lead Francine French for the how and why her legal department has developed chatbots.
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By P.J. D'Annunzio | December 17, 2019
The Commonwealth Court has ruled that pharmacies should have a say in insurers' review of the necessity of medications prescribed to workers' compensation claimants.
By Amanda Bronstad | December 10, 2019
New venues to make the American Tort Reform Association's annual Top 10 list are Georgia, for its "nuclear verdicts," and Oklahoma, due to its $572 million judgment in the first trial over the opioid crisis.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Max Mitchell | December 3, 2019
The federal district judge determined that the memorandum of understanding was legally binding, and that it made no mention of how the defendant would make the payment, but only that he would make the payment "as soon as he can."
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Zack Needles | November 26, 2019
The Pennsylvania Superior Court has ruled that a $70 million jury verdict against Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Janssen and in favor of a child allegedly injured by antipsychotic drug Risperdal was not excessive, and has also remanded the case for a second look at whether there should be a punitive damages trial.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Max Mitchell | November 12, 2019
'This punitive damages award is not based on the harms actually suffered by plaintiff, nor are they proportionate to the actions taken by Rex to bring the [filter] to the market,' the motion said.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Max Mitchell | October 30, 2019
Powell further said the allegations that he high-fived jurors were "fabricated," part of a "concocted story," and could become the subject for disciplinary proceedings.
The Legal Intelligencer | Analysis
By Max Mitchell | October 22, 2019
The term "nuclear" verdict has a bit of a fluid meaning. Many who spoke with The Legal described it as an award that is significantly higher than would be expected given the injuries in the case, rather than a term indicating any particular threshold.
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