The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Max Mitchell | May 28, 2019
Last week, Ethicon, the primary defendant in nearly 90 pelvic mesh cases pending in Philadelphia, filed a motion seeking to either have trials moved to a venue outside the five-county suburban Philadelphia area, or have a "pretrial cooling off-period" before beginning the next trial.
By Tony Mauro | May 28, 2019
A Chicago federal jury awarded $3 million to the widow of lawyer Stewart Dolin after finding GlaxoSmithKline was liable for his suicide. An appeals court overturned that decision, and the justices have denied review.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Joseph Kelley III | May 24, 2019
Bartenders are mixing it into cocktails. Professional athletes are using it to treat injuries. Mondelez International—the owner of Oreo, Ritz Crackers and other billion-dollar food and beverage brands—is considering adding it to snacks.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Denise Elliott | May 24, 2019
The legal landscape for employers grappling with the impact of medical marijuana on their workplaces remains quite hazy (pun intended).
By Tony Mauro | May 23, 2019
The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling this week in a case involving Merck kicked off a furious last-minute scramble over claims brought by the widow of a Reed Smith partner against theGlaxoSmithKline.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Tony Mauro | May 20, 2019
In a win for Big Pharma, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday remanded a class of failure-to-warn tort claims against drug manufacturer Merck to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit for determination by judges, not juries.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Max Mitchell | May 17, 2019
A Philadelphia jury has awarded more than $80 million to a woman who claimed a pelvic mesh device developed by a Johnson & Johnson subsidiary eroded and caused injury.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Max Mitchell | May 16, 2019
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Thursday probed into questions about what level of public awareness regarding the dangers of a widely used pharmaceutical can sufficiently put potential plaintiffs on notice to investigate their claims.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By P.J. D'Annunzio | May 15, 2019
Accusing the manufacturer of the painkiller OxyContin of sparking the opioid epidemic in the Keystone State, Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro has filed a lawsuit against Purdue Pharma.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Max Mitchell | May 13, 2019
The filing earlier this year for bankruptcy protection of Imerys, the talc supplier to Johnson & Johnson, led the consumer products manufacturer to remove to federal court thousands of talc cases—many of which had been gearing up for trial.
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