By Amanda Bronstad | March 25, 2024
Chief U.S. District Judge Nancy Rosenstengel, in the Southern District of Illinois, has issued a series of discovery orders after finding many of the 5,200 lawsuits over paraquat are "implausible on their face."
By Amanda Bronstad | March 6, 2024
Plaintiffs lawyers on Tuesday voluntarily dismissed a Roundup case in California's Sonoma County Superior Court on the third day of trial.
By Amanda Bronstad | February 28, 2024
San Diego County Superior Court Judge Kevin Enright on Monday denied Monsanto's posttrial motions and upheld the Oct. 31 verdict, but found the punitive damages were unconstitutional.
By Amanda Bronstad | February 26, 2024
The wide range of Roundup verdicts, from defense wins for Monsanto to a $2.25 billion award, could be due to what jurors hear at trial about the EPA and foreign regulatory agencies.
By Amanda Bronstad | February 20, 2024
Judges in both federal and state courts in New Jersey scheduled a March 25 evidentiary hearing to determine whether to disqualify Andy Birchfield and his firm, Beasley Allen, from the talcum powder multidistrict litigation against Johnson & Johnson.
By Amanda Bronstad | February 16, 2024
The fee committee, which is comprised of the three lead plaintiffs' firms in the Roundup multidistrict litigation, allocated 81% to themselves, but three firms objected to their allocations.
By Amanda Bronstad | February 14, 2024
Roundup trials are scheduled to start in the coming week in California, Pennsylvania and Arkansas. A fourth trial began earlier this month in Delaware.
By Amanda Bronstad | December 12, 2023
Dr. Cristian Tomasetti, a general causation expert for Monsanto in numerous Roundup trials, was questioned on Tuesday at a "Daubert" hearing before U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria.
By Amanda Bronstad | November 9, 2023
In opening statements on Thursday, Johnson & Johnson lawyer Kim Bruno, of Butler Snow, told a jury in Oakland, California, that plaintiff Marlin Eagles was exposed to asbestos from Naval Shipyards and his work at Peterbilt.
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By Aleeza Furman | August 3, 2023
Defendants in Philadelphia's Paraquat mass tort say the U.S. Supreme Court's recent ruling upholding Pennsylvania's consent by registration statute doesn't change their stance that out-of-state plaintiffs can't sue them in the Keystone State.
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