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By Amanda Bronstad | August 12, 2019
The petition, filed Aug. 9, seeks to reverse a July 9 ruling by California's Second District Court of Appeal that lawyers have cited in other talcum powder cases and in post-trial motions involving a $2 billion Roundup verdict.
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By Amanda Bronstad | August 12, 2019
Anderson Law Offices, based in Cleveland, has appealed a July 25 order allocating an estimated $550 million in attorney fees in the transvaginal mesh litigation.
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By Amanda Bronstad | August 8, 2019
A federal judge appeared reluctant to reject a proposal for a "negotiation" class that could settle lawsuits over the opioid crisis.
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By Amanda Bronstad | August 6, 2019
At a hearing Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Dan Polster disagreed with many of those who objected to the proposal, including some of the defendants and state attorneys general.
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By P.J. D'Annunzio | August 5, 2019
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has declined to hear a Johnson & Johnson subsidiary's appeal in the first Risperdal lawsuit in Philadelphia to result in a plaintiff's verdict.
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By Samantha Stokes | August 2, 2019
Adam Paul, who will co-lead Mayer Brown’s global restructuring practice, is at least the second Kirkland & Ellis partner to swap firms in Kirkland’s hometown this week.
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By Amanda Bronstad | August 2, 2019
The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation, in its Thursday order, rejected a request from Mattel Inc., parent company of Fisher-Price, to transfer the cases to the Central District of California. Most plaintiffs' attorneys had opposed an MDL.
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By Amanda Bronstad | August 1, 2019
On Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Joan Ericksen of Minnesota granted 3M’s motion to exclude the plaintiffs’ general causation experts, effectively ending an MDL over Bair Hugger surgical blankets.
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By Amanda Bronstad | July 31, 2019
The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation transferred more than 40 class actions brought over a data breach at American Medical Collection Agency Inc. that impacted 20 million people.
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By Amanda Bronstad | July 31, 2019
Class actions hit the courts less than a day after Capital One announced a massive data breach.
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