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Transparency rules for funders in tort mass cases, and how funding affects the "business model" of plaintiff mass tort litigaiton
By Amanda Bronstad | November 2, 2018
Johnson & Johnson has filed motions to toss the verdict, accusing the plaintiffs' lawyer, Mark Lanier, of referencing stillborn babies in his opening statement and showing a drawing of a woman pushed over a ledge into ovarian cancer.
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By Amanda Bronstad | October 31, 2018
Also up, a look at how a pancake eating contest turned perilous, and Morgan & Morgan gets hit with a $5M malpractice verdict.
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By Amanda Bronstad | October 25, 2018
Michael London, co-lead plaintiffs' counsel in the multidistrict litigation in New Jersey, asked the court to set up a qualified settlement fund of a “confidential settlement amount” to resolve his inventory of cases.
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By Amanda Bronstad | October 25, 2018
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Institute for Legal Reform released the report on Wednesday at its annual summit, along with a white paper that called on Congress to reform securities laws.
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By Colby Hamilton | October 24, 2018
U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer said all of the plaintiffs expert witnesses failed to pass the Daubert test, dealing a potentially fatal blow to the massive products liability suit.
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By Amanda Bronstad | October 24, 2018
A San Francisco judge slashed a $289 million Roundup verdict, but her decision left plaintiffs' lawyers cheering as it accepted punitive damages as justified.
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By Amanda Bronstad | October 23, 2018
The settlement, filed in court on Monday, includes a $50 million fund from which consumers can file claims to be reimbursed, credit monitoring and $35 million in attorney fees.
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By John Council | October 22, 2018
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has denied an attempt by the late John M. O'Quinn's law firm to have an excess insurance carrier pay a portion of a $46.5 million settlement he paid back to breast implant plaintiffs for overcharging them on litigation expenses.
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By Jenna Greene | October 19, 2018
'From the very start of the case, we hit hard on our theme that this case was a fraud perpetrated by plaintiffs' lawyers for money.'
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By Amanda Bronstad | October 19, 2018
Under a claims process administered by a special master, victims could get $2,500 to $250,000 each.
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