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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 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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By Amanda Bronstad | October 18, 2018
The expert, William Sawyer, withdrew from a case against Lumber Liquidators after abruptly leaving the deposition, but defense lawyer, McGuireWoods' Robert Redmond, called it the "worst form of sandbagging."
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By Amanda Bronstad | October 17, 2018
Plus, Talc on Trial: Who Won?
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By Law Journal Editorial Board | October 15, 2018
One might make a strong argument that cases involving such cutting edge theories of causality should be assigned specially, as medical malpractice cases once were and as certain commercial disputes presently are, to a particular judge in the venue who would be the most competent to make difficult decisions as were made by the trial judge in Accutane.
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By Amanda Bronstad | October 11, 2018
About 44 percent of pregnant women on the Blackfeet Tribe reservation in Montana tested positive for opioid use.
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