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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 | May 7, 2018
A federal judge overseeing the multidistrict litigation over the opioid epidemic has ordered lawyers to disclose all third-party financing arrangements in their cases.
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By Amanda Bronstad | May 4, 2018
The pitches for lead plaintiffs counsel pit Steve Berman and a few lawyers at Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro against a 40-lawyer coalition led by Joseph Cotchett, of Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy, and Laurence King of Kaplan Fox & Kilsheimer.
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By Amanda Bronstad | May 3, 2018
A LA judge has tentatively cleared the way for a Johnson & Johnson motion to toss out about 100 out-of-state plaintiffs from the coordinated talcum powder litigation in California in light of the U.S. Supreme Court's jurisdictional decision last year in Bristol-Myers Squibb v. Superior Court of California.
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By Amanda Bronstad | May 2, 2018
The suits, filed in five states, were brought by individual persons against opioid manufacturers and distributors, and are among the few class actions filed against drugmakers and marketers.
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By Amanda Bronstad | May 1, 2018
Ted Leopold and Michael Pitt, co-lead counsel for the lead class action brought on behalf of Flint residents, have asked U.S. District Judge Judith Levy, who is based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, to remove Hunter Shkolnik as one of two lawyers serving as liaison counsel to the individual cases.
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By Hank Grezlak | May 1, 2018
The legal market is more competitive than it ever has been, and that applies to firms of all sizes, including those in the middle-market.Right…
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By John Schneider | April 30, 2018
A multi-billion dollar verdict involving breaches of fiduciary duty scores the top award in the 2017 list by NLJ-affiliate VerdictSearch.
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By Max Mitchell | April 27, 2018
The jury rendered its verdict Friday morning, after more than two weeks of trial and about two days of deliberation.
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By Scott Flaherty | April 26, 2018
The appeals court took a dim view of tactics that trial lawyer Mark Lanier used with respect to expert witnesses.
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By Amanda Bronstad | April 24, 2018
Merck has moved to coordinate dozens of lawsuits brought over injuries allegedly caused by its shingles vaccine, Zostavax.
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