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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 Aleeza Furman | September 26, 2023
The issue is teed up in the possible appeal of an order ruling that a Philadelphia court may exercise general jurisdiction over Syngenta, a defendant in a mass tort over the weedkiller Paraquat.
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By Amanda Bronstad | September 20, 2023
David Cohen, the special master in the opioid multidistrict litigation, sent an Aug. 28 email accidentally to lawyers in the cases. Now, two pharmacy benefit managers have moved to disqualify him, insisting the email 'would lead any reasonable observer to question his impartiality.'
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By Ellen Bardash | September 19, 2023
The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee is examining the use of bankruptcy to sort out mass tort liability.
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By Stuart I. Gordon and Alexandria E. Tomanelli | September 17, 2023
This article addresses the "Texas Two-Step" litigation strategy when it comes to bankruptcy and discusses whether this strategy of utilizing the Chapter 11 process to handle mass tort litigation claims is fair, effective and will survive the scrutiny of the courts.
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By Amanda Bronstad | September 14, 2023
James Bennett, of St. Louis-based Dowd Bennett, told jurors on Wednesday that Roundup did not cause plaintiff Mark McCostlin's non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
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By Amanda Bronstad | September 12, 2023
A neurologist and neuropsychologist both testified on Tuesday in downtown Los Angeles that Tom Girardi had significantly declined mentally over the past two years.
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By Troy Rosasco | September 11, 2023
Under the new law, compensation may be available to those who worked or volunteered in construction, clean-up, and debris removal; as well as people who lived, worked, or went to school in the exposure zone in the weeks following the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in New York City.
8 minute read
By Amanda Bronstad | September 8, 2023
The settlement, announced on Friday, is the latest global opioid deal reached by a national pharmacy chain.
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By Amanda Bronstad | September 7, 2023
At a final approval hearing on Thursday, plaintiffs' attorney Derek Loeser said there were 17 million claims in the Facebook settlement over the Cambridge Analytica scandal -- the 'most we've ever seen, and most ever submitted in a class action.'
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By Amanda Bronstad | September 7, 2023
The class action settlement, announced on Thursday, provides cash payments to consumers who purchased the recalled devices and $100 awards to those who return them.
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