Transparency rules for funders in tort mass cases, and how funding affects the "business model" of plaintiff mass tort litigaiton
By Amanda Bronstad | February 2, 2024
On Friday, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation ordered 55 cases filed against Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk over Ozempic, Mounjaro and other medications be coordinated into multidistrict litigation.
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By Amanda Bronstad | February 2, 2024
At a Feb. 2 telephonic hearing, Girardi's Illinois lawyer, Seema Ahmad, asked U.S. District Judge Mary Rowland, of the Northern District of Illinois, to allow her to determine whether her client is mentally competent to stand trial.
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By Amanda Bronstad | February 1, 2024
Johnson & Johnson subpoenaed records concerning plaintiffs' expert Dr. Jacqueline Moline and a partnership involving attorney Andy Birchfield and one of its former lawyers.
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By Sara Leineek | February 1, 2024
The attorneys who do not look before they leap into establishing a mass tort practice, and who do not adequately plan for how to successfully launch one, are setting themselves up for a disappointing entrée into a complex and expensive, but rewarding, legal practice.
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By Amanda Bronstad | January 29, 2024
Motley Rice's Daniel Lapinski filed the Jan. 22 request for multicounty litigation designation of 10 Roundup cases, all of which were filed in New Jersey state courts since Dec. 18, 2023.
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By Aleeza Furman | January 29, 2024
"It is clear from the court's opinion that, as the chief law enforcement officer for the commonwealth, the attorney general has superseding authority and is in the best possible position to represent the public interest of the entire commonwealth while pursuing and resolving these types of broad civil public protection claims," Attorney General Michelle Henry said in a statement.
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By Aleeza Furman | January 26, 2024
The award appears to be the largest Roundup verdict yet, taking over a spot previously held by a $2 billion verdict reached in 2019.
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By Amanda Bronstad | January 26, 2024
About 50 lawsuits so far target Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly over Type 2 diabetes medications Ozempic, Mounjaro and other medications. Lawyers anticipate 10,000 to 20,000 cases.
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By Mark Eveland | January 25, 2024
Bankruptcy was the big trend in mass torts in 2023 but there were three others worth noting, which Mark Eveland highlights here.
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By Amanda Bronstad | January 23, 2024
An Oregon jury awarded $62.3 million on Tuesday to victims of wildfires that ravaged the state in 2020. Based on a prior jury's findings, the award could balloon to $85 million.
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