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Texas Lawyer

'It Appears She Has Absconded': Deposits Missing for Surrogate Pregnancies Across U.S.

"Dominique's actions appear to be to avoid having to face the clients she defrauded. It appears she has absconded," Harris County 80th District Court Judge Jeralynn Manor's order states.
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Law.com

MDLs Make Up More Than Half of U.S. Cases, Whether It's 65% or 71%

According to fiscal year 2023 statistics from the Administrative Office of U.S. Courts, and the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation, multidistrict litigation now makes up 65% of the federal civil caseload, a far bigger share than the 38% a decade ago.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Motley Rice Hires New Office Leader to Deepen Mass Torts, Trial Practice in Philadelphia

Michael Daly arrives from Pogust Goodhead as the Ozempic mass tort litigation is consolidated in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
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The Recorder

Lawyers Preview Tom Girardi's Defense: He Wasn't the One 'Running the Machine'

Tom Girardi's lawyers outlined their criminal defense on Thursday: the former chief accountant of his now defunct law firm, Girardi Keese, stole client funds while hiding the financial information from their client, who was already suffering from cognitive decline.
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New York Law Journal

Beginning of the End: Upcoming Deadlines, Resolution Updates in Mass Tort Litigation

This installment of the Mass Torts Update highlights upcoming deadlines and resolution updates in mass tort litigation, focusing on four specific cases.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Phila. Judge Cancels Impending First Trials in Glen Mills Schools Abuse Mass Tort

The cancellation comes only about a month before the first of the bellwethers was set to go before a jury.
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New Jersey Law Journal

Attorneys for Future Talc Claimants File Medical Monitoring Class Action Against J&J

Monday's lawsuit comes less than a month after many of the same plaintiffs' firms sued to stop Johnson & Johnson's potential third talc bankruptcy.
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Law.com

After Federal Judge's Dismissal, Zantac Legal Fight Reignites in State Courts

On May 23, the first verdict in the nation over Zantac came out in Illinois, while a Delaware judge's May 31 decision allowed plaintiffs' experts for thousands of cases.
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Daily Business Review

Federal Rule of Evidence 806—A Useful Tool to Demonstrate Bias in Serial Tort Litigation

Practitioners should keep Rule 806 in mind when engaged in serial litigation. Though the case law in civil matters is scarce, the plain language of the rule and its application and purpose should provide avenues for its use when faced with slanted learned treatises offered into evidence from unavailable witnesses.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Filings in Phila. Paraquat Mass Tort Surge Amid Slowdowns in Federal MDL

When it comes to coordinated litigation, "it's really a matter of getting into court, getting trials, and getting justice," Chaffin Luhana managing partner Eric Chaffin said.
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