Louisiana, A New Entrant Joins The Opioid MDL
12/21/2021 - 12:38Louisiana is now putting efforts to redirect all the lawsuits against opioid manufacturers into the MDL to join more than 2,000 other…
Effort To Launch A “Negotiation Class” For Opioid MDL
12/21/2021 - 12:36On Friday, June 14th, the plaintiff lawyers on behalf of the local governments proposed to create a "Negotiation Class" of cities and…
Bayer Requests To Reduce $2B Roundup Verdict
12/21/2021 - 12:35Bayer requested U.S. District Judge Winifred Y. Smith to reduce the $2 billion Roundup verdict, awarded to a couple, stating that they…
60 Roundup Cases From 4 States To Be Prepared For Trial
12/21/2021 - 12:35U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria has identified nearly 60 Roundup cases from four different states to be prepared for remand and…
Daubert Hearing Over J&J's Talc Lawsuit
12/21/2021 - 12:34A Daubert hearing began on Monday in the multidistrict litigation over Johnson & Johnson’s (J&J) talcum based baby powder, claimed…
Two U.S. Marines File Lawsuits Against 3M Earplugs
12/21/2021 - 12:34Two plaintiffs filed product liability lawsuits against 3M Earplugs Company and Aearo Technologies, LLC, in the U.S. District Court for the…
Status Conference Held For Bard Hernia Mesh Lawsuits
12/21/2021 - 12:33An in-person status conference was convened by the Southern District Court of Ohio on June 25, with counsel for PSC and counsel for…
Structure Proposed For Opioid Crisis Settlement
12/21/2021 - 12:32On June 17, plaintiffs filed a motion seeking certification for a negotiation class, a new structure that will be representing all 24,500…
Monsanto Files A New Motion To Overrule The $2B Verdict
12/21/2021 - 12:31According to Monsanto, repeated misconduct by plaintiffs’ counsel influenced jurors who awarded more than $2 billion to a couple in…
Plaintiffs Ask Merck To Submit Data On Zostavax Vaccine
12/21/2021 - 12:30According to a motion filed this month, Plaintiff Executive Committee (PEC) indicated that Merck has refused or delayed to provide adverse…
J&J To Be Sole Responsible In Talc Punitive Damages Trial
12/21/2021 - 12:29Johnson & Johnson (J&J) will face a new trial on the issue of punitive damages, following the $12 million awarded in compensatory…
Ethicon Mesh Alleged For Infections, Recurrent Hernia
12/21/2021 - 12:28On June 13, a Florida woman filed a lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson (J&J) and its Ethicon subsidiary for selling defective and…