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Roundup Bellwether Trial Delayed To February 2020
On August 1, considering a request from the parties for deadline extensions, U.S District Judge Vince Chabbaria delayed the second Roundup bellwether trial to…
Opioid Crisis: Insys Therapeutics Agrees To Settle For $225M
Insys Therapeutics Inc. has agreed to pay $225M to end criminal and civil investigations imposed by the federal government over allegations that the company bribed doctors to prescribe a powerful and addictive…
Bellwether Trial Pool: 16 Zostavax Vaccine Cases Selected
In the recently centralized Zostavax litigation, MDL No. 2848., in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, presiding Judge Harvey Bartle III established a bellwether…
Alleged Opioid Fuelers Propose $10B Settlement
A verbal proposal to pay $10 billion to settle claims related to the U.S. opioid epidemic was discussed amongst McKesson Corp., Cardinal Health Inc., and…
Opioid 'Negotiation Class' Likely To Be Approved
On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Dan Aaron Polster indicated that he would likely approve the first-of-its-kind "negotiation class" proposed to seek a global settlement with drug companies accused of the…
Arizona Opioid Lawsuit Remanded From Federal To State Court
The Arizona District Court granted the City of Prescott’s Motion to send back its lawsuits over the opioid crisis in Arizona, from federal court to state court where…
Federal Regulators And EPA Block Roundup Cancer Warnings
Federal regulators under the Trump administration and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) stated that the warning labels for products that contain glyphosate, a chemical in the weed killer Roundup, would not be approved. This…
FDA Issued MRI Safety Guidance For Medical Devices
The FDA issued new federal draft guidance on August 2, 2019, titled “Testing and Labeling Medical Devices for Safety in the Magnetic Resonance Environment,” providing an outline about medical devices such as pacemakers, neurostimulators…
Attorneys Earmarked For 3M Earplugs Lawsuits
U.S. District Judge Casey Rodgers, in the Northern District of Florida, has appointed attorneys for lead discovery, pretrial proceedings in 3M Earplugs MDL No…
Asbestos Ban: EPA Officials Ignore EPA Experts
According to the letter dated August 10, 2018, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) experts had warned about risks from exposure to asbestos which was ignored by EPA officials.
The report came after the EPA's…