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J&J's Court Loss Jeopardizes Texas Two-Step Plan
A court defeat for Johnson & Johnson jeopardizes a legal strategy devised by a few of the world's most successful firms to combat the litigation.
A federal appeals court in Philadelphia found that J&J is too affluent to file for…
J&J's Bankruptcy Case Tossed By US Appeals Court
A US appeals court has found that Johnson & Johnson's use of bankruptcy to deal with growing talc litigation would create a legal blind zone.
The Third Circuit Court of…
Pharma Companies Win Critical Zantac Litigation
Pharma firms engaged in the selling of the heartburn medication Zantac have won a critical fight in a lawsuit brought by individuals who say the medicine caused them to develop cancer…
3M Appeals For Stay In Earplugs MDL Citing Judge's Error
In its opening brief to the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, 3M claimed that the judge misunderstood precedent, ignored significant evidence, and adopted an unduly narrow construction of his inherent jurisdiction to block action against 3M.…
Study: Low Risk On Using Philips' CPAP and BiPAP Machines
Philips has completed safety studies on several of its equipment nearly two years after first publicly raising concerns about the possible disintegration of the polyester-based polyurethane foam included in many of its…
Weekly Mass Torts Bulletin 2023-January-2
Local governments in Northwest Florida and Miami-Dade County have filed lawsuits against the multinational consulting company McKinsey & Company for prior work in assisting with the marketing of opioids.
FedEx Driver Sued For Killing A 7-Year-Old Girl
The father of a 7-year-old girl has accused a FedEx delivery man in Texas of murdering his daughter.
He filed the claim in Wise County court several weeks after his daughter was discovered dead in a body of water in Boyd, roughly 10 miles…
Full Review Of 11th Cir. Ruling Sought By Monsanto
An Eleventh Circuit panel revised but did not overturn a previous ruling that federal law does not preempt a Georgia doctor's claim that Monsanto failed to warn people about the alleged cancer risks of its…
Study Finds Vaping Results In Long-term Addiction
Although the makers of JUUL and other popular e-cigarettes have marketed their products as safer than smoking tobacco cigarettes, a new study suggests that vaping actually…
Judge To Meet Hernia Mesh MDL's Lawyers For 2023 Trial
The United States District Judge presiding over all federal hernia mesh lawsuits involving Bard products will meet with lawyers involved in the litigation next week as…