Mass Tort News

On Thursday, Mississippi Supreme Court affirmed a lower court's decision, rejecting Johnson & Johnson's (J&J) appeal to drop a case brought by the state's attorney general over mislabeling of…

On March 23, U.S. District Judge Leigh Martin May, presiding over the federal ParaGard IUD multidistrict litigation (MDL), approved new procedures meant to make things…

On March 19, U.S. District Judge Brian R. Martinotti, presiding over the federal Allergan Biocell breast implants litigation, ruled that Allergan, Inc. must face…

Jury selection has started for three lawsuits that are consolidated for the first bellwether trial in the 3M earplugs multidistrict litigation (MDL). The selection began on…

On March 11, an article was published in the medical journal Current Opinion in Ophthalmology in which researchers…

Last Friday, Suffolk County Supreme Court Judge Jerry Garguilo approved a $32 million deal between McKinsey & Co. and the New York attorney general over the company's alleged role in fueling the…

On March 15, the U. S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an update on the ongoing analysis of serious injuries and problems linked…

Earlier this month, an Australian court dismissed Johnson & Johnson's (J&J) appeal over a $2.6 million ruling awarded to women who claimed that the company's subsidiary Ethicon misled patients and surgeons about the risks associated with…

A source recently said that the owner of Purdue Pharma LP is now ready to contribute $4.275 billion to resolve the nearly 3,000 lawsuits filed against the company over fueling the opioid…

On Monday, Suffolk County Supreme Court Justice Jerry Garguilo said that the New York attorney general's lawsuit over the opioid crisis, which was scheduled for March 29 will likely…