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Effort To Launch A “Negotiation Class” For Opioid MDL

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On Friday, June 14th, the plaintiff lawyers on behalf of the local governments proposed to create a "Negotiation Class" of cities and counties to seek a global settlement with drug companies accused of the…

Louisiana, A New Entrant Joins The Opioid MDL

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Louisiana is now putting efforts to redirect all the lawsuits against opioid manufacturers into the MDL to join more than 2,000 other lawsuits from states, cities,…

Dismissed Risperdal Gynecomastia Lawsuit Reinstated

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A 2013 Risperdal lawsuit, filed by a man and his mother against Johnson & Johnson (J&J) and its subsidiary Janssen Pharmaceuticals for failing to provide adequate warnings regarding…

J&J Faces Denial On Talc Lawsuit Transfer Request To Del.

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On July 19, Johnson & Johnson’s request to transfer 2,400 Talc lawsuits to a district court in Delaware was denied by federal Judge Maryellen…

Valsartan Recalls Followed By Losartan Over NMBA Presence

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Macleods Pharmaceutical Limited initiated a voluntary recall over Losartan Potassium and Losartan Potassium/Hydrochlorothiazide combination due to the excessive presence of N-Nitroso-N methyl-4-aminobutyric acid (NMBA).

Lawsuit Claims Zostavax Led To Shingles And Other Injuries

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A woman and her husband filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on June 21, against Merck & co., indicating that she developed a number of serious health problems due to the side effects…

Bayer Supervisory Board To Take Action On Roundup Claims

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Bayer issued a press release on June 26, announcing that it is rethinking its strategy over Roundup lawsuits and has hired legal help to guide the company’s…

3M Earplugs Lawsuit: Nearly 1,000 Filed in MDL

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According to a latest court docket report dated June 19, there are nearly 1,000 product liability lawsuits filed over…

Bard Hernia Mesh Lawsuits Face Pathology Protocol

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According to the case management order dated June 14, on hernia mesh involving C.R. Bard Inc.’s polypropylene implants, the U.S. District Court of the Southern…

Family Of A Mentally Ill Man To Get $4.5M From Ca. County

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The family of a mentally ill homeless man who was killed by a sheriff's deputy in a confrontation that took place for 30 seconds will get $4.5 million from a California county.

The incident took place in March 2021 in Danville in the San…