This week we saw a monumental victory in the Bayer/Monsanto Roundup litigation. The personal injury law firms that represented the plaintiffs worked for years to make these behemoth companies pay for knowingly exposing people to cancer-causing chemicals in Roundup weedkiller. Unfortunately, Uncle Sam will take…
Yesterday was a huge step toward obtaining justice for families all over the country who have been impacted by talc-containing powders.
It is an honor for a mass tort lawyer to be appointed to a leadership role in a nationwide multidistrict litigation (MDL). Just a handful of attorneys are chosen among many applicants to spearhead the litigation and take on a higher level of responsibility. Historically,…
The company is trying to upend the verdict and is still arguing that Roundup is safe - even though “it still hasn’t tested its product, despite knowing full well that it poses a serious risk to human health.”
Congratulations to Co-lead Counsel Tom Klein and Jason Itkin and the entire plaintiffs’ legal team on a major win against Johnson & Johnson in a case over its drug Risperdal. Attorneys obtained $8 billion in rarely awarded punitive damages, which are meant to punish a…
We have seen this legal question arise before: Should injured plaintiffs be required to provide information about funding they are receiving during the course of their lawsuit? A recent opinion in the Valsartan contamination litigation, which denied the defendants a free pass to look at…
There is talk of a multibillion-dollar settlement to end the 18,000 lawsuits surrounding the Roundup-cancer connection.
Motley Rice’s achievement last week is the epitome of a “never back down” approach that should inspire us all. After nearly 20 years, the firm reached a $305 million settlement in litigation that found that Sherwin-Williams, NL Industries, and ConAgra Grocery Products Company created a…
Journalist Carey Gillian’s 17-year career of covering Monsanto, combined with the Roundup cancer litigation, has brought to light the trust and transparency issues we often see with major corporations.
In case you aren’t already aware, let me be the first to tell you that Fidelma Fitzpatrick, Esq. is a plaintiffs’ superhero. In addition to her legal work at Motley Rice and her involvement in Women En Mass (an annual gathering of the top female…