If you’re like many of the 126 million Amazon Prime subscribers in the U.S., you probably frequently capitalize on the one- and two-day Prime shipping perks we all know and love. And since Amazon sells just about anything, either directly or through third-party sellers, it’s…
A big next step is about to happen in the 3M Combat Arms Earplug Products Liability Litigation, with the first bellwether trial in the multidistrict litigation (MDL) set to begin next month. It’s a consolidated trial of three cases – Luke and Jennifer Estes, Lewis…
Back in 2018, I wrote about the breakthrough that led to Essure rightfully being removed from U.S. markets. I expressed my hope at the time that the women injured by the defective permanent birth control product would one day see the justice they deserve. I’m…
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.
