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.
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.
