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…
The FDA is updating its requirements to ensure new products “either account for advances in technology or demonstrate that they meet more modern safety and performance criteria.”
The popular heart drug valsartan may have been contaminated with carcinogen NDMA for as long as four years before anyone discovered the problem.
Transvaginal mesh litigation ranks as one of the largest mass tort cases in U.S. history. Trial lawyers have taken mesh manufacturers to task after 100,000 women suffered injuries from having these defective mesh products surgically implanted to repair pelvic organ prolapse. Last week, a long-overdue…
The wrongful death lawsuit against the U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company for “killing a baseball legend” has concluded in San Diego Superior Court.
A move by the U.S. Supreme Court is a big win for plaintiffs who say several companies created a “public nuisance” by concealing serious lead paint hazards.
Our team at Milestone is cheering for our friend and Women En Mass founder Aimee Wagstaff, who serves as co-lead counsel of the national Monsanto Roundup litigation. On July 10, The Honorable Vince Chhabria ruled that the plaintiffs in the case offered reliable scientific evidence…
When leadership positions in a multidistrict litigation are based on merit and qualification, the skilled and diversified plaintiffs’ team becomes a powerful force behind those who were harmed. Congratulations are in order for Ellen Relkin, Elizabeth Cabraser, and Erin Dickinson for their appointment to the…
Congratulations to Jane Conroy and the entire plaintiffs’ team who secured a $247 million verdict in the bellwether trial over Johnson & Johnson’s DePuy Orthopaedics Pinnacle metal-on-metal hip implants. Yesterday’s win is the third consecutive nine-figure verdict in the multidistrict litigation. The war room in this case was…
