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Talc Claimants Seek To Toss J&J's Chapter 11 Motion
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The official committee of talc claimants asked a New Jersey bankruptcy judge to dismiss Johnson & Johnson's (J&J) Chapter 11 case by stating that the proceeding is…
Talcum Powder
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Johnson and Johnson's widely used and globally accepted Talc is facing allegations of causing Ovarian cancer when used perennially. Consecutively, six verdicts in favor of the plaintiffs have made the situation positive for the other filed…
Opioid Crisis: Now under JPML Docket
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The JPML is reviewing the motion filed with them to transfer and consolidate the "National Prescription Opiate Litigation" which was long due to handling the Opioid crisis sweeping across the nation. Opiate drug makers are also facing lawsuits by…
Amendment to pre-order trial for Fluoroquinolone Products
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The pretrial schedule for the first bellwether trials involving Cipro and Avelox was amended to extend the non-expert fact discovery deadline until January 26, 2018. Fluoroquinolone or peripheral…
Plaintiffs' Request To Reinstate 13 Risperdal Cases
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Plaintiffs' request to reinstate 13 Risperdal gynecomastia cases was denied by a Pennsylvania state appeals panel agreeing with the trial judge that the claims were preempted by Michigan's drug shield law…
Abilify Defense Requests access to Plaintiffs' Computers
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In an attempt to collect more evidence of undocumented online gambling, Bristol-Myers Squibb and Otsuka Pharmaceuticals defense attorneys have put forth a request before all the federal courts presiding over the…
FDA pressurized to issue a Benicar recall
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Public Citizen, a prominent consumer watchdog group, filed a recall petition for the FDA to issue a Benicar recall and ban all the other olmesartan drugs, such as Benicar HCT,…
Taxotere: – MDL No. 2740
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Taxotere: – MDL No. 2740; in Re: Taxotere (Docetaxel) Products Liability Litigation, created on October 4, 2016, under Judge Kurt D. Engelhardt in the Eastern District of Louisiana; the bellwether trials will begin on January 28, 2019; April 8,…
Judge Polster Overseeing the ‘Opioid Litigation’ Orders DEA to Divulge Data
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U.S. District Judge Dan Aaron Polster, overseeing the Opioid multidistrict litigation (MDL) No: 2804, released a court order on May 8, requiring the Drug Enforcement…
Los Angeles Joins the Battle Against Opioid Epidemic
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Los Angeles has now joined several others to fight the Opioid epidemic battle. Recently, a Los Angeles city attorney filed a lawsuit in the California district court against a group of…
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