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Plaintiffs Ask Merck To Submit Data On Zostavax Vaccine

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According to a motion filed this month, Plaintiff  Executive Committee (PEC) indicated that Merck has refused or delayed to provide adverse reports which include details of injuries, complications, and other negative experiences…

Monsanto Files A New Motion To Overrule The $2B Verdict

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According to Monsanto, repeated misconduct by plaintiffs’ counsel influenced jurors who awarded more than $2 billion to a couple in California in the trial over…

Structure Proposed For Opioid Crisis Settlement

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On June 17, plaintiffs filed a motion seeking certification for a negotiation class, a new structure that will be representing all 24,500 cities and counties in the United States as part of an…

Status Conference Held For Bard Hernia Mesh Lawsuits

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An in-person status conference was convened by the Southern District Court of Ohio on June 25, with counsel for PSC and counsel for defendants, to discuss various matters on the Bard…

Two U.S. Marines File Lawsuits Against 3M Earplugs

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Two plaintiffs filed product liability lawsuits against 3M Earplugs Company and Aearo Technologies, LLC, in the U.S. District Court for the District of…

Daubert Hearing Over J&J's Talc Lawsuit

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A Daubert hearing began on Monday in the multidistrict litigation over Johnson & Johnson’s (J&J) talcum based baby powder, claimed of causing ovarian cancer…

60 Roundup Cases From 4 States To Be Prepared For Trial

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U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria has identified nearly 60 Roundup cases from four different states to be prepared for remand and individual trial…

Effort To Launch A “Negotiation Class” For Opioid MDL

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On Friday, June 14th, the plaintiff lawyers on behalf of the local governments proposed to create a "Negotiation Class" of cities and counties to seek a global settlement with drug companies accused of the…

Louisiana, A New Entrant Joins The Opioid MDL

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Louisiana is now putting efforts to redirect all the lawsuits against opioid manufacturers into the MDL to join more than 2,000 other lawsuits from states, cities,…

Dismissed Risperdal Gynecomastia Lawsuit Reinstated

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A 2013 Risperdal lawsuit, filed by a man and his mother against Johnson & Johnson (J&J) and its subsidiary Janssen Pharmaceuticals for failing to provide adequate warnings regarding…

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