Latest Mass Tort News and Updates

On August 1, considering a request from the parties for deadline extensions, U.S District Judge Vince Chabbaria delayed the second Roundup bellwether trial to…

Insys Therapeutics Inc. has agreed to pay $225M to end criminal and civil investigations imposed by the federal government over allegations that the company bribed doctors to prescribe a powerful and addictive…

In the recently centralized Zostavax litigation, MDL No. 2848., in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, presiding Judge Harvey Bartle III established a bellwether…

A verbal proposal to pay $10 billion to settle claims related to the U.S. opioid epidemic was discussed amongst McKesson Corp., Cardinal Health Inc., and…

On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Dan Aaron Polster indicated that he would likely approve the first-of-its-kind "negotiation class" proposed to seek a global settlement with drug companies accused of the…

The Arizona District Court granted the City of Prescott’s Motion to send back its lawsuits over the opioid crisis in Arizona, from federal court to state court where…

Federal regulators under the Trump administration and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) stated that the warning labels for products that contain glyphosate, a chemical in the weed killer Roundup, would not be approved. This…

The FDA issued new federal draft guidance on August 2, 2019, titled “Testing and Labeling Medical Devices for Safety in the Magnetic Resonance Environment,” providing an outline about medical devices such as pacemakers, neurostimulators…

Oklahoma State Attorney General Mike Hunter made an announcement on May 26, Sunday, stating that Teva Pharmaceuticals made a settlement of $85 million over alleged link to the opioid epidemic, two days before the trial.

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U.S. District Judge Casey Rodgers, in the Northern District of Florida, has appointed attorneys for lead discovery, pretrial proceedings in 3M Earplugs MDL No…