Latest Mass Tort News and Updates

On September 28, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a press release, providing final guidance on breast implant labeling recommendations and information regarding health…

U.S. District Judge Claire C. Cecchi, overseeing the proton-pump inhibitor (PPI) multidistrict litigation docket, released a joint proposed case management order, which indicated that the bellwether pool would be reduced to six cases by the…

On September 24, the plaintiffs involved in the ParaGard IUD lawsuits filed a motion asking the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) to consolidate the cases…

Pelvic mesh manufacturer C.R. Bard, a unit of Becton, Dickinson and Company, commonly known as BD, agreed to pay $60 million to resolve lawsuits filed by 48 states…

On Monday, Bayer was held liable for a former school groundskeeper's cancer, which was the first case to go to trial in the U.S. over the company's weedkiller Roundup, but the…

In an article published by the legal public watchdog group, Public Justice, on July 9, the…

Researchers from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles published a study in the American Journal of Gastroenterology, last week, indicating that the use of a class of medications known as proton pump inhibitors (PPI), which includes…

Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) ongoing study over Essure indicates that more than 20% of women implanted with the birth control device may be suffering from allergic or…

On Tuesday, Judge Ronald E. Wilson of the First Judicial Circuit in West Virginia, who oversees the state’s asbestos docket, issued a notice announcing that the jury selection in…

In a motion, dated 23rd of July, for preliminary approval of the class action settlement, BASF Catalysts LLC and its longtime national counsel agreed to establish a $72.5 million settlement fund to compensate those plaintiffs, who alleged that…