Latest Mass Tort News and Updates

Jurors heard testimony about a new study, in the latest Roundup trial underway in California’s Alameda County Superior Court, involving claims filed by an elderly couple that glyphosate exposure from the popular weed killer caused them…

On Saturday, September 14, attorneys representing drug manufacturing and distributing companies filed a motion for the disqualification of US District Judge Dan Polster from …

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul filed a lawsuit against Purdue Pharma L.P. and Purdue Pharma Inc. (Purdue) blaming them of following deceptive marketing techniques to explode the prescription rates of opioids.

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According to a case management order dated April 2, valsartan lawsuits can proceed in the U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey, where federal claims,…

On Friday, April 5, a jury in Long Beach, California, rejected a talcum powder lawsuit brought by a 65-year-old retired teacher, who claimed that Johnson & Johnson's baby powder was contaminated with…

On Friday, April 19, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted final approval to the first generic version of naloxone hydrochloride nasal spray, also known as Narcan, to treat…

Johnson & Johnson asked a federal judge to take over more than 2,400 talcum powder lawsuits, instead of allowing those cases to go before state court juries in the country.

The talcum giant is trying to take…

U.S. District Judge David G. Campbell, presiding over all IVC Filter lawsuits filed against C.R. Bard, has allowed claims filed by a plaintiff to move forward…

On Thursday, April 18, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar II sanctioned more than $350 million in a federal move aimed at bringing down opioid addiction…

On Wednesday, April 17, The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced to put a complete ban on the use of asbestos in product categories in the automobile industry and building materials.  

The rule will…