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J&J To Pay $3.9M To Settle WV Mesh Lawsuit
On Monday, West Virginia state Attorney General Patrick Morrisey announced that the state reached a $3.9 million settlement with Johnson & Johnson (J&J) and its subsidiaries over the lawsuit involving its…
Gilead Takes Over Federal Authorities For HIV Drug Patents
Manufacturers of HIV drug Truvada, Gilead Sciences, filed a lawsuit against the U.S. government, alleging that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) violated a contract, governing the collaboration on HIV drug, between the…
Remote Depositions To Help Earplugs Lawsuits Move Forward
The U.S. District Judge Casey Rodgers, presiding over all federal military 3M combat earplugs lawsuits, issued a case management order, last week, asking parties involved in…
Talcum Powder Lawsuit Remanded Back To State Court
The Missouri Court remanded a Talcum Powder lawsuit filed by 22 plaintiffs back to the state court after the federal court found that removal was not timely.…
FDA To Revise “intended use” Regulations In March 2018
The FDA is proposing to delay the effective date of the amendments to the existing medical product “intended use” regulations to allow further consideration of the substantive issues raised in the comments received. As per the Federal Register of…
J&J Ethicon’s Gynecare TVT off the Australian TGA Register
A recent report stated that J&J’s Ethicon, Inc. has failed to meet a regulatory deadline set forth by Australian Therapeutics Good Administration (TGA) for updating the…
Metalclad Blamed Over Limited Documents In An Asbestos Trial
Last week, Metalclad Insulation LLC's counsel, Sheila G. O'Gara, in response to the complaint made in an ongoing online asbestos trial that Metalclad's expert witnesses never got…
A Plaintiff Seeks More Amount in a Boston TVM Settlement
Settlement amount offered by Boston Scientific for transvaginal mesh injuries is cited to fall short by a plaintiff when scaled with the collateral damage she…
Bard Hernia Mesh Trial Delayed To September 2020
Amid the on-going coronavirus pandemic, the first bellwether trial involving polypropylene hernia mesh products manufactured by C.R. Bard, Inc. and its Davol, Inc. subsidiary…
Another lawsuit for Zimmer Biomet
Many Zimmer knee implant lawsuits have been filed against Zimmer Biomet. The latest lawsuit has been filed by a New Jersey man against the manufacturer of the…