On March 27, 2024, the judge overseeing the over 53,000-case talc MDL, U.S. District Judge Michael Shipp, determined that December 1, 2023 changes to Federal Rule of Evidence and the development of new science require a new evaluation of the relevant expert evidence...
Over the past few decades, more than one million lawsuits filed in federal courts have been consolidated into multidistrict litigations (“MDL”). Yet, there are no formal Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (“FRCP”) governing MDL practice and procedure. To address this...
In the realm of mass tort litigation, managing vast datasets and extracting meaningful insights are paramount for law firms. Verus provides an elite internal data team dedicated to elevating your data collection, management, and analysis to the next level. By working...
The lead plaintiffs’ firms in the Roundup multidistrict litigation have angered other plaintiffs’ firms in the MDL by requesting over 80 percent of the common benefit fees. Unfortunately, the plaintiffs’ firms in this MDL find themselves in yet another avoidable...
After years of reports, government investigations, and legal actions arising from opioid manufacturers’ roles in creating the nation’s opioid crisis by misrepresenting or concealing the risks of addiction and abuse, the manufacturers of drugs used to treat opioid...
For law firms with significant mass tort practices, call centers are a must. There are simply too many clients and too many phone calls to and from those many clients during a mass tort for a law firm’s intake or client care staff to handle on their own. But an...
The federal district court judge overseeing the Juul Labs Inc. multidistrict litigation recently granted approval for a class action settlement that would include up to $150 million in attorneys’ fees. However, while doing so, the judge also noted his concerns over...
Following through on what its worldwide vice president of litigation said during an October 2023 quarterly call (which we covered in an earlier blog post), Johnson & Johnson has announced plans to move one of its subsidiaries to Texas in preparation for a third...
On February 2, 2024, the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) consolidated 55 pending weight loss lawsuits involving the drugs Ozempic, Wegovy and Rybelsus, manufactured by Novo Nordisk A/S, and Trulicity and Mounjaro, manufactured by Eli Lilly & Co....
Our new Roundup lawsuit update highlights a decision in the third bellwether trial in the Roundup multidistrict litigation. A 12-person jury in Philadelphia unanimously awarded the plaintiff a staggering $2.25 billion, finding that John McKivison’s non-Hodgkin’s...
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