888-681-1129In an order filed on July 19, judges for the U.S.D.C. for the Eastern District of North Carolina appointed the following counsel to serve as members of the leadership group for the Camp Lejeune water contamination litigation: Lead...
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Successful Claimant Engagement with Mass Tort Clients
We recently explained how mass tort law firms can fix their claimant engagement struggles by taking a relationship-based approach to the process. In that post, we suggested firms can avoid these struggles by regularly and proactively communicating with their clients...
3M Reaches 10.3B PFAS Contamination Settlement Agreement
On June 22, chemical manufacturing giant 3M Co. reached a settlement agreement with attorneys representing 300 cities, towns and public water systems across the country over claims that the per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances found in the company’s products...
Are you budgeting your QSF expenses properly—if not that can be a problem
In mass tort litigation and other complex, multi-party litigation, Qualified Settlement Funds (QSFs) are often used to collect and house settlement proceeds from settling defendants while allocations, financial planning, and lien resolution for the settling plaintiffs...
Surgeon General Health Advisory on Risks of Social Media Addiction
On May 23, the United States Surgeon General, Dr. Vivek Murthy, as part of the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), published a new health advisory that warns of the mental health risks involved in social media addiction by children and...
Enhance Mass Tort Claimant Engagement with Effective Communication
Among the areas at their firms most ripe for improvement, we’d bet most mass tort lawyers would have “claimant engagement” near the top of the list. As established mass tort law firms know, and as new mass tort firms quickly find out, engaging with claimants can be a...
Plaintiff Files Consolidation and Transfer Brief with JPML on Tepezza Litigation
On March 22, 2023, plaintiff Kimberly Eaton filed a brief with the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) seeking to consolidate and transfer all currently filed Tepezza litigation to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California....
Data Analytics Delivers Potent Settlement Negotiation Leverage
Discover how Verus’ comprehensive data analytics services can deliver your plaintiff law firm powerful settlement negotiation leverage for mass torts and other complex litigation. Defendants often have the upper hand in settlement negotiations. Well-funded...
Supreme Court Hears Section 230 Protections for Social Media Platforms Case
On February 21, the Supreme Court heard arguments in Gonzalez v. Google, involving Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996 in which the family of Nohemi Gonzalez sued Google, Inc. The family alleges that Google subsidiary, YouTube, was responsible for...
Third Circuit Denies J & J’s Rehearing Motion for LTL Management in Talc Litigation
On Wednesday, March 22, Johnson & Johnson’s motion to have the full U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit rehear its subsidiary, LTL Management LLC’s bankruptcy case was denied, related to the 38,000 filed talcum litigation cases. The decision...