On September 19, 2022, oral argument was held before the Third Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia during which attorneys for talcum litigation injury victims urged the Court to allow their clients to pursue their claims against Johnson & Johnson maintaining...
Social Media Addiction Lawsuits Consolidation Update
On August 20, 2022, Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, asked the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) to consolidate a number of social media addiction lawsuits filed by plaintiffs who have targeted the company, alleging they have...
Judge Rules Earplug Litigation Cases Will Proceed Despite Aearo Technologies’ Bankruptcy
On August 26, Judge Jeffrey J. Graham of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Indiana ruled that the bankruptcy of 3M’s subsidiary Aearo Technologies did not halt the earplug litigation cases pending against the parent company, and denied Aearo’s...
JPML Consolidates Gardasil Vaccine Claims Before District Court Judge
On August 4, 2022, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) consolidated claims related to the use of the Gardasil vaccine before Judge Robert J. Conrad, Jr. of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina. Manufactured by Merck...
President Biden Signs PACT Act to Increase Veteran’s Health Care Benefits
On August 10, President Biden signed into law the bipartisan Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring Our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics (PACT) Act designed to expand Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) benefits and health care for veterans exposed to...
Judge Raises Concerns about 3M Placing Aearo Technologies in Bankruptcy
At a July 27 hearing in Pensacola, FL, U.S. District Court Judge M. Casey Rodgers expressed concerns regarding 3M’s decision to resolve the more than 230,000 earplug litigation cases pending against it by putting its Aearo Technologies division into bankruptcy, in...
Potential Consolidation of 27 Exatech Implant Device Liner Litigation Cases into MDL Proceeding
Exactech, a manufacturer of knee, ankle and hip implant devices, has issued a series of product recalls that have resulted in a number of lawsuits being filed. In June 2021, the company wrote to healthcare professionals, notifying them of concerns it had with the...
Plaintiffs Motion to Transfer 19 Acetaminophen Product Liability Litigation Cases
On June 10, 2022, a motion to transfer pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1407 was filed with the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML). Titled In Re: Acetaminophen- ASD/ADHD Product Liability Litigation, the motion seeks to transfer 19 cases for coordination of...
Litigation Update: Bayer AG Announces End of RoundUp U.S. Residential Sales
On July 29, in an update to investors on its five point plan addressing future litigation, agrochemical manufacturer Bayer AG announced that it would end U.S. residential sales of its glyphosate-based herbicides, including its flagship product, Roundup, and would...
Litigation Update: Software Developer Clearview AI Asks Illinois Judge to Dismiss MDL Claims
At a hearing held May 25 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, the facial recognition developer Clearview AI asked Judge Sharon Johnson Coleman to dismiss the consolidated complaint, arguing that its collection and dissemination of data is...