On March 23, Bayer AG - on behalf of its Monsanto unit - agreed to pay $39.5 million to settle claims that it ran misleading ads for its controversial weed killer, Roundup. The lead plaintiff in the proposed class filed in the USDC for the Western District of...
Despite the fact that the Missouri Supreme Court canceled all in-person arguments in April as a result of the Coronavirus crisis, the Missouri Eastern District Court of Appeals in St. Louis has set a date of April 24 for Johnson and Johnson’s appeal of the...
A crisis like the current Covid-19 pandemic is fertile ground for misinformation and communication missteps. Right now, with so many firms’ offices closed and staff members working remotely, there are some important communication best practices to follow to keep...
On Tuesday, March 18th, the FDA released a new set of 11 mandatory graphic warnings to be added to cigarette boxes and advertisements. The FDA stated that smokers have become indifferent to the current warnings and are not aware of some major risks that are well...
In a case currently being tried against personal products company American International Industries (AII) in New Jersey Superior Court, a microscopy expert took the stand to testify that the mines in Italy and Montana from which Clubman talcum powder is sourced...
The juries in two separate cases pending against DuPont in the U.S. District Court in Columbus, OH came to different conclusions last week. Both cases were brought by plaintiffs who alleged that their cancers were caused by drinking water contaminated with per- and...
The FDA announced on Wednesday, March 4th, that Montelukast, an allergy medication sold under the brand name Singulair, will be required to include a boxed warning. The label was last updated in 2008 after a number of events involving suicide or serious psychiatric...
On Thursday, February 27th, a jury verdict was delivered against J&J that awards Blanca Mure-Cabrera with $3 million for past medical expenses and $6 million for past and future pain and suffering. A lifetime user of J&J baby powder, the plaintiff claimed the...
On February 19, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Ann Jones, who has been selected to preside over the consolidated California state court lawsuits against JUUL Labs, appointed a number of attorneys to lead the litigation against the San Francisco-based manufacturer. ...
A month after settling a case at mid-trial in Alameda County, California, J&J put an end to a NY trial on February 25th, where plaintiff Laura Shanahan accused J&J’s baby powder of causing her pleural mesothelioma. The jury was relieved of their duties before...
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