On Friday, September 11th, Hopatcong Borough filed a federal lawsuit against 3M on charges of alleged contamination of their water supply with PFAs. PFAs, or “forever chemicals”, are known for their failure to break down and their ability to remain in the environment...
The Washington state attorney general has filed a lawsuit in King County Superior Court against Juul Inc., alleging that the company knowingly targeted minors in its marketing campaign on social media in an effort to push its products on young consumers. In the suit,...
On August 27, plaintiffs’ counsel in the multi-district litigation involving Monsanto and its widely used weed killer Roundup, advised the court that parent company Bayer AG appeared to be going back on the settlement agreement announced in June. At that time, the...
On August 25, BSA filed a 148-page motion asking the Delaware bankruptcy court to schedule a hearing on its request to restrict a number of ongoing advertising campaigns it says are deviating from the language previously approved in the Bar Date Order issued by the...
On August 20, Bayer AG announced that it had reached a settlement in the Essure contraceptive device litigation. The settlement will resolve approximately 90% of the nearly 39,000 claims filed in the U.S. by women alleging injury as a result of using the birth control...
The FDA announced on Tuesday, August 18th, that it is beginning the review of the application submitted by JUUL Labs on an electronic nicotine delivery system (ENDS) product. JUUL Labs submitted the application in order to receive approval to continue selling its...
On August 5, a three judge panel from the New Jersey state appeals court reversed a 2016 summary judgment granted in favor of defendants, talc manufacturer Johnson & Johnson and talc miner Imerys Talc America in cases brought by two women who allege J&J’s talc...
The FDA has issued warning letters to a number of e-cigarettes companies, demanding they remove from the market their flavored disposable e-cigarettes and other e-liquid products that appeal to children because of their failure to comply with the pre-market...
On Monday, July 20, a California appellate court upheld a jury’s finding in 2018 that Monsanto’s popular weed killer, Roundup, was responsible for causing plaintiff DeWayne Johnson’s cancer. Appearing before a three-judge Court of Appeals panel, Monsanto, a...
After the federal judge overseeing the multi-district litigation indicated in an order filed July 6 that he was skeptical of the proposed settlement, Bayer, owner of Monsanto, agreed to put the plan on handling future cancer claims on hold while negotiations to...
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