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8 Feb 2015, 7:00 pm
Quinn, Emanuel, Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP 51 Madison Ave. 22nd Floor New York, NY 10010 Telephone: (212) 849-7000 Plaintiffs' Steering Committee Co-Lead Counsel: Dianne M. [read post]
9 Jan 2024, 4:54 pm by Levin Papantonio
If the pact passes muster from all parties, it will ward off potential lawsuits from these states (Mississippi and New Mexico have already filed marketing lawsuits against J&J for allegedly failing to disclose talc products’ health risks).Bloomberg underscored that a settlement agreement has not yet been reached with the 42 state claimants, per Florida AG Spokesperson Ashley Moody.Besides these state claims, the multinational pharmaceutical and medical technologies corporation is battling… [read post]
21 Jul 2023, 3:59 pm by Levin Papantonio
The multinational corporation, which has worldwide sales of over $93 billion, is suing four researchers who published the studies, demanding a retraction or correction to conclusions that talc products contaminated with asbestos could cause mesothelioma, Reuters reported.According to Levin Papantonio Rafferty Attorney Chris Tisi, who is a member of the PlaintiffsSteering Committee in the national talc litigation (In Re: Johnson & Johnson… [read post]
4 Aug 2009, 7:09 am
Fallon has appointed 14 different Chinese drywall lawyers to serve in leadership roles in the consolidated litigation over defective drywall imported from China, which has been centralized in the Eastern District of Louisiana… According to an order issued last week, Arnold Levin was appointed to serve as Lead Counsel for the plaintiffs, Russ Herman was appointed as Plaintiffs' Liaison Counsel and twelve other lawyers were appointed to serve on a… [read post]
2 Feb 2009, 2:42 am
This complaint was filed after extensive preparation by the Plaintiffs' Steering Committee, which is made up of lawyers who are experienced in federal preemption litigation. [read post]
3 Aug 2018, 5:17 am by Eugene Volokh
And the New Jersey case cited by the judge at the Google hearing also allows preliminary injunctions only when "the right on which the plaintiff founds his claim [is] settled"; here, though, it's settled against the plaintiff. [4.] [read post]
10 Nov 2023, 6:17 am by Levin Papantonio
As of October 16, 2023, this multidistrict litigation (MDL) has 20,369 pending cases, making it the third largest multidistrict litigation (MDL) in the U.S.In September 2018, O’Brien was appointed by the United States Southern District of Ohio as Co-Lead Counsel for the Plaintiffs Steering Committee in MDL No. 2846. [read post]
1 Sep 2009, 4:39 am
" The Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee in the MDL submitted the plaintiffs’ master objections to the defendants’ requests. [read post]
21 Aug 2007, 8:09 am
To compound the problem most of the mass tort firms approached this case with the old tactical style of advertising heavily, signing up tons of cases, establishing a steering committee to negotiate and coordinate litigation in the belief that this case would move quickly given the science on their side and the risk to Merck. [read post]
23 Jul 2009, 1:09 am
LEXIS 62013 (MD FL, July 7, 2009), a federal magistrate judge has now denied a motion by the music teacher, also a defendant, to strike from plaintiff's complaint an allegation that she "is a member of the steering committee of an organization called Marketplace Christian Professional Resources, the objective of which is to promote the Christian religion in places of work and in public schools.... [read post]
25 Jan 2011, 6:05 am
Berniard has also applied to the Honorable Judge Katz in the transferee court for a leadership position with the Plaintiff's Steering Committee. [read post]
13 Apr 2011, 5:48 am by Sean Wajert
  The witness asserted the marital privilege as to certain email communications which were produced by BP to the Plaintiff Steering Committee. [read post]
27 Jan 2015, 11:19 am
 The plaintiffs steering committee filed actions against NECC, naturally enough, and also filed actions against affiliated entities and individuals. [read post]
14 Aug 2022, 6:12 pm by Levin Papantonio
Tisi, who is a member of the PlaintiffsSteering Committee in the national Multi-District Litigation (MDL) and a member representative of the Official Committee of Talc Claimants, had this to say in response to Johnson & Johnson’s media statement:In one of the worst cases of corporate wrongdoing, J&J knew for decades that its Johnson’s Baby Powder contained asbestos and may cause deadly cancers like ovarian cancer and mesothelioma. [read post]
14 Feb 2009, 2:26 am
" Now, "members of the 'steering committee' of plaintiffs lawyers told him they plan to seek his disqualification from the litigation. [read post]
5 Jan 2008, 9:30 am
In the words of the program description:"Speakers include Vanderbilt law professor Richard Nagareda, author of Mass Torts in a World of Settlement; Virginia legal ethics professor George Cohen; author and leading pharmaceutical mass torts defense attorney Mark Herrmann; Andy Birchfield, a member of the Vioxx Plaintiffs' Steering Committee; and Ted Frank, director of the AEI Legal Center for the Public Interest. [read post]
25 Nov 2008, 10:06 am
At the federal level, the judge in the newly-created Digitek federal multidistrict litigation issued an order appointing lead and liaison counsel for the plaintiffs as well as the Plaintiffs' Steering Committee. [read post]
9 Nov 2007, 4:53 am
VIOXX(r) Product Liability Lawsuits Agreement Provides for $4.85 Billion PaymentWHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J., Nov. 9, 2007 - Merck & Co., Inc. today announced that it has entered into an agreement with the law firms that comprise the executive committee of the Plaintiffs' Steering Committee of the federal multidistrict VIOXX litigation as well as representatives of plaintiffs' counsel in state coordinated proceedings to… [read post]
9 Nov 2007, 6:28 pm
  9, 2007 - Merck & Co., Inc. today announced that it has entered into an agreement with the law firms that comprise the executive committee of the Plaintiffs' Steering Committee of the federal multidistrict VIOXX litigation as well as representatives of plaintiffs' counsel in state coordinated proceedings to resolve state and federal myocardial infarction (MI) and ischemic stroke claims already filed against… [read post]
30 Jan 2023, 5:09 pm by Levin Papantonio
Tisi is a member of the PlaintiffsSteering Committee in the national Multi-District Litigation (MDL) and a member representative of the Official Committee of Talc Claimants. [read post]