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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]
7 Nov 2007, 4:44 am
The district court “appointed committees of counsel to represent the parties” and discovery proceeded “on two parallel tracks” - one by the plaintiff and defense Steering Committees, “charged with initiating, conducting, and coordinating all non-case-specific discovery,” and one that focused on the on “case-specific discovery in thousands of individual cases” in which “every… [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]
20 Aug 2007, 1:27 am
Texas Court Denies Request to Disqualify BP Defense Lawyer
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The steering committee of lawyers representing plaintiffs suing BP over a deadly explosion at the company's refinery wants Houston lawyer Ronald Krist off the defense team. [read post]
10 Aug 2007, 5:59 am
The real kicker for the McMorris’s counsel was that the Court had already established the plaintiff steering committees (i.e. the big-time money spots), causing the McMorris’s counsel to go from master of his own domain all the way to the back of the breadline. [read post]
6 Jun 2007, 10:16 pm
"I think it's very interesting that of five attorneys on the fee committee -- those five out of the 32 firms (in the case) -- managed to get roughly half the fees," he said. [read post]
5 Jun 2007, 6:43 am
The Steering Committee relied on Simon Property Group L.P. v. mySimon, Inc., 194 F.R.D. 644 (S.D. [read post]
2 Jun 2007, 7:11 am
Being first to file makes it more likely that a law firm will be appointed class counsel, or to a steering committee, where the money lies.A relatively few plaintiffs' firms will immediately file complaints on behalf of individual plaintiffs. [read post]
9 Feb 2007, 4:55 pm
I disagree that the profession is being degraded by young lawyers who might, with something like the touch of the steering wheel, realign the profession in pursuit of justice. [read post]
6 Jan 2007, 4:33 pm
This past Thursday, the county's Steering Committee refused to either accept or reject the proposed settlement, in part because county attorney Jim Cope was not at the meeting to answer questions. [read post]
25 Nov 2006, 8:30 am
After the MDL transferee court concluded the pretrial proceedings, the transferee court would ask the MDL Panel to remand the New York case back to a New York federal court for trial.Suppose, however, the MDL transferee court orders the plaintiffs' steering committee to file a "master complaint" in the Chicago federal court. [read post]
22 Nov 2006, 2:11 pm
"Merck has produced approximately 22 million pages of documents and a terabyte of data to the [Plaintiffs' Steering Committee], more than 310 depositions have been noticed relating to 168 witnesses, depositions have been taken for more than 145 days and... [read post]
10 Aug 2006, 10:39 am
The district court found this unacceptable, explaining at page 731: This failure to disclose is inexplicable in light of this Court's explicit and expressed concerns that each lawyer's and law firm's ethics were to be considered for anyone or any firm acting as members of the plaintiffs' lead counsel, liaison counsel, or steering committees. [read post]
