Author's posts
Pennsylvania Opioid Cases Are Homeless While Trial Lawyers Take Shots At Each Other
Seven appeals and plenty of in-fighting have Pennsylvania counties behind schedule in their quest to hold dozens of companies liable for the nation’s painkiller crisis
Purdue Calls Massachusetts Opioid Suit ‘Oversimplified Scapegoating,’ Seeks Dismissal
Purdue Pharma is asking a Massachusetts court to dismiss the state’s lawsuit against it, calling sensational allegations of wrongdoing by company executives and members of the founding Sackler family “oversimplified scapegoating based on a distorted ac…
J&J Says Talc Lawyers Are Playing The ‘Race Card’ In Latest Try At Giant Verdict
The latest talc-asbestos trial is underway in New Jersey, where plaintiffs have scored eight- and nine-figure verdicts.
Trial Lawyers Are Paying Millions To A Handful Of Experts Necessary To Push Their Talc Cases
A handful of highly paid experts, one of whom recently testified his firm has made $30 million offering mostly pro-plaintiff testimony, are the key ingredient for more than 10,000 lawsuits claiming talcum powder is laced with deadly asbestos.
Trial Lawyers Are Paying Millions To A Handful Of Experts Necessary To Push Their Talc Cases
A handful of highly paid experts, one of whom recently testified his firm has made $30 million offering mostly pro-plaintiff testimony, are the key ingredient for more than 10,000 lawsuits claiming talcum powder is laced with deadly asbestos.
This Pennsylvania Committee Is Proposing Changes That Benefit Five Of Its Members’ Law Firms
A Pennsylvania Supreme Court committee is proposing a new rule that will help medical malpractice lawyers, but a look at the makeup of the committee shows five lawyers, including its chair, who work at firms that file medical malpractice cases.
Senate Responds As Pennsylvania Supreme Court Considers Annulling A 2002 Law, To Trial Lawyers’ Benefit
The Pennsylvania Senate will study whether forum-shopping by medical malpractice lawyers raises health care costs in the areas they target – a move that comes as the state Supreme Court considers allowing those lawyers to file cases in the courts of th…
Trump DOJ Punishes Hedge Fund Manager Who Sued Drug Companies And Shorted Their Stocks
The Trump Justice Department is following a tougher policy toward dubious False Claims Act lawsuits by private citizens.
Trump’s DOJ Acts On Threat To Trial Lawyers Who Sue On Behalf Of The Government
The Department of Justice’s recent effort to toss lawsuits it says it wasted hundreds of hours investigating is emblematic of a strategy under President Donald Trump to rein in trial lawyers who are using a federal whistleblower law to seek millions of…
In Opioid Blame Game, Roles Of Ohio Doctors And So-Called ‘Pill Mills’ Sought
The state of Ohio is sitting on a database that could prove the Rosetta Stone for opioid plaintiffs and defendants alike, but so far only the defendants are demanding access to it.
