Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) heard arguments to consider consolidating all federally filed Zantac lawsuits before one court. Both plaintiffs and defendants agreed that consolidation was prudent given the shared questions of fact, but they disagreed on the preferred location for the MDL. Following the…
On October 2, 2019, the U.S Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) ordered that all federally filed JUUL lawsuits be consolidated into one court in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California for pre-trial proceedings. District Judge William H. Orrick was assigned…
In October 2019, Johnson & Johnson (J&J) issued a voluntary recall of a single lot of its Baby Powder. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), when testing one sample of that Baby Powder, had discovered sub-trace levels of asbestos, so J&J implemented the recall out…
About a year ago, on February 14, 2019, New York Governor Cuomo signed the New York Child Victims Act into law. It extended the deadline for filing civil lawsuits against child sexual abusers and private or public institutions until a survivor’s 55th birthday. Before that,…
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently announced a recall of three lots of Mylan nizatidine capsules because tests indicated the presence of trace amounts of N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA). NDMA has been classified as a probable human carcinogen and is the same chemical that has recently…
Over the last several months, e-cigarette manufacturer JUUL has faced increasing scrutiny and pressure from the U.S. government, the FDA, and the courts for its connection to the epidemic of vaping among America’s youth. The FDA has sent the company warning letters over its marketing…
In September 2019, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned healthcare providers and patients that ranitidine drugs, including brand-name Zantac, had been found to contain N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA), a probable human carcinogen. The warning sent ripples through the healthcare community, with patients rushing to their…
Eight U.S. Supreme Court justices showed promise that the Court could reinstate the $4.3 billion in punitive damages against Sudan originally awarded in the lawsuits stemming from two embassy bombings.
Mick Grewal discusses how U of M officials knew for decades that students were complaining about U of M physician Robert Anderson sexually assaulting them, and how these officials failed to report or investigate Anderson – and actually moved Anderson to a new U of…
Attorneys for Kobe Bryant’s wife filed a wrongful death lawsuit in Los Angeles County Superior Court against the companies that operated the helicopter carrying the victims.