District Judge Renee M. Bumb, who is currently overseeing the centralized Valsartan litigation in the District of New Jersey, recently received a motion from plaintiffs to establish a qualified settlement fund for certain cases subject to settlement and appoint a settlement administrator and custodian for…
Last December, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) ordered all federally filed Onewheel lawsuits centralized in the Northern District of California. The Honorable Beth Labson Freeman was appointed to oversee the proceedings. Now, according to a recent court order, the parties will soon…
On February 2, 2024, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) ordered all federally filed GLP-1 receptor agonists lawsuits (including those involving Ozempic, Wegovy, and Mounjaro) consolidated in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The panel appointed the Honorable Gene E. K. Pratter to manage…
On October 4, 2023, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) consolidated all federally filed Uber sexual assault lawsuits in the Northern District of California. When the plaintiffs first filed the motion for consolidation, there were 22 cases pending in 11 districts. At the…
Global pharmaceutical company Invidior, which makes a drug called Suboxone (buprenorphine), is defending an increasing number of lawsuits concerning the safety of the drug. Suboxone helps patients who are addicted to opioids to end their addiction, but plaintiffs claim it also causes tooth decay and…
On December 11, 2023, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) ordered that all federally filed Onewheel injury-related lawsuits be consolidated into the Northern District of California. District Judge Beth Labson Freeman was appointed to oversee the proceedings. The judge met with lawyers involved…
On July 2020, a California woman in her mid-20s and her friend called an Uber driver to pick them up in West Hollywood at about 3:48 a.m. The driver offered them water when he arrived. After drinking it, they passed out. They woke up later…
As the litigation against hair-relaxing product manufacturers heats up, the United Kingdom (UK) feminist community Level Up has called for beauty products manufacturer L’Oréal to either make these products safer or take them off the shelves. In an open letter to the company posted on…
Back in June 2021, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) consolidated all federally filed paraquat lawsuits into the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois under the Honorable Nancy J. Rosenstengel who was appointed to oversee the proceedings. Now, according to…
Johnson & Johnson (J&J) recently announced that it has set aside nearly $4 billion to cover verdicts, settlements, and other legal expenses related to litigation concerning its talc-based products. In an annual filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the company stated that its…
