For those in this country without much, the holidays can seem like a hopeless time. Chaffin Luhana LLP is honored to send a donation to the Bowery Residents Committee (BRC) on behalf of one of our Associate’s, Dori Milner. “Founded in 1971 by lodgers of…
“Every 107 seconds another American is sexually assaulted.” Chaffin Luhana LLP is committed to helping end these horrible crimes and is honored that one of our paralegals, Jessica Szumla, nominated RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network) to send her donation to this holiday season.…
Today Chaffin Luhana LLP is making a donation to Operation Smile on behalf on one of our Associates, Steven Cohn, in our New York City office. The Chaffin Luhana Foundation is making the $250 donation on Steven’s behalf. Operation Smile provides free surgery for children…
The Cook IVC filter MDL was established in October 2014 in the Southern District of Indiana. Both sides have been busy since then with pre-trial proceedings, in preparation for bellwether trials, which are expected to begin toward the end of 2016. In August 2015, Cook…
The FDA is being more cautious with testosterone replacement drugs. The administration recently put the brakes on the process to approve a new drug called “Androxal” (enclomiphene citrate), which is designed to treat men with low testosterone. Manufactured by a company called Repros Therapeutics, it
In August 2015, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) consolidated all federal Bard IVC filter lawsuits into an MDL in the District of Arizona. Since then, both parties have been working toward selecting the first few cases to go to trial. In a…
It’s been expected for awhile, and now it’s finally happened: the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) has consolidated all federal Zofran lawsuits into one court, in the District of Massachusetts. District Judge Dennis Saylor, IV, was selected to oversee the proceedings. In the…
Plaintiffs filing Xarelto lawsuits allege that manufacturers Janssen Pharmaceuticals (a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson) and Bayer AG failed to warn about a lack of antidote to Xarelto bleeding. Patients taking warfarin (the leading anticoagulant for decades) who suffer from uncontrollable bleeding
The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) met on October 1, 2015, to hear oral arguments on consolidating all federally filed Zofran lawsuits into one court. Manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) filed a motion with the panel on July 6, 2015, requesting consolidation in a multi-distric
A new Bard IVC filter lawsuit has been filed in the Eastern District of Missouri. On September 28, 2015, the plaintiff, individually and on behalf of the estate of her husband, filed a complaint against defendants C.R. Bard, Inc., and Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. The…
The current testosterone MDL, which was established in June 2014, continues to grow. Over 2,400 lawsuits are pending in the Northern District of Illinois, with plaintiffs claiming that manufacturers of testosterone products like AndroGel, Testim, and Axiron failed to provide adequate warnings about
The first status conference has been scheduled for the Bard IVC Filter lawsuits proceeding in the District of Arizona. In August 2015, all federal cases were consolidated into one court to increase efficiency of pretrial proceedings. Now, U.S. District Judge David G. Campbell has scheduled…
