Latest Mass Tort News and Updates

Local officials now have new allies in their fight against Travis County's escalating problem of deadly opioid overdoses.

The federal government is now collaborating with local…

West Virginia reached an $83 million deal with Walgreens to end a lawsuit over the drugstore chain's participation in the state's opioid problem.

According to the state…

Missouri is ready to establish a statewide prescription drug monitoring program to combat the opioid problem, despite Republican opposition for years.

The state will pay a…

The federal court in Florida hearing over a slew of earplug claims filed against 3M has called off efforts to arrange a settlement.

However, in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in…

The Texas Attorney General has obtained an extra $1 billion in opioid settlement funds for the state, increasing the total settlement funds from several lawsuits to over $3 billion…

As the business attempts to settle hundreds of cases, Juul Labs Inc obtained preliminary court approval of a $255 million deal, settling customer accusations that it falsely promoted …

A panel of New York courts has decided to hold merged pretrial proceedings in the state for at least 40 identical petitions already filed alleging that the recalled heartburn medication …

A court defeat for Johnson & Johnson jeopardizes a legal strategy devised by a few of the world's most successful firms to combat the litigation.

A federal appeals court in Philadelphia found that J&J is too affluent to file for…

A US appeals court has found that Johnson & Johnson's use of bankruptcy to deal with growing talc litigation would create a legal blind zone.

The Third Circuit Court of…

Marinette County, as one of the plaintiffs in a case against a dozen pharmaceutical corporations, could collect a roughly $2 million opioid settlement over an 18-year period.

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