Latest Mass Tort News and Updates

On June 26, the JMPL issued a Notice Of Hearing Session, indicating that a panel of federal judges will be hearing oral arguments this month over the…

Cook Medical Inc. has filed a motion seeking the dismissal of fraud claims brought by plaintiffs in the IVC filter multidistrict litigation, stating that the cases failed to plead all the elements necessary to establish fraudulent concealment.…

After nearly 40 years, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced changes to the clearance process for medical devices, which at present relies on the comparison with the predicate devices available in the market.

Earlier this month, U.S. District Judge Wendy Beetlestone issued an opinion, stating that claims filed seeking vision monitoring program by the former users of Elmiron…

On September 28, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a press release, providing final guidance on breast implant labeling recommendations and information regarding health…

U.S. District Judge Claire C. Cecchi, overseeing the proton-pump inhibitor (PPI) multidistrict litigation docket, released a joint proposed case management order, which indicated that the bellwether pool would be reduced to six cases by the…

On September 24, the plaintiffs involved in the ParaGard IUD lawsuits filed a motion asking the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) to consolidate the cases…

Pelvic mesh manufacturer C.R. Bard, a unit of Becton, Dickinson and Company, commonly known as BD, agreed to pay $60 million to resolve lawsuits filed by 48 states…

On Monday, Bayer was held liable for a former school groundskeeper's cancer, which was the first case to go to trial in the U.S. over the company's weedkiller Roundup, but the…

In an article published by the legal public watchdog group, Public Justice, on July 9, the…