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Pa. Courts Allowed To Have Jurisdiction in Talcum Case

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According to the January 16 ruling of a federal judge, Pennsylvania courts can now have jurisdiction over talcum powder lawsuits since the defendant…

Bard Prohibited From Sealing IVC Filter Evidence Documents

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On January 15, U.S. District Judge David Campbell of the District of Arizona, overseeing thousands of lawsuits involving C.R. Bard's IVC filter, denied the…

Miss. Supreme Court Temporarily Halts An Upcoming Talc Trial

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The Missouri Supreme Court passed an order on Monday, January 14, which temporarily paused an upcoming talcum powder trial involving claims filed by 13…

Missoula Agrees To Join Opioid Lawsuit Against Drug Makers

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A Missoula City Council committee agreed to join the opioid lawsuit filed by other governments in Montana, including Great Falls and Lake County, against the…

J&J and Ethicon Blamed For Bowel Perforation Complication

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On January 14, 2019, a woman and her husband filed a product liability lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson and its Ethicon subsidiary in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana as the woman suffered painful and…

Opioid Epidemic: New York Set For January Trial

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Jerry Garguilo, a New York state court judge, on Wednesday, set a trial date of January 20 for the lawsuits brought by the state attorney general and the Long Island counties of Nassau and Suffolk against a group of…

Second Case Management Order Issued For Onglyza Lawsuits

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On January 9, 2019, the federal Court overseeing the coordinated pretrial proceedings for hundreds of Onglyza lawsuits issued the second Case Management Order, which…

Bankruptcy Judge Extends Purdue's Opioid Lawsuit Protection

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On Wednesday, November 6, a federal bankruptcy judge extended the temporary protection for Purdue Pharma and members of the Sackler family against the opioid lawsuit until…

French Court Cancels Bayer’s Permit For Roundup

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A French Court canceled Bayer's license for Monsanto's controversial weed-killer Roundup Pro 360 following a court ruling that the regulators…

Court Rejects Summary Judgment Motion In an Asbestos Case

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In an order issued on January 7, a Louisiana federal Court Judge denied summary judgment requests filed by two asbestos defendants and concluded that…

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