Latest Mass Tort News and Updates

In an order issued on February 6, Arkansas federal Judge Timothy Brooks denied summary judgment request filed by Smith &  Nephew in a lawsuit involving its Synergy Stem artificial hip, finding questions of fact whether the hip…

A Philadelphia Judge dismissed claims filed against Colgate-Palmolive Co. that the company's Cashmere Bouquet talcum powder was the reason for a woman's mesothelioma…

On Monday, Oct.14, Johnson & Johnson's (J&J) subsidiary Janssen Pharmaceutical announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Xarelto (…

U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria of the Northern District of California, presiding over all Roundup lawsuits, issued a pretrial order on Wednesday, February 6, indicating that Monsanto must take the deposition of a man dying of non-…

On Wednesday, a California state court jury cleared Johnson & Johnson (J&J) in a lawsuit filed by a woman alleging the company’s talc-based products contained…

A new analysis by the U.S. Public Interest Research Group (U.S. PIRG) indicates that the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) took a long time to evaluate the safety of …

On Thursday, the Sixth Circuit rejected the efforts by the Ohio attorney general and drug companies to impede an upcoming opioid trial accusing drugmakers of fueling the…

Attorney General Mark Brnovich, a Republican of Arizona, is hesitant about agreeing to Purdue Pharma's opioid settlement deal.

According to recent court filings,…

Johnson & Johnson told on Wednesday it received subpoenas from the U.S. Justice Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) seeking documents related to the company's popular baby powder and other talc-based products…

In an order issued on February 15, the Court directed all plaintiff's counsel in the Abilify gambling litigation to appear for a case management conference as a…