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BASF & Its Former Counsel Reaches $73M Asbestos Settlement
In a motion, dated 23rd of July, for preliminary approval of the class action settlement, BASF Catalysts LLC and its longtime national counsel agreed to establish a $72.5 million settlement fund to compensate those plaintiffs, who alleged that…
Study Finds Vision Problems Progresses Post Elmiron Treatment
A new study by researchers of the Emory School of Medicine on the interstitial cystitis drug, Elmiron, indicates that vision problems can continue to progress even after the usage of…
Plaintiffs Seek To Consolidate Elmiron Lawsuits
On September 23, two plaintiffs who claim that the bladder medication, Elmiron, results in permanent vision problems have asked the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) to consolidate and…
SSRIs Linked To Risk Of Type 2 Diabetes In Children
JAMA Psychiatry published a study earlier this month, indicating that children who were prescribed selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (…
Calif's Third Virtual Asbestos Trial Gets Rolling
On Monday, California's third virtual Asbestos trial kicked off with an argument by a former Navy sailor's counsel that the plaintiff was exposed to cancer-causing asbestos,…
Federal Judge Plans JUUL Bellwether Case Selection Process
U.S. District Judge William H. Orrick III, overseeing the federal JUUL multidistrict litigation (MDL), issued an order establishing the method for…
$600M Settlement Reached Over Opioid Addiction Drug Suboxone
On Friday, Indivior PLC, a Chesterfield County-based drug company, agreed to pay $600 million after its subsidiary Indivior Solutions Inc., pleaded guilty in federal court in Abingdon over its…
Zantac Manufacturers Face DOJ Probe Over Cancer Lawsuits
Sanofi-Aventis US LLC and GlaxoSmithKline LLC in a pair of U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings said that they are facing a probe by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) over allegations that the heartburn drug,…
Missouri Court Refuses To Reconsider $2.1B J&J Talc Ruling
Last Tuesday, a Missouri appellate court denied Johnson & Johnson's (J&J) motion to relook at its decision that upheld a jury's verdict over the company's talcum powder…
3M's Government Contractor Defense Motion Rejected
U.S. District Judge Casey Rodgers, presiding over all 3M earplugs lawsuits, issued an order last Friday, rejecting the manufacturer’s government contractor defense…