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Ethicon Physiomesh MDL Lawsuits continue to grow
Another Ethicon Physiomesh product liability lawsuit was filed by a California woman naming Johnson & Johnson and Ethicon as the defendants as she experienced complications following the mesh implant. This case though filed in the U.S.…
All Versions Of Zantac Suspended By FDA
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has requested manufacturers to discontinue all versions of Zantac from the market, as it poses a risk to public health.
The…
Misleading Roundup Ads Cost Bayer $40M
Bayer has agreed to pay nearly $40 million to resolve a class-action lawsuit claiming misleading and false advertisements over its controversial weed killer Roundup.
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Allergan Biocell Lawsuits: Plaintiffs Seek To Form MCL
The plaintiffs involved in the Allergan Biocell breast implant lawsuits asked the New Jersey Supreme Court to consolidate all the cases before one state judge for pretrial proceedings.
Last month, Glenn A. Grant, the Acting Administrative…
Mesh Trials Pushed As COVID-19 Crisis Continues
The Covid-19 pandemic has urged U.S. District Judge Edmund A. Sargus, presiding over all hernia mesh lawsuits involving C.R. Bard products, to postpone the start dates for the…
EPA Sued Over Roundup Reauthorization
Two environmental groups filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) claiming that it failed to protect U.S. health and environment by approving the active ingredient of…
Parties Propose Direct Filing Of Zantac Cases
A proposal to allow direct filing of Zantac cases in the federal multidistrict litigation (MDL) has been brought by the parties involved in the recalled heartburn drug lawsuits.
…Roundup Weed Killer Lawsuits going Strong
Roundup Weed Killer: MDL No. 2741, in re: Roundup Products Liability Litigation was created in October 2016, before U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria, in…
Additional Depositions Granted for Pa. TVM Lawsuits
The Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas overruled a motion filed by J&J subsidiary Ethicon requesting the court to decline the deposition notices that the Transvaginal mesh lawsuit plaintiffs had sent to…
Plaintiffs appeal to overturn first two Xarelto verdicts
Plaintiffs of the first two Xarelto bellwether cases have now decided to approach the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit presenting appeals to overturn the verdicts of their cases. This…