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December 06, 2024
Boeing Shareholder Attys Intervene In Parallel Chancery Suit
Attorneys for two Boeing Co. stockholders pursuing derivative claims in Virginia federal court secured approval on Friday to intervene in a later filed case in Delaware's Court of Chancery, citing concerns that a "dilatory" approach by the Delaware camp could jeopardize both suits.
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December 06, 2024
J&J Seeks New Talc Trial As Developer Seeks $30M More
As Johnson & Johnson seeks to toss the underlying verdict, a real estate developer and cancer patient who was awarded $15 million in compensation from a talc trial jury has asked a Connecticut state judge to award another $30 million to punish the company for allegedly putting "profits over people."
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December 06, 2024
AngioDynamics Port Defect Caused Infection, Ga. Man Says
A medical device manufacturer and one of its subsidiaries have been sued in Georgia federal court over allegations that their implantable port for delivering medications directly into patients' bloodstreams has a defect that can lead to increased risk of infection and sepsis.
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December 06, 2024
Evenflo Nears Settlement In Booster Seat MDL
Baby product maker Evenflo said Friday that it has reached an agreement in principle to settle multidistrict litigation alleging it made deceptive statements about the safety of its Big Kid booster seats.
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December 06, 2024
Philips Medical Monitoring Deal, $4.8M Fees Get Final OK
A Pennsylvania federal judge on Thursday gave the final OK on a $25 million settlement in medical monitoring claims in multidistrict litigation stemming from a recall of ventilator machines by Koninklijke Philips NV and American subsidiaries.
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December 06, 2024
Cancer Claimant Amici Slam Bestwall's Two-Step Ch. 11
Georgia-Pacific unit Bestwall's bid to handle asbestos liability using a controversial "Texas Two-Step" Chapter 11 case is "grotesquely inequitable" and "plainly at odds" with the tenets of bankruptcy, a group of injury claimants in separate insolvency proceedings said in a brief urging the Fourth Circuit to toss the case.
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December 06, 2024
Fla. Jury Awards $310M To Family Of Teen Killed On Park Ride
A Florida state court jury awarded $310 million to the parents of a teenager who died riding on the Orlando Freefall attraction at ICON Park two years ago after ruling against the ride's manufacturer, according to counsel representing the family.
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December 05, 2024
Dunkin' Fruit-Named Drinks Have No Fruit, False Ad Suit Says
Dunkin' falsely markets its "Refresher" line of caffeinated beverages with names of specific fruits despite not containing any of the fruits, cheating consumers out of the "premium" fruit ingredients and their health benefits, alleges a new proposed false advertising class action filed Wednesday in New York federal court.
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December 05, 2024
Frontier Pays $3.5M To End Calif. AG's Illegal Dumping Probe
The California subsidiary of telecom company Frontier Communications will pay $3.5 million to end an investigation into the improper disposal of batteries, aerosol cans and other hazardous waste at warehouses and field service facilities dating back to 2008, the Golden State's attorney general announced Thursday.
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December 05, 2024
Gov't Efficiency Push Is A 'New Day,' House Speaker Says
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., spoke excitedly Thursday about the new government efficiency operation helmed by billionaire Elon Musk and former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy and touted the budding bipartisan lineup of a congressional caucus that will work with it.
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December 05, 2024
Abbott Accused Of 'Last-Ditch Effort' To Halt Formula Suit
Investors accusing Abbott Laboratories leaders of concealing known safety issues related to recalled infant formula urged an Illinois federal judge to reject the company's bid to stay the case because it belatedly formed a special litigation committee to investigate the allegations two years into the litigation.
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December 05, 2024
Tesla Can't 'Pretend' Dismissal Was Stay Order, 9th Circ. Says
A Ninth Circuit panel on Thursday doubted Tesla's arguments that a California federal court had jurisdictional authority to enforce its arbitration win against an ex-Tesla engineer's defamation claims, with one judge noting that Tesla asked to dismiss the engineer's case and it can't now "pretend" the dismissal was a stay order.
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December 05, 2024
FDA Warns 115 Retailers Over Unauthorized E-Cigarettes
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued warning letters to 115 retailers across the country for selling unauthorized e-cigarettes that appeal to youths, the agency said Thursday.
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December 05, 2024
Feds Invest $849M For Water Infrastructure Improvements
An $849 million investment from the Biden administration will support 77 water infrastructure development projects throughout the country's western states and tribal communities that are located along major river basins in an effort to restore canal capacity, sustain treatment, replace aging hydropower production equipment and provide maintenance to older project buildings.
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December 05, 2024
Hinckley Allen Opens New Ill. Office To Tackle Asbestos Work
Hinckley Allen has debuted an office with an 11-member team to service the southern Illinois and St. Louis metropolitan areas, hiring three partners specializing in complex product liability and toxic tort matters as it seeks to plant its flag in a "critical jurisdiction" for those kinds of cases.
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December 05, 2024
DEI Provision Dooms Boeing's 737 Max Plea Deal
A Texas federal judge on Thursday rejected Boeing's plea agreement in its 737 Max criminal conspiracy case, finding flaws in how the U.S. Department of Justice intended to use race and diversity to select an independent compliance monitor to oversee Boeing, and how the court was cut out of that process.
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December 05, 2024
Helicopter Co. Says It Is Not Holding Up Fatal Crash Suit
The aircraft company facing claims from the families of six Canadian Air Force members who died in a 2020 helicopter crash near Greece pushed back on a claim its bid to transfer the suit to Connecticut is forum-shopping, arguing it should be allowed to defend itself in the state where it is based.
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December 04, 2024
Meta Genocide Defense Spurs 'Yeah Right' From 9th Circ.
Ninth Circuit judges doubted Wednesday whether women fleeing genocide of the Rohingya people in Myanmar could have realistically investigated Facebook's role in spreading disinformation and called a lawyer, with one judge calling the defense argument "silly" and another judge responding, "yeah right."
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December 04, 2024
Quaker Beats 'Simply Granola' False Ad Suit, For Now
An Illinois federal judge has freed the Quaker Oats Company from a putative class action alleging it deceived consumers into believing its "Simply Granola" product contained only oats, honey, raisins and almonds, saying no reasonable consumer would conclude those were the only ingredients based on the products' label.
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December 04, 2024
No Coverage For P&G Environmental Claims, Insurers Say
A group of Hartford units told an Ohio federal court Wednesday they owe no coverage to Procter & Gamble Co. for three underlying lawsuits accusing the company of contaminating groundwater in New York, and for a separate warehouse fire in Michigan that caused the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to intervene.
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December 04, 2024
9th Circ. Mulls Waiting To Weigh In On Amazon Suicide Suit
A Ninth Circuit panel Wednesday appeared open to waiting for the Washington Supreme Court to clarify the state's duty-to-warn statute before deciding whether to revive allegations Amazon.com negligently sold chemicals used in suicides while one judge observed that Amazon created an algorithm that recommended lethal product-mixes, "so it's intentional."
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December 04, 2024
Boeing, Spirit Say Flyers Can't Forum-Shop 737 Blowout Suit
Boeing, Spirit AeroSystems and Alaska Airlines have blasted an attempt by passengers to redo their suit over January's 737 Max 9 door plug blowout, saying the plaintiffs are improperly forum-shopping when their case is set for a consolidated bench trial in Washington federal court.
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December 04, 2024
Columbia Univ., Publisher Face Suit Over Reading Program
Columbia University Teachers College and the creators and publishers of two widely used reading instructional programs have ignored concerns about their effectiveness for years, leaving many children functionally illiterate, a proposed class action filed Wednesday in Massachusetts state court alleges.
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December 04, 2024
Consumers Agree To Throw Out Diaper Genie False Ad Case
A group of consumers who claimed Diaper Genie ads falsely advertised that the products' refill packs contained a year's worth of diapers have dropped their proposed class action in a joint motion filed with brand owners Angelcare and Playtex.
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December 04, 2024
FTC Slams IntelliVision's Facial Recognition Bias Claims
The Federal Trade Commission has ordered artificial intelligence facial recognition software maker IntelliVision Technologies to stop misrepresenting that its software was free of racial and gender bias.
Expert Analysis
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Nat'l Security Considerations For Telecom Products Counsel
An increase in federal national security measures in the telecommunications space, particularly from the Federal Communications Commission, means that products counsel need to broaden their considerations as they advise on new products and services, says Laura Stefani at Venable.
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How Cos. Should Handle Research Org.'s Carcinogen Evals
In light of the International Agency of Research for Cancer's list of substances slated for review over the next five years, manufacturers of chemicals, pharmaceuticals and consumer products should monitor for potentially unbalanced determinations, which could stimulate litigation regarding potential exposure from products, say attorneys at Nelson Mullins.
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Boeing Plea Deal Is A Mixed Bag, Providing Lessons For Cos.
The plea deal for conspiracy to defraud regulators that Boeing has tentatively agreed to will, on the one hand, probably help the company avoid further reputational damage, but also demonstrates to companies that deferred prosecution agreements have real teeth, and that noncompliance with DPA terms can be costly, says Edmund Vickers at Red Lion Chambers.
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A Simple Proposal For Improving E-Discovery In MDLs
Given the importance of e-discovery in multidistrict litigation, courts, parties and counsel shouldn't have to reinvent the wheel in each newly consolidated case — and a simple process for sharing e-discovery lessons and knowledge across MDLs could benefit everyone involved, particularly clients, say Benjamin Barnett and Shauna Itri at Seeger Weiss.
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Opinion
Now More Than Ever, Lawyers Must Exhibit Professionalism
As society becomes increasingly fractured and workplace incivility is on the rise, attorneys must champion professionalism and lead by example, demonstrating how lawyers can respectfully disagree without being disagreeable, says Edward Casmere at Norton Rose.
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Opinion
High Court Made Profound Mistake In Tossing Purdue Deal
The U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision to throw out Purdue Pharma's Chapter 11 plan jeopardizes a multistate agreement that would provide approximately $7 billion in much-needed relief to help fight the opioid epidemic, with states now likely doomed to spend years chasing individual defendants across the globe, says Swain Wood at Morningstar.
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Series
Serving In The National Guard Makes Me A Better Lawyer
My ongoing military experience as a judge advocate general in the National Guard has shaped me as a person and a lawyer, teaching me the importance of embracing confidence, balance and teamwork in both my Army and civilian roles, says Danielle Aymond at Baker Donelson.
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A Midyear Forecast: Tailwinds Expected For Atty Hourly Rates
Hourly rates for partners, associates and support staff continued to rise in the first half of this year, and this growth shows no signs of slowing for the rest of 2024 and into next year, driven in part by the return of mergers and acquisitions and the widespread adoption of artificial intelligence, says Chuck Chandler at Valeo Partners.
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California Adds A Novel Twist To State Suits Against Big Oil
California’s suit against Exxon Mobil Corp., one of several state suits that seek to hold oil and gas companies accountable for climate-related harms, is unique both in the magnitude of the alleged claims and its use of a consumer protection statute to seek disgorgement of industry profits, says Julia Stein at UCLA School of Law.
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Opinion
States Should Loosen Law Firm Ownership Restrictions
Despite growing buzz, normalized nonlawyer ownership of law firms is a distant prospect, so the legal community should focus first on liberalizing state restrictions on attorney and firm purchases of practices, which would bolster succession planning and improve access to justice, says Michael Di Gennaro at The Law Practice Exchange.
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How Attorneys Can Reduce Bad Behavior At Deposition
To minimize unprofessional behavior by opposing counsel and witnesses, and take charge of the room at deposition, attorneys should lay out some key ground rules at the outset — and be sure to model good behavior themselves, says John Farrell at Fish & Richardson.
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Series
Solving Puzzles Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Tackling daily puzzles — like Wordle, KenKen and Connections — has bolstered my intellectual property litigation practice by helping me to exercise different mental skills, acknowledge minor but important details, and build and reinforce good habits, says Roy Wepner at Kaplan Breyer.
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Series
After Chevron: Environmental Law May Face Hurdles
The U.S. Supreme Court's recent ruling overturning Chevron deference could prove to be as influential as the original 1984 decision, with far-reaching implications for U.S. environmental laws, including rendering recently promulgated regulations more vulnerable to challenges, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.
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Texas Ethics Opinion Flags Hazards Of Unauthorized Practice
The Texas Professional Ethics Committee's recently issued proposed opinion finding that in-house counsel providing legal services to the company's clients constitutes the unauthorized practice of law is a valuable clarification given that a UPL violation — a misdemeanor in most states — carries high stakes, say Hilary Gerzhoy and Julienne Pasichow at HWG.
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2 Options For Sackler Family After High Court Purdue Ruling
After the U.S. Supreme Court recently blocked Purdue Pharma's plan to shield the family that owns the company from bankruptcy lawsuits, the Sacklers face the choice to either continue litigation, or return to the bargaining table for a settlement that doesn't eliminate creditor claims, says Gregory Germain at Syracuse University.