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Opioid lawyers eye Dallas County for first bellwether trial, October 2020 setting likely
HOUSTON – Attorney Mikal Watts believes going to trial can solve the opioid crisis and that more people can be helped sooner by trying the biggest lawsuits in Texas first. -
Johnson & Johnson 'remains committed' in battle against hip implant lawsuits
DALLAS – Medicinal-pharmaceutical corporate giant Johnson & Johnson Co. continues to battle more than 8,000 lawsuits made against the company over an allegedly defective hip implant device, and attorneys for the firm insist they are in the right despite continuing setbacks in a case that seems to have no end. -
Johnson & Johnson seeks to have federal judge banned from bellwether trial
NEW ORLEANS – Johnson & Johnson has petitioned the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals to remove a federal court judge from adjudicating over a fourth bellwether trial stemming from a dispute involving metal-on-metal hip implants that have already cost the company nearly $1 billion in judgment payouts. -
Legal Reform Summit: Tort reform is a global issue
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Legal Newsline) — Perhaps we’re not that different after all. -
House panel examines ‘Litigation Abuses,’ CAFA, contingency fee agreements
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – Third-party financing. Contingency-fee counsel. Forum shopping. Fraudulent joinder. -
Houston loses tax suit against online travel companies
HOUSTON -- The city of Houston is the latest Texas city to lose its battle to collect additional hotel taxes from online booking sites like Expedia and Hotels.com. -
Asbestos, bankruptcy lawyers top Biden contributors
Biden Asbestos litigation usually lands hefty fees for plaintiff lawyers and bankruptcy lawyers, and both groups lavishly support vice presidential candidate Joe Biden. -
Katrina cases like nothing veteran attorney's ever seen before
Birnbaum WASHINGTON, D.C. (Legal Newsline) - Even for an accomplished attorney like Sheila Birnbaum, Hurricane Katrina litigation in Mississippi offers a learning experience.
