Fourth Circuit Upholds West Virginia Law Regulating Deceptive Medical Legal Advertisements
On April 27th, 2022, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a federal court decision, ruling West Virginia’s law regulating
Points of LightOn April 27th, 2022, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a federal court decision, ruling West Virginia’s law regulating
Points of LightOn February 25, 2022, Chief Judge Michael Kaplan, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the District of New Jersey, denied claimants’ motions to dismiss
Points of LightIn 2019, Judge Thad Balkman of the District Court of Cleveland County determined that Johnson & Johnson created a public
Points of LightOn May 7, 2021, the Texas Supreme Court held that a trial court abused its discretion in preventing the defendant
Points of LightOn April 28, 2021, the Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division, found that a trial court improperly admitted expert
Points of LightRecent statistics have shown the need for state legislatures to prioritize COVID-19 liability legislation this term. As of March 23,
Points of LightOn March 11, 2021, the Mississippi Supreme Court reversed a jury verdict of $10.5 million and remanded the case to the lower
Points of LightThe West Virginia legislature has taken strides this term to introduce multiple reform bills. If passed, these pieces of legislation will
Points of LightOn February 1, 2021, the Maryland Court of Special Appeals overturned a jury verdict of over $205 million against Johns
Points of LightOn August 28, 2020, Maryland joined the supermajority of states and the federal government in precluding “junk science” from corrupting
Points of LightFederal Judge William Shubb ruled yesterday that California cannot require Bayer AG to label its glyphosate-based weedkiller Roundup as “known to the
Points of LightOn Friday, June 19, Timothy Litzenburg and Daniel Kincheloe pleaded guilty to extortion charges in federal court in the Western
Points of LightThe Missouri legislature gave its stamp of approval to S.B. 591, sponsored by Sen. Bill White, amending the Missouri Merchandising
Points of LightATRA applauds the Sixth Circuit’s decision in In Re: CVS Pharmacy, Inc., in which it issued a writ of mandamus in an
Points of LightAt long last, New Jersey will no longer be considered an evidentiary outlier that permits plaintiff’s to bring meritless cases
Points of LightOn May 11, 2018, the West Virginia Supreme Court issued its long-awaited opinion in the case of McNair v. Johnson
Judicial Hellholes, Points of LightA Missouri appellate court yesterday reversed and vacated a $72 million verdict that was the first of four such controversial, multimillion-dollar verdicts rendered in the City of St. Louis Circuit Court in a series of scientifically groundless lawsuits claiming that the use of talcum powder causes ovarian cancer
Judicial Hellholes, Points of LightA unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit last Friday reversed a record-setting federal False Claims Act verdict of $663 million in a case so willfully mishandled by the trial judge that it sunk the Eastern District of Texas into the ignominious rankings of Judicial Hellholes two years ago
Points of LightResponding to a defense motion that cited an important 8-1 U.S. Supreme Court decision rendered earlier in the day, a St. Louis trial judge yesterday declared a mistrial in the sixth such trial there in which plaintiffs allege, contrary to widely accepted science, that the makers of talcum powder are responsible for their ovarian cancer
Judicial Hellholes, Points of LightWith today’s announced decision of a third significant jurisdictional case by the U.S. Supreme Court this term, the American Tort Reform Association applauded the “trifecta,” calling the decisions “welcomed relief for corporate defendants targeted by personal injury lawyers, with plenty of help from plaintiff-friendly courts in California, Missouri, Montana, Texas and elsewhere
Points of LightAs both state and federal courts in recent years have created confusion by ruling differently on questions of personal jurisdiction (whether a state’s courts should have jurisdiction over cases involving various out-of-state elements), high courts in Missouri and Oregon last week hewed closer to longstanding tradition and appropriately ruled that claims alleging out-of-state injuries against out-of-state defendants doing little business there should be brought elsewhere
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