Talc Litigation Takes Another Dramatic Turn
On Wednesday, April 10th, a hearing on a motion to disqualify a prominent plaintiffs’ firm and a lead attorney from
Judicial HellholesOn Wednesday, April 10th, a hearing on a motion to disqualify a prominent plaintiffs’ firm and a lead attorney from
Judicial HellholesThis week plaintiffs filed litigation against Walgreens and Kenvue, among others, in Massachusetts, California and Nevada, alleging that their acne products contain unhealthy amounts
Judicial HellholesThis week, Monsanto scored its first defense verdict in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas after a string of astounding
Points of LightIn a concerning development in the litigation against Meta Inc., U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers recently compared that litigation to the landmark case
Judicial HellholesThe Texas Supreme Court has an opportunity to once again rein in liability expansion by the Texas Court of Appeals
Judicial HellholesThe Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas is now home to the largest single-plaintiff Roundup verdict in the nation after a
Judicial HellholesA California Appellate Court recently adopted a new theory of liability that even by California’s own standards is crazy. In
Judicial HellholesEarlier this month, Judge Jean Toal, a former South Carolina Supreme Court justice, was ordered to oversee the high-profile case
Judicial HellholesFollowing New York City’s designation as the #4 Judicial Hellhole in the recently released 2023-2024 report, New York Governor Kathy
Points of LightA concerning trend on the rise in Judicial Hellholes is the expansion of premises liability for landowners and businesses. This
Judicial HellholesLast week, a group of attorneys general inserted themselves into litigation involving Bestwall LLC in the U.S. Court of Appeals
Judicial HellholesThe International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), a branch of the World Health Organization, will issue its report on
Judicial HellholesWe enter, once again, to the wild world of Illinois politics, where the absurd and detrimental seem to go hand
Judicial Hellholes2023 legislative session resulted in landmark legal reforms, ATRF says
UncategorizedFollowing the announcement earlier this month that Johnson & Johnson will resolve approximately 60,000 talc claims through the bankruptcy process,
Judicial HellholesRep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) recently wrote a letter pushing the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to investigate pharmaceutical manufacturer GSK plc
Judicial Hellholes, UncategorizedFor the past several years, our reports have highlighted the many issues surrounding lawsuit funding and third-party litigation financing. But
Judicial HellholesPlaintiffs’ attorneys like to give impassioned courthouse-steps speeches about the importance of fair trials and the sanctity of the judicial
Judicial HellholesA Georgia jury returned a $1.7 billion punitive damage verdict against Ford, finding that the company wantonly sold millions of
Judicial HellholesIn an effort to stop the continued divergence in approaches to Daubert rulings among U.S. circuit courts, ATRA filed an
Judicial HellholesOn April 27th, 2022, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a federal court decision, ruling West Virginia’s law regulating
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