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Transparency rules for funders in tort mass cases, and how funding affects the "business model" of plaintiff mass tort litigaiton
By Max Mitchell | December 14, 2017
Sports-related concussion litigation has been expanding across the country, with everything from the NFL and colleges to high schools and youth sports programs becoming defendants. But, even as the number of cases continues to climb, some see hurdles if attorneys want to push concussion litigation beyond basic negligence claims.
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By Max Mitchell | December 11, 2017
The focus of the plaintiffs' theories in the Xarelto trials shifted along with the venue changes, but the plaintiffs are expecting more changes with the upcoming trials in state court.
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By Michael Booth | December 8, 2017
The New Jersey Supreme Court has agreed to hear appeals in the mass tort alleging that Hoffmann-La Roche's anti-acne drug Accutane led to users developing Crohn's disease.
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By David Gialanella | Amanda Bronstad | December 7, 2017
A tort reform group whose signature move is labeling purportedly pro-plaintiff judicial vicinages "hellholes" each year has given New Jersey a good roasting, though some heavenly praise was sprinkled in.
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By Max Mitchell | December 6, 2017
A central defendant in Philadelphia's pelvic mesh mass tort has lost its bid to have more than 100 cases filed by out-of-state plaintiffs tossed from the jurisdiction.
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By Amanda Bronstad | December 5, 2017
In a statement accompanying the annual report's release, ATRA's president called California a "perennial hellhole ... where lawmakers, prosecutors and plaintiff-friendly judges inexorably expand civil liability.”
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By Zack Needles | Amanda Bronstad | December 5, 2017
The American Tort Reform Association has once again christened Philadelphia's Court of Common Pleas a "Judicial Hellhole" after a six-year reprieve. And, following two key developments in Philadelphia's mass torts program Tuesday, it's probably safe to say ATRA has no regrets about its decision.
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By Max Mitchell | December 5, 2017
A Philadelphia jury has awarded nearly $28 million to the plaintiffs, attorneys said, in the first bellwether trial to take place in state court over the blood thinner Xarelto. The verdict comes after three straight losses for plaintiffs in federal court.
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By Max Mitchell | December 1, 2017
The first Xarelto bellwether trial in Philadelphia took a turn into political themes during closing arguments Friday, with attorneys making references to so-called "fake news," rising xenophobia, and even quoting Michelle Obama.
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By Max Mitchell | November 27, 2017
A lead attorney in the NFL concussion settlement has been very critical of numerous third-party litigation funding companies that have loaned money to retired players involved in the class action, but it is his alleged failure to publicly disclose his history with another litigation funding company that has raised some eyebrows recently.
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