The Ninth Circuit has weighed in on an interesting CAFA issue, holding that personal injury claims relating to prescription pain relief drugs belong i
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Ninth Circuit En Banc Decision on Daubert Errors
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Readers may recall we posted about a Ninth Circuit case involving a worker at a paper mill who claimed asbestos exposure from various products used th…
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Florida Adopts Daubert Test
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Last month, Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) signed into law legislation (H.B. 7015) concerning the qualifications of expert witnesses and replacing the th…
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Daubert Decision to Watch in Ninth Circuit
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Here’s one to watch. The Ninth Circuit last week said it will rehear the case of a paper mill employee whose $9.4 million mesothelioma verdict was vac…
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Court of Appeals Applies CAFA Mass Action Provision
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The Seventh Circuit has resolved a conflict between district court decisions about whether a motion to consolidate and transfer related state court ca…
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Defense Verdict Upheld on Post-trial Motion in Levaquin MDL
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About 1700 federal cases sit in the MDL for the product Levaquin makers. Levaquin is an antibiotic used to treat a variety of bacterial infections, in…
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State Supreme Court to Review “Trial by Formula” Short Cuts In Class Action
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The Pennsylvania Supreme Court agreed earlier this month to review an important class action issue: the use of “trial by formula” as a vehic…
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Gulf Oil Spill MDL Court Issues Trial CMO
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The court managing the Gulf oil spill MDL recently entered an important case management order defining the structure and scope of the upcoming trial o…
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Yaz Court in NJ Issues Bellwether Trial CMO
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The court overseeing the coordinated litigation in New Jersey state court over the birth control pills Yaz, Yasmin, and Ocella recently issued a case …
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Interesting Case Management Issue in Welding MDL
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We have posted about the welding fumes MDL before. Call it case management by option– as the court has worked through the bellwether trials, it is in…
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