Opinion: Litigants can use artificial intelligence tools to support multidistrict litigation that helps shape decisions ...
U.S. District Judge Michael Shipp, in New Jersey, struck down a proposal from plaintiffs' lawyers in lawsuits over Johnson & Johnson's talcum powder to consolidate two cases for the first federal ...
The Nov. 19 trial will focus on individual injuries, but the first bellwether in the multidistrict litigation in Oakland, California, will be a school district. Lawyers for Meta Platforms, which owns ...
An attorney for Energy Transfer claimed it was "a day of reckoning," while Greenpeace attorneys said there was no evidence to prove the pipeline owner's claims. Energy Transfer, the company that ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A string of courtroom victories by drugmakers in key product-liability trials could be a signal that these and other companies can beat back claims in upcoming cases against them.
In Reddock v Attorney General of Canada, 2024 ONSC 3238, the Ontario Superior Court released a post-common issues trial decision regarding the additional damages, if any, five plaintiffs were entitled ...
Bellwether cases are sample trials ordered by judges in situations where hundreds or thousands of plaintiffs have similar claims consolidated before a single state or federal court. Typically, a judge ...
The first set of lawsuits blaming Southern California Edison for the Eaton fire will go to trial in early 2027, setting the stage for a legal showdown over financial liability that could wipe out ...
The first federal bellwether trial in a lawsuit alleging Bayer AG's glyphosate-based weedkiller causes cancer has renewed a debate over the presentation of scientific evidence in the courtroom. U.S.