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Robins Kaplan LLP

Financial Daily Dose 10.21.2019 | Top Story: Four Drug Companies Reach Last-minute Deal to Avoid Start of Federal Opioid Trial

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A last-minute deal between defendants McKesson, Cardinal Health, AmerisourceBergen, and Teva and plaintiffs’ attorneys means that multidistrict opioid epidemic litigation set to kick off in Ohio federal court today will not...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Ignition MDL Flips Switch on Longstanding Manifestation Requirement

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In a sweeping, and arguably results-oriented opinion, the district court overseeing the General Motors ignition switch multidistrict litigation recently ruled that in roughly half of the nation's jurisdictions, a plaintiff...more

Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley

United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation – March Hearing Preview

The next hearing session of the United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (“JPML”) is scheduled for March 29, 2018 in Atlanta, Georgia. ...more

Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley

GM Settles Pair of Ignition-Switch Cases, Faces Thousands More in Massive MDL

Plaintiffs in two separate federal bellwether cases against General Motors (GM) have won their claims against the automobile manufacturer and its faulty ignition switches. The settlements involve two women who were seriously...more

Cozen O'Connor

Bellwether Trials: What Manufacturers Can Learn from the GM Ignition Claim MDL

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As product liability multidistrict litigation becomes more prevalent, it is important for manufacturers to understand how the bellwether trial process works and how to use it to their advantage. The ongoing bellwether trials...more

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Lessons from GM Bellwether Selection: Fairness Over Farce

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By advancing their argument, plaintiffs exposed what parties have long known — that the ‘bellwether’ process has lost its meaning…. This process results either in resolutions dictated by aberrant cases or, more likely, a...more

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More Courts take a Narrow View of Subject Matter Waivers

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Thanks to common law developments and Federal Rule of Evidence 502, the frightening specter of subject matter waivers now usually only arises when litigants affirmatively rely on privileged communications to gain some...more

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