News from August 2019
BAKER HOSTETLER: Timothy Swan Transitions to BakerHostetler
BakerHostetler has announced that Timothy (“Tim”) Swan has joined the firm as a partner in its Business Group.
Los Angeles attorney: 'Rarely do hit-and-run victims find justice'
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) – A California law firm recently achieved a $1 million settlement in a wrongful death lawsuit stemming from a 2017 hit-and-run collision.
Whistleblower wants his money, asks D.C. Circuit to order SEC to pay up from Teva settlement
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – An unnamed individual involved in a case that led to a pharmaceutical company paying hundreds of millions of dollars to settle bribery charges is asking the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia to order the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to promptly rule on his claim for whistleblower compensation.
Last-minute jabs filed after Oklahoma opioid trial; J&J says its products were less than 1% of market
NORMAN, Okla. (Legal Newsline) – The State of Oklahoma and officials of Johnson & Johnson filed last-minute court briefs this week appealing to District Judge Thad Balkman to decide in their favor in a lawsuit accusing the company of causing the state’s opioid epidemic through its drug subsidiary Janssen Pharmaceuticals.
With threat of losing Mississippi as potential client, plaintiffs lawyers rain cash on GOP candidate for AG
JACKSON, Miss. (Legal Newsline) – Plaintiffs lawyers have pegged a Republican candidate as their favorite to replace Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood, a Democrat noted for his close ties to the trial bar during his years in office, as they fight another Republican who has vowed to stop giving them lucrative contracts.