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If opioid judge wants to remake the industry, pact with pharmacy benefits managers is modest first success

CLEVELAND (Legal Newsline) - From the beginning, U.S. District Judge Dan Aaron Polster has set ambitious goals for the nearly 2,000 opioid lawsuits concentrated in his Cleveland courtroom.

By Daniel Fisher | Jul 18, 2019

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Lawyers could sue hospitals, farmers and sewage plants if Congress passes PFAS measure

A broad array of organizations from sewage-treatment plants to hospital districts would be threatened with Superfund liability if Congress passes legislation requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to declare an entire family of chemicals known as PFAS as hazardous pollutants.

By Daniel Fisher | Jul 17, 2019

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Employment attorney: Amazon cannot retaliate against warehouse employees participating in Prime Day strike

By John Suayan | Jul 16, 2019

SEATTLE (Legal Newsline) – Workers employed by Amazon who strike during one of its busiest periods are protected from adverse action, a Washington employment attorney said.

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Closing arguments heard in the big opioid trial against Johnson & Johnson in Oklahoma

By John Sammon | Jul 16, 2019

NORMAN, Okla. (Legal Newsline) - Closing arguments were heard Monday in a historic trial to determine if Johnson & Johnson created an opioid epidemic in Oklahoma as state attorneys contend, or if as defense attorneys said, the state is trying to make Johnson the fall-guy for a societal drug problem it did not create.

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California court grants Johnson & Johnson subsidiary new trial after $400 million talc verdict

By John Breslin | Jul 15, 2019

LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) – A subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson will face a new trial over claims that its talcum powder caused ovarian cancer, a California appeals court has ruled. The appeals court also affirmed a ruling voiding a verdict awarding more than $400 million against the parent company.

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Santa Monica lawyer fighting for more than $400K from whistleblower's settlement with Bank of America

By Karen Kidd | Jul 10, 2019

LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) – A Santa Monica law firm that represented a whistleblowing client until late in his lawsuit against Bank of America that settled last year is asking a federal judge to toss part of an arbitrator's award for its fees and costs.

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Bayer hires outside counsel as pressure grows following jury verdicts and continuing share loss

By John Breslin | Jul 2, 2019

FRANKFORT, Germany (Legal Newsline) – Chemical and agri-business conglomerate Bayer has hired outside counsel and set up a committee in response to lawsuits and its falling share price in the face of thousands of claims that a key ingredient of its Roundup weed killer causes cancer.

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Deference doctrine remains in place, but actions on government overreach still likely, D.C. attorney says

By John Breslin | Jul 2, 2019

WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – A U.S. Supreme Court decision cements a long-standing doctrine that federal agencies do have wide powers to oversee regulations, but other legal actions on claimed overreach are possible, according to one attorney with expertise in litigation challenging agency actions.