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Johnson and Johnson bankruptcy strategy rejected in talcum powder lawsuit

JURIST

The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit Monday ruled against Johnson and Johnson’s (J&J) attempt to resolve its multi-billion dollar litigation over claims that its talcum-based powders were carcinogenic. The company then bestows its assets on one and its tort liability on the other.

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Guest Post: Third-Party Litigation Funding: Disclosure to Courts, Congress, and the Executive

Patently O

Stroud is General Counsel at Unified Patents – an organization often adverse to litigation-funded entities. [1] litigation finance boom of the past 20 years—as has been widely reported, private equity now undergirds huge swaths of U.S. Guest post by Jonathan Stroud. Patent assertion finance today is a multibillion-dollar business. [2]

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Seven County Infrastructure Coalition: The Supreme Court’s “Substantial Deference” Standard and Implications for Judicial Review under NEPA

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

The majority opinion emphasizes the central role of deference in NEPA litigation, and undoubtedly seeks to change the mood of adjudication of NEPA claims. Now, the Seven County majority opinion is laden with sweeping generalizations and unsupported assertions about the negative effects of NEPA litigation. [2]

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The Pros and Cons of Going Solo vs. Large Firm

Paralegal Bootcamp

In litigation, for example, in a large firm, as a litigation paralegal , you may perform only discovery tasks whereas, in a small firm, you may be handling case intakes, case management, writing demands, filing lawsuits, performing discovery, legal research, motion practice, and trial practice.

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How to Prove Negligence After a Texas Car Crash

LegalReader

Texas is known as a “tort state.” This means that in order to receive a settlement, you must prove that someone else was to blame.

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Federal Courts Shrug at Potentially Lethal Wrong-Door Raids

The Volokh Conspiracy

But the Court ultimately did not decide whether that failure justified compensation, instead ruling that the 11th Circuit, in dismissing Martin's lawsuit, had misapplied the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA). The Institute for Justice, which represents Martin, wanted the Court to go further. Last year, the U.S.

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The Texas Two-Step and Big Pharma

Fordham Law News

They all used bankruptcy to try to get out of mass tort claims. [1] They all used bankruptcy to try to get out of mass tort claims. [1] Like Purdue Pharma, Johnson & Johnson attempted to do something similar, but used the Texas two-step to avoid huge liabilities. 4] This strategy is known as the Texas two-step. [5]

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