ExxonMobil Goes on Offensive in Plastics Litigation
On January 6, 2025, ExxonMobil filed a lawsuit against California Attorney General Robert Bonta in Texas federal court in response
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ExxonMobil Goes on Offensive in Plastics Litigation
On January 6, 2025, ExxonMobil filed a lawsuit against California Attorney General Robert Bonta in Texas federal court in response
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Keep the Trial Bar Out of Food and Drug Safety
Make America Healthy Again, a battle cry for Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, is an important idea that is now being
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Junk Science Front and Center in Recent Judicial Hellholes Verdicts
The changes to Federal Rule of Evidence 702 last year were supposed to be a watershed moment for expert testimony
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Chicago Juries Continue to Reject Junk Science, Attention Turns to Delaware
This week, a Chicago jury delivered Zantac manufacturers their second straight victory, refusing to find them liable for causing a
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Plaintiffs’ Lawyers in Judicial Hellholes® Set Sights on New Vital Industry
ATRF has long chronicled the plaintiffs’ bars constant efforts to find their next payday. From hot coffee to baby powder,
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New Jersey Judge Perpetuates Usage of Junk Science in Talc Litigation
Following the implementation of the newly amended Rule 702, ATRF has applauded judges across the country for stepping up to
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Delaware On Verge of Becoming Litigation Hotbed, Supreme Court Has Opportunity to Step In to Avoid This in Zantac Litigation
In early June, Delaware Superior Court Judge Vivian L. Medinilla refused to exercise her essential role as gatekeeper and permitted
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Chicago Jury Rejects Junk Science in Zantac Trial
Earlier this month, a Cook County jury refused to hold Zantac drug manufacturers liable for causing a plaintiff’s colon cancer,
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Predatory ‘Lawsuit Loans’ Rotting New York’s Civil Courts
Third-party litigation funding fuels frivolous lawsuits and perpetuates NYC’s Judicial Hellhole® reputation. Curbing predatory lending is crucial to civil justice reform.
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Positive Developments around Junk Science in Mass Tort Litigation
ATRF is a staunch proponent of applying rigorous scientific standards for evidence to be introduced in court and long has
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Talc Litigation Takes Another Dramatic Turn
On Wednesday, April 10th, a hearing on a motion to disqualify a prominent plaintiffs’ firm and a lead attorney from
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Previously Debunked Lab at Center of New Litigation
This week plaintiffs filed litigation against Walgreens and Kenvue, among others, in Massachusetts, California and Nevada, alleging that their acne products contain unhealthy amounts
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Philadelphia Judge Restores Some Sanity to Monsanto Litigation
This week, Monsanto scored its first defense verdict in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas after a string of astounding
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CA Judge Likens Social Media to Big Tobacco
In a concerning development in the litigation against Meta Inc., U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers recently compared that litigation to the landmark case
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Yet Another Fifth Court Decision to be Reviewed by Texas Supreme Court
The Texas Supreme Court has an opportunity to once again rein in liability expansion by the Texas Court of Appeals
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Philly Living Up to Designation as Worst Judicial Hellhole
The Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas is now home to the largest single-plaintiff Roundup verdict in the nation after a
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California’s Innovative New Way to Sue
A California Appellate Court recently adopted a new theory of liability that even by California’s own standards is crazy. In
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KEY PLAYERS RESPONSIBLE FOR SOUTH CAROLINA’S JUDICIAL HELLHOLES® STATUS IN NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT
Earlier this month, Judge Jean Toal, a former South Carolina Supreme Court justice, was ordered to oversee the high-profile case
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Commonsense Prevails in New York, Governor Hochul Vetoes Liability-Expanding Bills
Following New York City’s designation as the #4 Judicial Hellhole in the recently released 2023-2024 report, New York Governor Kathy
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Growing Push to Expand Premises Liability in Judicial Hellholes across the Country
A concerning trend on the rise in Judicial Hellholes is the expansion of premises liability for landowners and businesses. This
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Group of State AGs Join Efforts to Undermine Legitimate Use of Bankruptcy Process
Last week, a group of attorneys general inserted themselves into litigation involving Bestwall LLC in the U.S. Court of Appeals
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