Each month, we like to feature one of our attorneys to help you get to know our team better. We sat down with one of our New York attorneys, David Kuttles, to talk about his background in the legal field and what he is currently working on. What led you to a legal career? Starting […]
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In a 90-minute video hearing before the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation, the firm’s Mark Lanier advocated for a national consolidation of the growing number of COVID-19-related business interruption claims against insurers. Mr. Lanier told the seven-member panel that centralizing those cases in federal court would create a consistency among any differing interpretations of policy
The Missouri Court of Appeals has denied an effort by Johnson & Johnson’s legal counsel to seek a rehearing of the court’s recent opinion that upheld $2.11 billion in punitive and compensatory damages against the company and its affiliate. The court also denied J&J’s efforts to transfer the ruling to the Missouri Supreme Court. “Their
The Houston Rockets and their home arena the Toyota Center are suing their insurance company, Affiliated FM Insurance Co., alleging it denied them coverage for losses stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic. The lawsuit filed on behalf of Rocket Ball Ltd., which owns the Rockets, and Clutch City Sports & Entertainment LP, which owns the
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New legal filing reveals extent of deception by Tamiflu maker Hoffmann-La Roche BALTIMORE – Drug company Hoffmann-La Roche (OTCMKTS – RHHBY) falsified scientific conclusions and mounted a high-powered marketing and lobbying campaign to deceive the government about the effectiveness of Tamiflu (oseltamivir) for fighting a flu pandemic, according to new filings in a federal False Claims Act lawsuit. The
2018 jury award reduced due to jurisdictional issues ST. LOUIS — A Missouri appellate court has unanimously upheld a St. Louis jury’s determination that Johnson & Johnson engaged in “reprehensible conduct” by manufacturing and selling asbestos-containing talcum powder products over the course of many decades. The Missouri Court of Appeals upheld $2.11 billion of a
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Texas Supreme Court scratches legal immunity claims of state lottery contractor AUSTIN – On Friday, the Texas Supreme Court published a milestone opinion denying sovereign immunity protection claims of GTECH, a contractor that produced and printed scratch-off tickets for the Texas Lottery Commission. In the court’s majority opinion, Justice Brett Busby noted that the court previously had “few opportunities to address whether a Texas government agency’s immunity from
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Each month, we like to feature one of our attorneys to help you get to know our team better. We sat down with one of our Los Angeles attorneys, Case Dam, to talk about his background in the legal field and what he is currently working on. What led you to a legal career? During
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Companies faced with a growing number of liability claims against directors and officers in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the rising costs of D&O insurance coverage, may be considering creative ways to address the trend. But in a recent Bloomberg News article, the Lanier Law Firm’s Skip McBride cautioned against such tactics as Elon Musk’s decision to
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In early June, after an appellate process that lasted six years, the New Jersey Supreme Court published an opinion stating that manufacturers may be found strictly liable for failure to warn of the dangers of their products, including their asbestos-containing components and a third party’s replacement components. “Our developing common law jurisprudence, guided by principles
