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 Houston attorneys, Larry Wilson, to talk about his background in the legal field and what he is currently working on. What led you to a legal career? With regard […]
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Lawsuit: Roche Pharma misrepresented flu drug’s ability to contain influenza pandemic BALTIMORE – Drug company Hoffmann-La Roche (OTCMKTS – RHHBY) bilked U.S. federal and state governments out of $1.5 billion by misrepresenting clinical studies and falsely claiming that its well-known influenza medicine Tamiflu was effective at containing potential pandemics, according to a recently unsealed whistleblower lawsuit. The lawsuit claims
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Attorneys Mark Lanier and Monica Cooper recently appeared in numerous media outlets discussing the lawsuit filed by trial lawyers at The Lanier Law Firm. Hospitality companies including Best Western, Hyatt and Red Lion have ignored criminal activity occurring on their property and failed to protect victims of sex trafficking from exploitation. The federal lawsuit is part of a
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HOUSTON – Trial lawyer Mark Lanier, founder of The Lanier Law Firm, has been selected to the class of Lawdragon Legends for 2019. The annual listing by the legal industry publication honors attorneys who have been named to the Lawdragon 500 list of top lawyers for 10 years. The 30 lawyers on this year’s list include two Supreme Court justices; lawyers
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Big-name hotel chains accused of profiting from sex trade, ignoring criminal activity https://www.lanierlawfirm.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Monica-Cooper-on-hotels-legal-obligation-re-human-trafficking.mp4 DALLAS – Three national hotel chains are accused in a federal lawsuit of being complicit in rampant sex trafficking at hotels across the U.S., including a North Texas woman who was victimized at various Dallas-area hotels since age 4. According to the
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HOUSTON – The Lanier Law Firm has once again been named one of the best law firms in the nation in the prestigious annual Best Law Firms guide assembled by U.S. News and World Report and The Best Lawyers in America. The firm is ranked in the top tier of law firms nationally, and in the Houston
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Ms. Patrice Baumann McKinney with Lanier Law Firm has been elected to membership in the Fellows of the Texas Bar Foundation. Fellows of the Foundation are selected for their outstanding professional achievements and their demonstrated commitment to the improvement of the justice system throughout the state of Texas. Election is a mark of distinction and
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HOUSTON – Lanier Law Firm founder Mark Lanier has earned recognition for the fourth consecutive year as one of the “Top 100 Trial Lawyers in America” in the Benchmark Litigation guide to the nation’s finest litigators. Mr. Lanier was selected for his general commercial litigation practice as well as his success in the area of toxic tort litigation. The
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CLEVELAND – Mark Lanier, lead trial counsel for two Ohio counties in what would have been the first federal trial related to damages caused by the opioid addiction epidemic, says the settlement reached with five Big Pharma defendants should allow devastated communities to receive aid quickly. “The key consideration was to get financial relief as quickly
By Tiffany Hsu and Roni Caryn Rabin for The New York TimesOctober 18, 2019, 10:38 AM ET Johnson & Johnson is recalling a shipment of baby powder after the Food and Drug Administration discovered evidence of asbestos, the company said on Friday, after months spent denying the presence of the carcinogen in its talc-based products. In a test, the regulator found trace
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