To prevent defendants from being wrongly named in NEC lawsuits, the MDL judge has introduced a new rule specifically regarding Mead Johnson & Company. The rule requires that the company [...]
The NEC class action lawsuits in both state and federal courts are progressing, but at a slow pace. However, progress is being made. Plaintiffs believe the stronger cases are solid, [...]
Following a significant surge of over 1,000 new cases in October, the hair relaxer multidistrict litigation (MDL) saw a notable slowdown in November, with only 161 new filings—an 85% decrease. [...]
The next status conference for the hair relaxer MDL is scheduled for December 12, 2024, at 9:30 a.m. The magistrate judge emphasized public accessibility, allowing both the public and media [...]
In August, the chemical hair relaxer class action MDL saw the addition of 200 new cases. However, September brought a decline, with 98 cases being removed from the MDL, reducing [...]
A new lawsuit has been filed in the MDL by an Indianapolis woman against several hair relaxer manufacturers, including L’Oréal, SoftSheen-Carson, and Strength of Nature. The plaintiff alleges that using [...]
In May, 42 new cases were added to the Exactech class action MDL, marking a notable decrease in the volume of new claims. This is the second consecutive month in [...]
A man from Tulsa, Oklahoma, recently became one of the latest plaintiffs to file in the Exactech implant recall MDL. This plaintiff received an Exactech Optetrak Logic knee replacement implant [...]
From June to August 2024, only about 50 new Exactech implant defect lawsuits were added to the MDL, bringing the total number of pending cases in the MDL to 1,670. [...]
In the past 30 days, 100 new cases have been added to the Exactech implant recall MDL, increasing the total number of pending cases to 1,770. Additionally, several hundred more [...]
