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Opioid crisis

Plaintiff Lawyer Dishes Out Fierce Criticism Of Multidistrict Litigation

MDLs were supposed to be a more efficient way of handling mass-tort lawsuits but unethical practices and the incentives of corporate defendants combine to deliver poor results to plaintiffs. As reported on Legal Newsline: PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 11 (Legal Newsline) – Read more…

By dan@waldenconsultants.com, 1 month ago
Our crazy tort system

Long-Running Whistleblower Case Yields Zero Damages For Plaintiffs, But Might Earn Millions For Their Lawyers

“For a case where the plaintiffs got zero, we feel the plaintiffs’ lawyers shouldn’t get anything more.”

By dan@waldenconsultants.com, 2 months2 months ago
Our crazy tort system

Roundup deal: Big money for lawyers, an out for Bayer and a chance to see if lawsuits had any merit

In a pattern seen previously in settlements over the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, NFL concussion suits and other large MDLs, the lawyers representing real, living clients negotiated an additional settlement on behalf of anyone else who might sue in the future.

By dan@waldenconsultants.com, 7 months7 months ago
Our crazy tort system

Legal Funding Dispute Caps A Tangled, Colorful History

As published on Legal Newsline: NEWARK, N.J., May 8, 2020 – A litigation finance company whose colorful history includes a federal criminal investigation and a multiyear battle over millions of dollars in legal fees stemming from a Siberian plane crash Read more…

By dan@waldenconsultants.com, 9 months ago
Opioid crisis

6th Circuit Ruling In Opioid MDL Gives Defendants Hope Of Reform

As published on Legal Newsline: CINCINNATI (April 20, 2020) – Facing a string of damaging rulings by the judge overseeing sprawling litigation against them, some of the nation’s leading retail pharmacy chains resorted to the equivalent of a Hail Mary Read more…

By dan@waldenconsultants.com, 9 months ago
Class actions

Yet Another Study Shows Who Really Wins In Class Actions: The Lawyers

At the median of cases studied – meaning half were higher, and half were lower – lawyers representing the class were paid more than the class itself. 

By dan@waldenconsultants.com, 9 months ago
Opioid crisis

Why Did An Ohio County Pay A Washington Lobbyist $500,000 In Opioid Suit?

An Ohio county that settled opioid lawsuits last year for $105 million paid more than $1 million in legal fees to two law firms that never appeared on any of the court filings, including one associated with a prominent Washington lobbyist whose firm represented multiple companies being sued by the county. 

By dan@waldenconsultants.com, 10 months ago
Opioid crisis

Opioid Lawyers Poised For Multibillion-Dollar Payoff For Years Of Political Contributions

As published on Legal Newsline: CLEVELAND, March 11, 2020  – Their request for some $3 billion in fees has generated fierce resistance from state attorneys general and defendants, but don’t worry about the financial states of private lawyers who represent Read more…

By dan@waldenconsultants.com, 10 months ago
Opioid crisis

Judge’s Order to Turn Over Opioid Prescriptions Sparks Privacy Battle

As published on Legal Newsline: CLEVELAND, Jan. 14 – A federal judge has ordered the nation’s leading pharmacy chains to turn over billions of nationwide prescription records going back more than 20 years – even as the American Civil Liberties Read more…

By dan@waldenconsultants.com, 1 year ago
Climate litigation

Judge Torpedos Flagship #ExxonKnew Climate Suit

As published on Legal Newsline: NEW YORK, Dec. 9 – The flagship lawsuit of the #ExxonKnew climate litigation campaign was sent to the bottom today after a New York judge rejected all claims brought by the office of Attorney General Read more…

By dan@waldenconsultants.com, 1 year1 year ago

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