There are approximately 29,000 talc claims currently pending in Federal Court alleging a link between J&J’s talc and ovarian cancer or asbestos cancer mesothelioma. While continuing to deny liability for devastating injuries to thousands of women, J&J is pursuing a strategy known in legal circles as the “Texas Two Step” authorized under Texas law.

A Florida federal jury awarded U.S. Army veteran Brandon Atkins $8.2 million in the fourth bellwether trial in the massive 3m defective military earplugs litigation.

New legislation has been proposed after a recent report by the U.S. House of Representative's Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy revealed dangerous levels of arsenic, lead, mercury and cadmium in various commercial baby food products.

Valsartan, a common drug used to treat high blood pressure and heart failure, has been recalled over NDMA contamination. NDMA is a probable human carcinogen that was once used as an ingredient in rocket fuel and is currently actually used to create cancer in rats for cancer research.

Last week, after months of legal maneuvering, a New York bankruptcy judge approved Purdue Pharma's Chapter 11 bankruptcy plan, including contentious opioid liability releases for the Sackler family, the owners of Purdue. Numerous state attorneys and other parties generally oppose the deal, arguing that the court does not have the authority to release the Sacklers from liability without state consent.

Multiple JUUL lawsuits from around the country were consolidated in the JUUL multidistrict litigation (MDL) in 2019 and assigned to Judge William Orrick in the Northern District of California. The MDL consists of individual personal injury cases, school district public nuisance cases, county and municipality cases, and class action cases.