Inside J&J’s Secret Plan to Cap Litigation Payouts to Cancer Victims February 8, 2022 By Mike Spector and Dan Levine NEW YORK — Johnson & Johnson created a plan last year to limit the financial bleeding from billions of dollars...
J&J Tries to Use Supplier’s Bankruptcy to Gather Talc Suits April 22, 2019 Johnson & Johnson wants a federal judge to take over more than 2,000 baby-powder lawsuits it faces instead of allowing...
New Arizona Law Limits Recoveries in Asbestos Injury Claims April 13, 2015 By RYAN VAN VELZER Attorneys representing victims of asbestos exposure say a bill Gov. Doug Ducey signed into law will limit victims’ ability to...
Manufacturers Get a Lifeline With Asbestos Ruling February 12, 2014 By Tom Hals A judge who found what he called a “startling pattern” of abuse by plaintiffs’ lawyers may have shifted the landscape...
West Virginia’s Attempted Reforms Fail to Curb Abusive Lawsuits: Report January 16, 2014 A new report released today by the U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform (ILR) finds that court rules designed to...
Lawsuit Trends Research Unveiled at U.S. Chamber’s Legal Reform Summit October 24, 2013 The U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform (ILR) today identified asbestos, class-action, data privacy, and False Claims Act lawsuits among...