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Indiana Appellate Court Rejects Known Loss and Deemer Clause Defenses for the Second of Two Connected Class Actions Over Toxic...

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The Indiana Court of Appeals, applying Indiana law, affirmed a trial court decision finding coverage for attorneys’ fees related to defending the second of two Taiwanese class actions relating to the same underlying toxic...more

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Ultra-Processed Food Lawsuits: 10 Key Facts for Individuals and Families

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Individuals and families across the United States are pursuing lawsuits related to ultra-processed foods (UPFs). In these lawsuits, the plaintiffs allege that ultra-processed food manufacturers deserve to be held accountable...more

Stark & Stark

Guide to Ozempic/Wegovy Vision Loss Lawsuits and Settlements

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What types of eye injuries does Ozempic/Wegovy cause? Ozempic/Wegovy are two of the most common weight-loss medications known as GLP-1 drugs. Other  GLP-1 drugs include Mounjaro, Rybelsus, Saxenda, Victoza, Trulicity, and...more

Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley

Trampoline Park Injury Attorneys

Nationwide Representation for Catastrophic Injuries at Sky Zone, Defy, and Similar Parks - Trampoline parks may appear to be family-friendly fun zones—but they are increasingly the site of serious and even life-threatening...more

Kaufman & Canoles

K&C Sports & Entertainment Law Weekly Roundup - May 2025 #4

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The former CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. has pushed back against efforts to force him to hand over documents relating to his alleged sexual misconduct and hush money payments in a class action over the company’s...more

Hissey, Mulderig & Friend, PLLC

Meningioma After Depo Shot? You May Be Entitled to Compensation

Recent scientific research has revealed that women who used the Depo-Provera birth control shot may be five times more likely to develop a form of brain tumors known as meningioma....more

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K&C Sports & Entertainment Law Weekly Roundup - April 2025 #3

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The settlement of a $2.8 billion federal class-action antitrust lawsuit filed by athletes against the NCAA and the largest conferences (ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12 and SEC) was approved by the defendants and plaintiffs in...more

Morris James LLP

Meningiomas and Depo-Provera: Where to Get Help

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Depo-Provera, a commonly used injectable contraceptive, has been linked to an increased risk of meningiomas, which are a type of brain tumor. If you or someone you know has been diagnosed with a meningioma after using...more

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Big Pharma Fails to Warn Women About Risks of Birth Control Injection

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For decades, women have trusted Depo-Provera, a birth control injection manufactured by Pfizer, as a convenient and effective contraceptive option. However, recent research has uncovered alarming health risks associated with...more

Hissey, Mulderig & Friend, PLLC

U.S. Navy Veterans With Cancer from AFFF May Qualify to File a Lawsuit

Veterans of the U.S. Navy who were exposed to Aqueous Film Forming Foam (AFFF) and diagnosed with kidney cancer, pancreatic cancer, testicular cancer, or other types of cancers may be eligible to file a lawsuit and receive...more

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC

Defending Benzoyl Peroxide Acne Product/Benzene Litigation

This year, a laboratory issued a report wherein it claims to have tested over-the-counter and prescription acne products containing benzoyl peroxide and found what it deemed to be “unacceptably high” levels of benzene. In...more

Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley

Searcy Denney Is Pursuing Claims on Behalf of Families Affected by Dangerous WanaBana Applesauce Pouches

Our firm is actively pursuing claims against WanaBana USA and other companies on behalf of families affected by WanaBana USA’s dangerous applesauce pouches. On October 28, 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)...more

Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP

Courts surprisingly affirm insurance coverage to defend against economic loss

For parties facing class action lawsuits, where the class seeks to recover for economic losses, there may still be opportunities for insurance coverage. Thus, where economic losses arise out of the purchase of products that...more

Maron Marvel

Sixth Circuit Decision Reinforces that Standing & Traceability Key in PFAS Class Actions

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The recent decision by the Sixth Circuit in Hardwick and a review of the law from various jurisdictions supports the challenges that Plaintiffs face in proving standing for class certification in PFAS lawsuits. Late in 2023,...more

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Delaware Supreme Court Rules Manifestation of Physical Harm Required for Claim of Increased Risk of Illness

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Reaffirming Delaware’s position on medical monitoring claims apart from its neighboring states, the Delaware Supreme Court answered a question certified to it by the Third Circuit ruling that there must be a manifestation of...more

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Delaware Supreme Court to Decide Whether Increased Risk of Illness Constitutes a Claim in Delaware

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The Delaware Supreme Court heard arguments on June 14, 2023, on a question certified to it from the Third Circuit of the U.S. Court of Appeals, as to whether medical monitoring claims can be made in Delaware without proof of...more

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PFAS Plaintiff Asserts One of the Largest Class Actions in History

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You read that correctly: A PFAS plaintiff in a case pending in Ohio federal court recently asserted “one of the largest class actions in history,” according to the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, which is currently...more

Cozen O'Connor

Waste Water and Ambiguities: Oklahoma Supreme Court Affirms that Carrier Must Defend Oil and Gas Company in Property Damage Suit

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In Crown Energy Co. v. Mid-Continent Cas. Co., Case No. 116989, 2022 WL 2128667 (Okla. June 14, 2022), the Oklahoma Supreme Court concluded that seismic activity caused by water waste disposal wells in oil and gas operations...more

BakerHostetler

What Is a PFAS, and Why Should I Care? Part II - The Threat to the Restaurant and Food Packaging Industries, and Potential...

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In our initial blog post, we introduced readers to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), known as “forever chemicals,” and predicted the rise of PFAS consumer class actions and increased regulatory activity barring the...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

Insurance Update - June 2021

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Insurance coverage litigation often centers on the interpretation of specific terms and phrases in an insurance policy. In our June Insurance Update: The Illinois Supreme Court decides whether disclosure of biometric...more

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Arizona District Court Holds "Reasonable" Medical Expenses Are Amounts Accepted by Providers as Payment in Full Rather Than Billed...

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The Holding - In Jimenez v. Progressive Preferred Ins. Co., 2020 WL 2037113 (D. Ariz. Apr. 28, 2020), a putative breach of contract and insurance bad faith class action arising from a MedPay claim, the Arizona District...more

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Insurance Update-July 2020

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We bring you our July Insurance Update. Perhaps the biggest news this month comes out of Michigan. At a Zoom hearing on July 1, a Michigan Circuit Court judge became the first to hand down a decision on whether business...more

Bricker Graydon LLP

Member obligations for participation in the NCAA concussion injury class action settlement release

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In 2011, a former Eastern Illinois University football player named Adrian Arrington filed a putative class-action lawsuit against the NCAA for its handling of student-athlete concussions and concussion-related risks....more

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

Product Liability 2019 Year in Review

Massachusetts state and federal courts issued a number of important product liability decisions in 2019. The Product Liability practice group at Nutter recently reviewed these cases. Highlighted below are some of the key...more

Nilan Johnson Lewis PA

Recent IoT Class Actions Highlight Need for Manufacturers & Vendors of Connected Products to Be Aware of Liability Risks

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The Internet of Things (IoT) products have become a way of life. There are huge benefits of “smart” products, which interact through the internet to gather and exchange data to provide additional functions, security, and easy...more

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