• June 5, 2023 | National Law Journal

    Arguing Class Actions: Manifestation and Its Discontents

    Product defect class actions, latent defects, and Article III standing.

    8 minute read

  • May 3, 2023 | The American Lawyer

    Morgan Lewis Lands 10 Stroock Consumer Finance Lawyers on Both Coasts

    Five lawyers, including three partners, have already arrived at Morgan Lewis. The new arrivals will be based in New York, Washington, D.C., Miami, Los Angeles and Century City.

    3 minute read

  • April 20, 2023 | Law.com

    Talc Bankruptcy Judge Grants Partial Stay, Has 'More Questions Than Answers'

    U.S. Bankruptcy Chief Judge Michael Kaplan on Thursday limited his preliminary injunction order to 60 days and allowed discovery to move ahead in pending talc cases against Johnson & Johnson.

    6 minute read

  • April 11, 2023 | Law.com

    'Let's Try to Raise Our Game': Lawyers Unleash Slapshots at First Hearing in New Talc Bankruptcy

    Chief Judge Michael Kaplan, of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, cautioned lawyers on Tuesday at the first hearing in this month's Chapter 11 case to tone down the vitriol. "The world is watching," he said.

    5 minute read

  • March 22, 2023 | Law.com

    Johnson & Johnson Loses Talc Bankruptcy Rehearing, Plans Supreme Court Review

    On Wednesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit denied Johnson & Johnson's petition to rehear its Jan. 30 decision effectively dismissing its talc bankruptcy.

    4 minute read

  • March 3, 2023 | Law.com

    12 Attorneys of Color Appointed to Lead Hair-Relaxer Lawsuits

    "It's one of the most racially diverse slates we've ever seen," said Diandra "Fu" Debrosse Zimmermann, of DiCello Levitt, of the leadership team, which a federal judge approved on Thursday. She and Ben Crump of Ben Crump Law, who both founded Shades of Mass, are two of the co-lead counsel.

    3 minute read

  • March 3, 2023 | Daily Report Online

    Atlanta's Ward Among 12 Attorneys of Color Appointed to Lead Hair-Relaxer Lawsuits

    "It's one of the most racially diverse slates we've ever seen," said Diandra "Fu" Debrosse Zimmermann, of DiCello Levitt, of the leadership team, which a federal judge approved on Thursday. She and Ben Crump of Ben Crump Law, who both founded Shades of Mass, are two of the co-lead counsel.

    3 minute read

  • Torres v. Kohlberg, Kravis, Roberts & Co. LP

    Publication Date: 2023-02-27
    Practice Area: Class Actions
    Industry: Consumer Products
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, U.S. - SDNY
    Judge: District Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 1:20-cv-5025

    Plaintiff Alleging Deceptive Diet Food Marketing Fails to Show Defendants Caused Injury

  • In re: LTL Mgmt., LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-02-13
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy
    Industry: Consumer Products
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Justice Ambro
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Melanie L. Cyganowski, Adam C. Silverstein (Otterbourg); Angelo J. Genova (Genova Burns); Jeffrey A. Lamken (MoloLamken); Jonathan S. Massey (Massey & Gail); David J. Molton, Michael S. Winograd (Brown Rudnick); Mathew I.W. Maker (Genova Burns); Sunni P. Beville, Shari I. Dwoskin, Jeffrey L. Jonas (Brown Rudnick); Donald W. Clarke (Wasserman, Jurista & Stolz); Daniel Stolz (Genova Burns LLC); Jennifer S. Feeney (Otterbourg); Leonard M. Parkins, Charles M. Rubio (Parkins & Rubio); Robter J. Stark (Brown Rudnick); Ellen Relkin (Weitz & Luxemberg); Deepak Gupta, Jonathan E. Taylor, Matthew W.H. Wessler (Gupta Wessler); Jerome Block, Amber Long, Moshe Maimon (Levy Konigsberg); John M. August (Saiber); Suzanne Ratcliffe, Clay Thompson (Maune Raichle Hartley French & Mudd); David A. Chandler (Karst & von Oiste); Jeffrey M. Dine, Karen B. Dine (Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones); Mathew Drecum, David c. Frederick, Ariela Migdal, Gregory G. Rapawy (Kellog Hansen Todd Figel & Frederick); Laura D. Jones, Peter J. Keane, Colin R. Robinson (Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones); Isaac M. Pachulski (Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones); Samuel M. Kidder, Nir Maoz, Robert J. Pfister, Michael L. Tuchin (Klee, Tuchin, Bogdanoff & Stern); Paul J. Winterhalter (Offit Kurman); Allen J. Underwood, II (Lite, DePalma, Greenberg & Afanador); Mark Tsuker (Cole Schotz); Felice C. Yudkin (Cole Schotz); Arthur J. Abramowitz, Alan I. Moldoff, Ross J. Switkes (Sherman, Silverstein, Kohl, Rose & Podolsky); Kevin W. Barrett, Maigreade B. Burrus (Bailey & Glasser); Thomas B. Bennett, Brian A. Glasser (Bailey & Glasser); Michael Klein, Evan M. Lazerowitz, Lauren A. Reichartdt, Erica J. Richards, Cullen D. Speckhart (Cooley); James C. Lanik, Jennifer B. Lyday, Thomas W. Waldrep (Waldrep, Wall, Babcock & Bailey); Kevin L. Sink (Waldrep, Wall, Babcock & Bailey)
    for defendant: Brad J. Axelrod (Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom); Caitlin K. Cahow, Brad B. Erens (Jones Day); Paul R. DeFillipo (Wollmuth Maher & Deutsch); Kristen R. Fournier (King and Spalding); Kathleen A. Frazier (Shook Hardy & Bacon); Gregory M. Gordon, Daniel B. Prieto, Mark W. Rasmussen, Amanda Rush (Jones Day); Robert W. Hamilton (Jones Day); James M. Jones (Jones Day); Neal K. Katyal, Sean M. Marotta (Hogan Lovells US); Glen M. Kurtz, Jessica C. Lauria (White & Case); James N. Lawler, Joseph F. Pacelli (Wollmuth Maher & Deutsch); C. Kevin Marshall (Jones Day); John R. Miller, Jr. (Miller, Kistler, Campbell, Miller, Williams & Benson); Matthew L. Tomsic (Rayburn, Cooper, Durham); Lyndon M. Treeter (Wollmuth Maher & Deutsch)

    Case Number: 22-2003, 22-2004, 22-2005, 22-2006, 22-2007, 22-2008, 22-2009, 22-2010, 20-2011

    Subsidiary Spun Off to Assume Litigation Liability Had Bankruptcy Dismissed Since Right to Reimbursement of Liability Costs Weighed Against Finding Financial Distress

  • February 1, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer

    'Some Women Have Died': Philadelphia Talc Plaintiffs Lawyers Prep to Move Cases After J&J Unit's Bankruptcy Dismissal

    "We are eager to be able to get our cases back on the trial list in Philadelphia," said Nancy Winkler, a partner with Eisenberg, Rothweiler, Winkler, Eisenberg & Jeck who serves as local counsel in a number of talc cases in Philadelphia.

    4 minute read