The Latest in Mass Torts

After traces of carcinogenic industrial chemicals have been found in the common blood pressure medication valsartan, the antidepressant alprazolam (Xanax) and the antacid ranitidine (Zantac), regulators are turning their sights on metformin – an otherwise relatively... To read the entire article, click the title above.

Last year's Camp Fire, which literally wiped out the town of Paradise, California and killed 85 people, was ultimately caused by an aging power line that PG&E had failed to maintain properly. Furthermore, that egregious example of gross negligence is just one indication of “systemic problems”... To read the entire article, click the title above.

Prominent mediation attorney Kenneth Feinberg – best known as the architect of the 9/11 Victims Compensation Fund – recently told the German news magazine WirtschaftsWoche (“Economic Week”) that mediation between Bayer AG and U.S. glyphosate plaintiffs is progressing – but don't look for... To read the entire article, click the title above.

Citing over 1,100 incidents and 70 infant deaths over the past 14 years, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has issued a warning to parents: do not use inclined sleepers for your babies.The controversy over inclined sleepers came to public attention earlier this year when Fisher-Price, a... To read the entire article, click the title above.

On October 3rd Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Ethicon issued a Class 1 recall for over 8,200 Echelon Flex 60 Articulating Endoscopic Linear Cutters, more commonly known as surgical staplers. Class 1 is the most serious type of recall and indicates that lives are at stake. A... To read the entire article, click the title above.

HIV patients who are underweight and/or have high blood pressure do have a higher risk of reduced kidney function when treated with tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF) as compared to those who have been prescribed an AZT-based medication without protease inhibitors (medications that... To read the entire article, click the title above.

A new study appearing in the current edition of the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine may provide plaintiffs in talc litigation the most powerful evidence yet discovered linking asbestos-contaminated talcum powder to mesothelioma.The study involved 33 subjects, with six... To read the entire article, click the title above.

A number of glyphosate cancer cases that were scheduled to go to trial in the next several weeks have been postponed as Bayer AG attempts to reach a settlement with U.S. plaintiffs, Reuters reported this week. Assisting in the process is prominent mediation attorney Kenneth Feinberg, who is... To read the entire article, click the title above.

With this week's revelations of NDMA contamination in the popular antacid Zantac (ranitidine), health authorities and scientists are asking just how it happened.  Frighteningly, there is evidence to suggest that it may have been there all along.In response to the recent discovery, Zantac's... To read the entire article, click the title above.

In the latest blow to German-based conglomerate Bayer, the government of Germany itself has now announced that it will begin phasing out allowed uses of glyphosate, the active ingredient in the controversial herbicide Roundup.Under the plan, all glyphosate use will be banned by the end of 2023,... To read the entire article, click the title above.

No nation wants to fight a two-front war, although the U.S. and Germany both did it during the last century. Now, the e-cigarette industry finds itself in the same position. On one front is an ongoing and growing army of injury plaintiffs and their lawyers. On the other front are government... To read the entire article, click the title above.

The latest addition to a long list of risks and side effects associated with proton pump inhibitors is a predisposition to allergies, according to an Austrian research team. Their study, based on an examination of national health records spanning four years, has found that patients who take... To read the entire article, click the title above.