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Key Architect Behind $60 Billion Opioid Settlements Honored with AAJ Public Service Award

Levin Papantonio Attorney Peter Mougey, a member of the PEC and Key Negotiator for the Prescription Opiates Addiction MDL, says communication and collaboration were essential to obtaining $60 billion in settlements for areas devastated by the opioid crisis.

27 August 2024

Plaintiffs' Attorneys: "Erik Haas Is Lying to Save His Job and to Delay Paying Victims"

Attorneys Papantonio and Birchfield say today's statement from the J&J VP of Litigation underscores the company's "ghoul defense" strategy of waiting for ovarian cancer victims to die.

23 August 2024

Victims of State-Sponsored Terrorism File Intervenor Complaint Against DOJ for Unlawful Withholding of Funds

Counterterrorism Attorney Chris Paulos says the Department of Justice's actions have exacerbated victims' trauma.

5 August 2024

$495 Million Verdict Against Abbott Laboratories Set to Shape NEC Baby Formula Litigation Nationwide

The first bellwether trial of the growing NEC Baby Formula MDL is scheduled for May 2025.

29 July 2024

"We Have Been Validated": Leading Law Firm in Talc Cancer Lawsuits Comments on IARC's Alarming Talc Findings

Attorneys condemn J&J's evasion tactics, citing decades of negligence in acknowledging cancer risks associated with talc products.

9 July 2024

Pensacola Law Firm Obtains Final Judgment of $984M+ Against Islamic Republic of Iran for Killing Americans in Iraq

The judgment is in favor of 111 U.S. service members and Gold Star family clients with claims arising from 12 terrorist attacks in Iraq.

4 July 2024

Supreme Court Decision in Purdue Opioids Case Heralds Grim Future for J&J Bankruptcy Protection

The nation's top court says the U.S. Bankruptcy Code is not an appropriate avenue to handle all collective action problems that come its way.

27 June 2024

$20 Million Allocation for Dozier Survivors Marks Historic Call to Action for Legal Community

Attorneys who pushed legislators to compensate abuse victims at Florida youth "reform schools" of the past urge lawyers to stop history from repeating itself in residential treatment facilities of the present.

22 June 2024

Road to Justice for Dozier Survivors Leads to Gov. DeSantis

It took a community of caring for the Florida Senate to unanimously approve a $20 million allocation for victims of abuse at state-run Dozier and Okeechobee Schools.

21 June 2024

More than 60 Law Firms Oppose J&J Prepack Bankruptcy Scheme

Attorney: “The stakes are even higher for the very fabric of our civil justice system”

20 June 2024