A woman who died from ovarian cancer that she claimed was caused by using Johnson & Johnson’s baby powder has been awarded $72 million by a Missouri jury. The woman’s attorneys produced evidence that included a 1997 J&J memo from the company’s medical consultant suggesting that “anybody who denies [the] risks” between “hygenic” talc use and […]
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Slater & Gordon, the brash Australian-based personal injury law firm and the first in the world to be publicly listed, has had its shares suspended. The firm is finalising its first half earnings, due on Monday, which are to include items relating to impairment charges for the firm’s UK business. Slater & Gordon bought UK
London, 23 February 2016 — Mayer Brown has appointed Kieron Dwyer as a new Finance partner in London. Kieron will focus on advising lenders and borrowers on project finance, energy and infrastructure transactions. Most recently, Kieron was a partner and head of international energy and natural resources at Wragge Lawrence Graham. He also established the
Lewitt Hackman – Can self-driving vehicles (SDVs) use the carpool lane? That may be a legal question for another day, as SDVs still have barricades to overcome before moving to the fast lane and becoming available commercially for consumers. But the Federal Government opened the door – by giving serious consideration to, and taking the
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Robot lawyers may seem a little scary . . but for a 19 year old student he has a robot lawyer that has already appealed $3 million in parking tickets. The saving in costs for such an appeal – estimated to be from $400 – $900 – is massive. And Joshua Browder, a Stanford University student,
Obermayer Redmann Maxwell & Hippell LLP – Although the Oscars are eleven days away, it seems that the online collective of paid critics, amateur bloggers, and self-professed film buffs has already announced the “rightful winners.” Whatever the Academy Awards Committee officially decides, the court of public opinion has long since pulled the Oscar bait off
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Seyfath Shaw – Make no mistake, the role of Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court profoundly impacts the balance of power among the branches of our government. Now, with the untimely passing of Justice Antonin Scalia on February 13, the void created in the balance within the Supreme Court itself cannot be overstated. President Obama’s
Robinson + Cole – As our nation and especially the legal community mourn the death of one of the most charismatic and influential Supreme Court justices in our history, one question that might be asked is how Justice Scalia’s death might impact pending class action cases. There are two pending class action cases of broad
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Cooley LLP – In recent years, collaboration between traditional colleges and universities and private third-party service providers to create academically rigorous online programs has been a driving force in online education. And the advances in technology that made quality online education possible have been accompanied by a broader trend of disaggregation in postsecondary education. Colleges
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When you have been convicted of a crime in Canada, he is left with a criminal record. Regardless of whether the person has actually committed the crime or not, a conviction means a criminal record, which can place some serious limitations on daily life. A pardon, drafted with the help of organizations such as
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