A Canadian court has certified a hip replacement class action lawsuit against Wright Medical Technology, Inc., manufacturer of the Wright Profemur device. The case adds to the many lawsuits the company faces in the United States charging that failures of the artificial hip required surgery... Read More

The opening witness in the first “bellwether” Actos cancer trial told the jury about drug manufacturer Takeda’s pretrial misconduct.  The case is the first of several scheduled in the ongoing Actos Multidistrict Litigation (MDL) in federal court in Louisiana. Terrence Allen and his wife’s lawsuit... Read More

In January 2014, a divided Louisiana Supreme Court reversed a decision awarding the state Attorney General $257 million in a Risperdal lawsuit against Janssen Pharmaceuticals and its parent corporation Johnson & Johnson, Inc. In a 4-3 decision, the Court ruled that the drug manufacturers had... Read More