In an ongoing endeavour to strengthen its California-based operations, Womble Bond Dickinson has welcomed a proficient, six-personnel product liability team to its ranks. This is the legal behemoth’s third group incursion in the state since July. The report reveals that the new team comprises partners Claire Weglarz, Macy Chan, and Thomas Remillard, who will be…
San Francisco based law firm, Schneider Wallace, was discontented with the existing case management software on the market, largely attributed to their antiquated operation, inflexibility and better suitability to transactional practices instead of litigation ones. As such, the firm took matters into their own hands, leading to the development of Clarra, a cloud-based case management…
In a crucial development in mass torts and product liability, the ninth circuit has just ruled on the use of videoconferencing in court proceedings, specifically on the issue of subpoena power. As reported on JD Supra, in the case of In re Kirkland, the ninth circuit ruled that the geographic scope restrictions defined in Federal…
Federal Judge M. Casey Rodgers has requested to understand the extent to which outside investors backing lawsuits will benefit from a $6 billion settlement established for military veterans who were injured by faulty earplugs manufactured by 3M Co. The disclosure came on the heels of 3M Co.’s announcement of a settlement to resolve the countless…
In a substantial resolution, multinational conglomerate 3M has confirmed it will pay over $6 billion to settle hundreds of thousands of lawsuits related to its dual-ended combat earplugs. The settlement, which was announced on Tuesday, is tied to 240,000 suits in multidistrict litigation in the Southern District of Florida as well as countless additional cases…
In the complex world of law, associates can often find themselves responsible for managing a varying number of legal files. In the large law firms – the so-called ‘Biglaw’ – associates usually find themselves working on a handful of large matters, with these significant legal disputes or transactions providing enough work to keep many lawyers…