It was a routine little piece of litigation, the kind of lawsuit plaintiff attorneys file practically every time one public company buys another in this country. Most end with the lawyers getting a ...

In Part I of his two-part series, Bob Genis reviews how the plaintiff s in negligence and malpractice cases can strategically require the defendant to appear at trial during the plaintiff’s direct ...

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Even if they involve similar facts or injuries, no two medical malpractice cases are alike. Juries are laypeople who must consider testimony from medical experts and other witnesses and determine ...

In deciding whether a complaint served after expiration of the applicable statute of limitations period was time-barred, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania applied the reasoning from Gussom v. Teagle, ...

Are plaintiffs who are suing Johnson & Johnson for its talc products ready to approve an $8.9 billion settlement to resolve their claims through a second bankruptcy procedure? Conflicting reports last ...

An anesthesia provider group claims $200,000 in damages, saying a gastro practice hired its employees without paying a “break ...

The first Valsartan-related (blood pressure medication) bellwether trial in the In Re Valsartan, Losartan and Irbesartan Products Liability Litigation, was set to begin last fall. However, New Jersey ...

Defendant as Plaintiff’s Expert Witness: Part 2 In Part 2 of his two-part series, Robert Genis explores how plaintiffs can examine defendants as expert witnesses, including the breadth of permissible ...