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C8 Suit's Settlement could set Precedent

| March 7, 2005
The settlement of the class action lawsuit against DuPont for making the chemical C8 may be a sign of things to come as two other communities across the country have proceeded with lawsuits of their own.

Federal investigators questioning Gen Re about dealings with failed insurer ROA, Racketeering suits

Business Insurance Magazine | March 7, 2005
OMAHA, Neb.-Berkshire Hathaway Inc. said federal investigators have made several requests for information from Berkshire subsidiary General Reinsurance Corp. related to an investigation of Glen Allen, Va.- based Reciprocal of America, a malpractice insurer that was seized by Virginia regulators in 2003 and subsequently put into liquidation.

A Vioxx Comeback Could Tilt Balance in Merck Litigation

The Wall Street Journal | February 22, 2005
The possibility that Vioxx may once again be offered to patients raises a provocative question: Did Merck & Co. err by pulling its $2.5 billion painkiller off the market?

Return of Vioxx would be unusual, not unprecedented

USA Today | February 22, 2005
If Merck puts painkiller Vioxx back on the market after removing it because of safety concerns, it would be an unusual but not unprecedented event.

Class Action Crackdown

U.S. News & World Report | February 21, 2005
Over the years, class action lawsuits have netted consumers $13 rebates on computer monitors, coupons for free movie rentals, $30 discounts on cruise vacations, and free boxes of cereal. But the lawyers who spearheaded those cases were the real winners, typically walking away with millions of dollars in fees.

Tuberville Contract includes big bonus

Montgomery Advertiser | February 18, 2005
Tommy Tuberville was a struggling Arkansas restaurateur 20 years ago, frying fish and mixing “pond water” at Tubby's Catfish Inn.

New Orleans Judge to Preside over Vioxx Cases

| February 16, 2005
It was announced that cases involving claims arising out of the use of Vioxx will be transferred to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana in New Orleans.

Not every Player in the next Big Tort is Representing a Client.

| February 1, 2005
The Vioxx litigation has attracted big names from the mass tort bar. And, though he's not among plaintiffs counsel, per se, the lineup now includes Mr. Civil Action. That, of course, is Jan Schlichtmann.

Fort Myers judges to decide venue for Vioxx Lawsuits

| January 28, 2005
Whether Merck & Co. wins a slew of federal lawsuits or Vioxx patients who died or suffered injuries are compensated may come down to which judge hears the case and in what state.

Winds of litigation Swirl around Merck

| January 23, 2005
A gathering storm of litigation over the withdrawn drug Vioxx passed through this city last week and could be unleashed as soon as this spring.