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Bausch quietly replaced talc in body powder ahead of J&J recall
Bloomberg has reported that earlier this year, Bausch Health Cos. Inc., manufacturer of Shower to Shower, quietly reformulated the body powder. Bausch replaced the talcum…
Class Action Settlement Valued at $40.7 Million Reached with Banner and William Penn
Subject to the United States District Court for the District of Maryland’s final approval, Banner Life Insurance Company (Banner) and William Penn Life Insurance Company…
JUUL MDL created and sent to California
With a growing number of JUUL e-cigarette related injuries and class action lawsuits being filed throughout the federal court system, Juul Labs, Inc. filed a…
Target Pulls Johnson’s Baby Powder from Shelves After Asbestos Scare
Target is the latest national retail store pulling all 22-ounce bottles of Johnson’s Baby Powder from its shelves, one week after Johnson & Johnson issued a…
CVS Pulls All 22oz Johnson’s Baby Powder Bottles Over Asbestos Concerns
CVS Health Corp. isn’t taking any chances. The company is pulling all 22-ounce bottles of Johnson’s Baby Powder from its stores’ shelves and off its website after…
Walmart, Rite Aid, CVS Pull Johnson’s Baby Powder from Shelves for Asbestos Risk
Walmart and Rite Aid are following CVS Health’s lead and are pulling all 22-ounce bottles of Johnson’s Baby Powder from their shelves following Johnson & Johnson’s recall…
Possible link between Zantac and cancer leads to multiple recalls
In early September, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a statement that N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) was detected in at least one manufacturer’s version of ranitidine, a…
Georgia man killed in home-built aircraft crash in Alabama
A Fayetteville, Georgia, a man was killed after the experimental, home-built plane he was piloting crashed in Anniston, Alabama. According to the FAA Aviation Safety…
Video shot before Hard Rock hotel collapse could provide valuable clues
Investigators are working to verify a cell phone video taken a couple of days before the Hard Rock hotel collapsed in New Orleans on Oct….
Lawyers: J&J Baby Powder recall confirms asbestos in iconic product
Attorneys pursuing litigation on behalf of ovarian cancer victims say that today’s announcement of a recall by Johnson & Johnson of more than 30,000 bottles…
Lawyers: Johnson and Johnson Baby Powder Recall Confirms Asbestos in Iconic Product
Attorneys pursuing litigation on behalf of ovarian cancer victims say that today’s announcement of a recall by Johnson and Johnson of more than 30,000 bottles of its Baby Powder…
Augusta-Richmond County settles wrongful death claim with family of 12-year-old boy for $1.5 million
Beasley Allen lawyer Rob Register, who works in the firm’s Atlanta office, has reached a settlement with Augusta-Richmond County, Georgia, for the wrongful death of Melquan…
Major Takeaways as Historic Opioid Ruling Hits Johnson and Johnson
After Johnson and Johnson’s historic loss in the nation’s first opioid trial, there can be no doubt that Big Pharma faces overwhelming exposure from the…
School districts in three states file vaping lawsuits against JUUL Labs
Beasley Allen lawyers and co-counsel filed lawsuits on behalf of school districts in Kansas, Missouri, and New York against JUUL Labs. The school districts are…
Selma hospital, physicians settle whistleblower complaint for $1.45 million
A Selma, Alabama, hospital has agreed to pay the U.S. government $1.45 million to settle a whistleblower lawsuit alleging it used underqualified residents to cover…
J&J hit with $40.3 million verdict in California talcum powder trial
Sep 2019 — Johnson & Johnson was hit with a $40.3 million verdict Friday by a California jury that found the company’s talcum powder was…
Family of man killed by exploding Goodyear tire awarded $6.7 million
A Louisiana judge ordered Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. to pay more than $6.7 million to the family of a man who died from injuries…
NASCAR champ Mike Stefanik dies from plane crash injuries
Michael Stefanik, one of the most celebrated drivers in NASCAR history, died Sunday from injuries he sustained in a plane crash in Connecticut. The 61-year-old…
Beasley Allen files class action for owners of GM trucks, SUVs
Beasley Allen lawyers filed two class action lawsuits concerning defective braking systems in 2014-2018 full-sized SUVs and trucks, partnering with law firms Corey Watson of…
Beasley Allen commends FDA warning to JUUL Labs over deceptive marketing practices
Beasley Allen lawyers suing JUUL Labs commend the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for putting the company’s CEO, Kevin Burns, on notice that the…
2019 could be ‘worst year on record’ for data breach activity
If U.S. corporations want to avoid costly data breach lawsuits in the future, they need to make cybersecurity a top priority. A new report by…
Courts continue to reject car manufacturers’ jurisdictional challenges related to vehicle sale
A court must have personal jurisdiction to impose a binding judgment on any Defendant. This requires a showing that the Defendant has some contacts with…
Beasley Allen Roundup case set for trial in Montgomery County, Alabama
Beasley Allen is honored to represent a Montgomery County, Alabama resident who developed non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma as a result of years of Roundup exposure, both commercially…
Documents show JUUL deliberately targeted children for vaping
Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy, recently released a supplemental memo based on approximately 55,000 non-public documents JUUL…