Firm News & Updates
Delaware Judge Finds Opinions Linking Chrysotile To Mesothelioma Reliable
Medical and scientific general causation experts presented by plaintiffs alleging that their exposure to friction products in DaimlerChrysler vehicles has caused or will cause asbestos-related disease are sufficiently reliable to pass muster… Read More
Analysts Unsettled by Marketing of Vioxx
Although a New Jersey jury spared Merck & Co. a double hit to the pocketbook, analysts are concerned that its negative findings on the marketing of Vioxx could continue to hurt the… Read More
Legal Profession Goes Global
STEVE INSKEEP, host: No amount of security will protect American lawyers from an import that comes along with globalization. Lawyers and judges have to deal with laws from other countries. NPR’s Ari… Read More
Market weighs latest Vioxx blow
As the first federal jury deliberates whether Merck & Co.’s painkiller Vioxx contributed to a Florida man’s death, investors on Friday digested new claims that the battered company withheld key data about… Read More
Simmons Hanly Conroy to Fund New Cancer Institute
The Simmons Hanly Conroy, announced today that it has pledged $10.2 million to fund a new cancer institute at Southern Illinois University (SIU). The institute, which will be named The Simmons Hanly… Read More
Asbestos: Case Marks New Generation of Victims
A judge has sanctioned Rancho Cordova’s Aerojet for falsely denying it ever used cancer-causing asbestos in rockets and missiles it has manufactured since the early 1950s. Judge Robert Dierker of the Missouri… Read More
Northeastern Pennsylvania’s Join Vioxx Lawsuits
Dozens of heart attack and stroke victims in Northeastern Pennsylvania are preparing to join the tidal wave of lawsuits against one of America’s largest drug companies. So far, more than 5,000 people… Read More
Bridges Over Troubled Waters: Volunteers Aid Evacuees With Bureaucracy, Finding Loved Ones
Computer whizzes from two area law firms are helping evacuees from Hurricane Katrina wade through the muddy waters of the federal bureaucracy to find lost loved ones and fill out the forms… Read More
Next Vioxx Suit Could Set Tone For Future Cases
The second Vioxx-related lawsuit to reach trial begins next week in Atlantic City, in a case that may have far-reaching implications for thousands of similar suits filed in New Jersey. Merck &… Read More
Youth May Play Vital Role in Vioxx Case / Attorneys for Both Sides Say a Young Jury Will Help Them Win
Two of the jurors who will decide if Merck & Co. Inc. caused the death of 59-year-old Robert Ernst are only 20 years old. They’re old enough to help decide the outcome… Read More
