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• J&J to Pay $700M to Resolve Talcum Powder Investigations By States’ Attorneys General

  June 12, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  Talcum powder settlement will resolve investigations launched by 43 different states, into the illegal marketing of Johnson's Baby Powder and other products contaminated with asbestos. However, the deal still leaves Johnson & Johnson facing more than 60,000 talcum powder lawsuits brought by women diagnosed with ovarian cancer and other injuries.

• Two More Exactech Lawsuits Over Defective Optetrak Knee Implants Set For Trial in MDL

  May 30, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  A federal judge has selected four Exactech knee lawsuits to serve as bellwether trials, which will be held in June, August and October of 2025, with the fourth scheduled to begin in January 2026.

• Planters Peanuts Recall Issued Over Listeria Food Poisoning Risks

  May 6, 2024

  Grace Muller

  A Planters peanuts recall has been issued for products distributed in five states due to the risk of listeria food poisoning.

• Exactech Knee Lawsuits Set For MDL Bellwether Trials in June 2025 and August 2025

  April 30, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  A federal judge has selected three Exactech knee lawsuits to serve as early test cases to go before juries in 2025.

• Florida Talcum Powder Lawsuit Over Ovarian Cancer Warnings Ends in Defense Verdict for J&J

  April 19, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  A Florida jury has handed down a defense verdict in a talcum powder ovarian cancer wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of a woman who used Baby Powder on her genitals for decades.

• Exactech Knee Replacement Lawsuits Will Be Selected for Bellwether Process on April 15, As Settlement Talks Continue

  April 9, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  Parties are in Exactech lawsuits are to submit their selections for early knee replacement bellwether trials by April 15,after a judge rejected defendants' request for a stay in the litigation and closed-door settlement conference.

• Exactech Pushes For Settlement Negotiations Instead of Trial Prep for Lawsuits Over Recalled Knee, Hip Implants

  March 26, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  Exactech is requesting global settlement negotiations in hopes of resolving about 2,000 knee and hip implant recall lawsuits.

• Exactech Gets FDA Warning Letter Over Packaging Defects That Led to Implant Recalls, Lawsuits

  March 20, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  The FDA has issued a warning letter to Exactech due to numerous problems with packaging defects that have led to recalls, device failures, and lawsuits.

• Talcum Powder Ovarian Cancer Lawsuit Trial Ends With Hung Jury in Florida

  March 6, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  A talcum powder ovarian cancer wrongful death lawsuit trial ended in a hung jury on Tuesday, leading a Florida judge to indicate the case will be scheduled for a second trial sometime next month.

• Knee Replacement Lawsuits Against Exactech To Be Prepared For First Bellwether Trial in June 2025

  January 31, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  A total of eight knee injury cases are to be selected to serve as potential early bellwether Exactech implant lawsuit trials, with the first case scheduled to go before juries in June.