Judge presiding over all federal hair relaxer lawsuits has ordered the parties to submit separate briefing on the bellwether selection process by January 3.
With a growing number of women pursuing Depo-Provera brain tumor lawsuits throughout the federal court system, the U.S. JPML will decide whether to consolidate and centralize the claims before one judge for coordinated discovery and pretrial proceedings.
A proposal has been submitted for a group of 12 lawyers involved in AngioDynamics port catheter lawsuits to serve in various leadership positions in the litigation, which involves dozens of claims that the implants were defectively designed, leading to fractures, migration and infections.
