Andy Birchfield took the stand on Wednesday to fend off Johnson & Johnson’s allegations that he breached his ethical duties by working with one of its former lawyers to come up with a proposed $19 billion talcum powder settlement. Johnson & Johnson has alleged that Birchfield, of Beasley Allen, partnered with…

The Appellate Court ruled that a 2014 amendment to a Connecticut statute did not change the definition of an underinsured motorist. The lawsuit was filed after a 2018 car collision, which alleged that Cheyanne E. Wheeler turned into the lane where one of the plaintiffs, Caitlyn Bouchard, was driving, court records…

A former Dentons Canada partner who pleaded guilty a year ago to four criminal offenses has been sentenced by a Canadian provincial court judge to two years in prison. Justice Michael Waby of the Ontario Court of Justice last week sentenced Étienne Gadbois, a now disbarred tax lawyer, to two…

Hogan Lovells in Paris has added a six-lawyer energy team to its global regulatory practice, led by a partner who arrives from French firm De Pardieu Brocas Maffei and is a former official at France’s energy regulator. Before Christine Le Bihan-Graf joined De Pardieu in 2012 and founded its regulatory…

A Philadelphia jury awarded $12 million to a woman who was hit by a utility truck while crossing the street. Morgan & Morgan attorney Alex Hyder, who represented the plaintiff, contended that the jury’s April 5 verdict was impacted by the defendant’s hesitance to take responsibility for the accident.

House Republicans have introduced legislation to block the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s climate disclosure rule, a regulation the SEC has paused amid legal challenges to its statutory authority. The legislation accompanied a House Financial Services Committee hearing Wednesday on the scope of the SEC’s climate disclosure rule. The GOP-led…