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Phila. Mass Tort Over Janssen Bladder Drug Winds Down Without Bellwether Trial

Phila. Mass Tort Over Janssen Bladder Drug Winds Down Without Bellwether Trial | The Legal Intelligencer Page Printed From: https://www.law.com/thelegalintelligencer/2024/03/11/phila-mass-tort-over-janssen-bladder-drug-winds-down-without-bellwether-trial/ Elmiron 100mg pills by Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc. Credit: NIH via Wikimedia Commons NEWS The first trial in the mass tort had been scheduled to begin Monday, but most of the…

Decoding DOJ’s New ‘Justice AI’ Initiative

“[W]e’re at an inflection point with AI,” Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco said during a recent speech at Oxford University, where she discussed the “promise and peril” of artificial intelligence (AI). See, U.S. Dep’t. of Just., “Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco Delivers Remarks at the University of Oxford on…

Utah High Court Affirms Lower, 2.29% Postjudgment Rate in .5M Arbitration Dispute

In a $9.5 million arbitration dispute between a Utah-based construction company and a condominium development in Hawaii, the Utah Supreme Court affirmed a lower court’s order awarding a lesser, Utah postjudgment rate. In a March 7 opinion, authored by Associate Chief Justice John Pearce, the court concluded that the district court didn’t err in…

UK Tribunal Dismisses AML Case Against Dentons

The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal has dismissed a case brought against Dentons by the Solicitors Regulation Authority, Dentons has said. Dentons had been accused by the SRA of failing “to take adequate measures to establish [a] client’s source of wealth and/or funds” while acting for a “politically exposed person or his…

Weil Hires SEC Veteran, Amid String of DC Partner Moves in Big Law

Weil, Gotshal & Manges has hired U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission veteran Christopher Mulligan as a partner in its private funds practice based in Washington, D.C., with Sidley Austin and Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck also making fresh hires in the Capital region over the past week.  Mulligan was at the SEC for more…