U.S. District Judge Michael Shipp, in New Jersey, struck down a proposal from plaintiffs' lawyers in lawsuits over Johnson & Johnson's talcum powder to consolidate two cases for the first federal ...

Teva Pharmaceuticals can’t delay the first trial in thousands of lawsuits over claims its Paragard intrauterine contraceptive ...

The Nov. 19 trial will focus on individual injuries, but the first bellwether in the multidistrict litigation in Oakland, California, will be a school district. Lawyers for Meta Platforms, which owns ...

Bellwether cases are sample trials ordered by judges in situations where hundreds or thousands of plaintiffs have similar claims consolidated before a single state or federal court. Typically, a judge ...