Product liability litigation regularly involves the highest stakes in cases of extreme complexity. Faced with such franchise-threatening matters, the world’s leading corporations trust Paul, Weiss to lead them to victory. Our superior ability to establish a winning, long-term strategy, our unique skill at breaking down and presenting complicated material, and our vaunted trial prowess make us counsel of choice in many of the most important product liability lawsuits.
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Crystal Parker to Discuss Multidistrict Litigation in Rabiej Litigation Law Center Roundtable
Litigation partner Crystal Parker will participate in a roundtable discussion, “Bench-Bar Roundtable Summit Addressing Likely Surges in Tag-Along Filings in Mass-Tort MDLs,” hosted by the Rabiej Litigation Law Center.
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Kim Branscome, Jonathan Tam and Matthew Steinberg Publish Article on MDLs’ “Field of Dreams” Problem in Bloomberg Law
Litigation partners Kim Branscome and Jonathan Tam and associate Matthew Steinberg co-wrote an article in Bloomberg Law discussing recent reform efforts to deal with a judicial phenomenon in multidistrict litigation.
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Leading Product Liability and Mass Torts Trial Lawyer to Join Paul, Weiss in Los Angeles
Nationally renowned trial lawyer and litigation strategist Kimberly Branscome has joined the firm as a partner in Los Angeles.
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Erin Morgan Discusses Risk of Mass Tort Litigation Over Social Media Addiction
Litigation partner Erin Morgan participated in a panel on March 22, “Applying the MDL Frameworks to Social Media,” as a part of the Federal Communications Law Journal Symposium hosted by George Washington University Law School.
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Jonathan Tam Discusses His Product Liability Career Path on HSU Untied Podcast
Litigation partner Jonathan Tam was the featured guest on the May 20 episode of the HSU untied podcast hosted by Richard Hsu.
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Kim Branscome Serves as Faculty on Pre-Trial Issues Course as Part of Duke Law Mass Tort MDL Certificate Program
Litigation partner Kim Branscome served as faculty on the Duke Law School Bolch Judicial Institute’s Pre-Trial Issues course module as part of the Duke Law Certificate in Mass Tort MDL program.
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JM Eagle Prevails in High-Stakes FCA Case
Paul, Weiss prevailed in a high-stakes False Claims Act damages lawsuit against our client, JM Eagle, when a judge issued a judgment as a matter of law and dismissed the case.
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AbbVie Achieves Complete Defense Verdict
Paul, Weiss achieved a complete defense verdict for AbbVie Inc. in a products liability suit relating to AbbVie’s testosterone replacement therapy, concluding a two week trial in state court in Cook County, Illinois.
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Pfizer Achieves Trial Victory in Second Zoloft Birth Defects Case
Paul, Weiss client Pfizer achieved a major victory in the second Zoloft birth defects case to go to trial in the U.S. At the conclusion of an eight-day trial, a Philadelphia jury returned a complete defense verdict and concluded that Pfizer's warnings about the risks of Zoloft were adequate.
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Pfizer Wins First U.S. Trial Over Zoloft Birth-Defect Risk
As reported in Bloomberg, Reuters and other media outlets, Paul, Weiss client Pfizer achieved a major victory in the first Zoloft birth defects case to go to trial in the U.S. At the conclusion of a seven-day trial, a St. Louis jury returned a complete defense verdict in under two hours. The jury rejected the plaintiff's allegations that a mother's use of Zoloft in the first trimester of her pregnancy caused her child's cardiac birth defect.
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Pfizer Wins Dismissal of Shareholder Class Action Suit
As reported by Thomson Reuters and Law.com, Paul, Weiss client Pfizer Inc. achieved a major victory when a federal court granted the company's motion for summary judgment in In Re Pfizer Inc. Securities Litigation, a securities class action filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York involving decade-old disclosures related to Celebrex and Bextra.
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