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Legal online publication Law360 recognized medical attorney Ann E. Rice Ervin as one of five 2020 Rising Stars in the area of product liability.

Johnson & Johnson recently announced it will stop selling talcum-based baby powered in the U.S. and Canada. The decision to stop selling the product came within a few short months of an FDA test that found asbestos in a single lot of J&J baby powder, despite the company’s continued statements that its baby powder is safe. The company has also been ordered to pay billions of dollars in verdicts to women and their families who say asbestos-contaminated baby powder caused them to develop ovarian cancer or mesothelioma.

USO ETF investors who suffered significant losses in connection with the ETF that invested in crude oil futures contracts may apply for appointment as Lead Plaintiff on August 18, 2020

A $192 million settlement was approved today to resolve shareholder claims that alleged SCANA Corp. and certain of the energy company’s executives violated the Securities Exchange Act.

Updates to the label for Elmiron®, a medication used to treat bladder pain and inflammation, now warn of potential, permanent damage to the retina that could cause irreversible vision loss.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration sent a warning letter to Allergan, now AbbVie, reprimanding the medical device manufacturer for serious deficiencies in Allergan’s post-approval studies of its recalled breast implants, which have been linked to an increased risk of cancer.

Recent changes to New Jersey state law in May 2019 that broadened the statute of limitations, or the time in which a person can file a claim, for civil childhood sexual abuse claims are constitutional, Morris County’s Superior Court Judge Paul Bogaard ruled.

School buses are essential (under normal circumstances, when students are not at home during a pandemic) for many parents and for students who don’t otherwise have a way to school, after school activities or sports games. For many, they bring up fond memories of riding to school with friends and neighbors, but for others, buses have been the source of harm or even deadly outcomes. One reason is that most school buses don’t contain the types of automatic fire suppressant systems and protections we’ve come to expect, making a school bus one of the worst places to be during a fire.

Johnson & Johnson announced it will cease production of its talc-based baby powder products in the U.S. and Canada amid thousands of lawsuits alleging the product contains asbestos and caused cancer. Products will continue to be sold by retailers until supplies run out.

History teaches that as in previous national crises, the funds appropriated through the CARES Act will be beset by fraud of every kind imaginable. America’s workers, and particularly the essential healthcare workers on the front lines of the pandemic, are uniquely situated to witness, detect, prevent and report COVID-19-related fraud on the government by taking advantage of the rights and protections afforded whistleblowers by the False Claims Act (FCA).