Carolyn Casey, J.D.

Another Southern California university has settled a massive lawsuit over student sexual abuse allegations against a longtime campus gynecologist. This time, the University of Southern California (USC) announced a record $1.1 billion settlement for mishandling complaints that gynecologist Dr. George…

In late March 2021, the massive consolidated case concerning defective 3M combat earplugs lurched forward with a bellwether. This bellwether consolidates three cases (of the MDL’s 229,397 actions) in Florida’s Northern District Court. It’s intended as a harbinger of how…

A recent Northern District of California ruling has stymied Google’s initial effort to kill a lawsuit. The lawsuit alleges Google collected private data on users browsing in “Incognito” mode—a setting meant to keep search activity private. Judge Lucy Koh dismissed…

For experts, a retainer agreement is a seamless payment option—you’re paid right away without the need for invoicing. The attorney also benefits by avoiding the tedious task of ongoing bill reviews and payment approval processes. The foundation of an expert…

On March 9, 2021, a U.S. District Court judge in the Southern District of California granted the defendants’ motion. The drug companies had filed a motion for summary judgment in a consolidated multidistrict litigation (MDL). The plaintiff claimed the defendants…

The Death that Shocked the Conscience of the World The settlement announcement arrives in the wake of months of national outrage and protests over Floyd’s death and racism in the justice system. On May 25, 2020, George Floyd, an African…

Two county court systems in the New York State Unified Court System are reopening in March 2021 for in-person jury trials. In the last year, in-person proceedings have been restricted in these two courts and throughout the state as the…

As an expert, your performance during cross examination is crucial as the opposing attorney’s aim is to undermine you, your testimony, and your hiring attorney’s case. An adept cross examiner will try to get you to say things in front…

A California federal court has dismissed a securities class action related, in part, to the COVID-19 pandemic. Judge R. Gary Klausner ruled that the defendant could not have anticipated the extent of the pandemic at the time of their January…

A class action lawsuit filed in West Virginia federal court on January 31, 2021, seeks to hold the behemoth consulting firm McKinsey & Company accountable for its role in boosting the sales of opioid painkiller, OxyContin. According to the complaint,…