If you are reading this blog, chances are that you are: (1) An attorney looking for an expert witness, or (2) someone who is or wants to be an expert witness. If you are the latter, please accept the following…
On July 24th, AbbVie Inc. was ordered to pay $150 million in punitive damages to plaintiff Jesse Mitchell of Oregon, who claimed that the company failed to adequately warn patients of the increased risk of heart attack associated with use…
The saga continues for Oculus VR Inc., the virtual reality startup company acquired by social media giant, Facebook, in 2014 for $2 billion. Shortly after its acquisition, video game maker, Zenimax Media, sued Facebook and Oculus, alleging that Zenimax’s former…
The battle between Google subsidiary Waymo and vehicle service Uber over self-driving vehicle technology may be one of the most significant intellectual property cases of the 21st century—and it’s unfolding before our very eyes. In February 2017, Waymo LLC filed…
On May 4th a St. Louis, Missouri jury handed down a $110 million verdict in favor of Virginia resident Lois Slemp, who claims that she developed ovarian cancer after decades of using Johnson & Johnson cosmetic products containing talc. Slemp,…
In today’s day and age, most electronics have features that can store – and potentially distribute – information about the consumer. We readily share our locations on social media, save our financial information on banking apps, bookmark our internet browsing…
The creators of Fyre Festival – an event billed as an exclusive, luxury music festival for affluent party-goers – have been hit with a massive $100 million class action lawsuit on behalf of attendees who endured a lack of food,…
A Pennsylvania family was awarded $41.6 million in damages in a decision handed down April 20th by Judge Sylvia H. Rambo of the United States District Court Middle District of Pennsylvania. The verdict is the culmination of a trial…
So you are an attorney scheduled to go to trial and you are utilizing the services of an expert witness that you carefully selected and prepared. After weeks (or months) of research and preparation, you and your expert craft a…
In recent years, whether a putative securities class is certified or not has been coming down to the expert witnesses involved, as well as their reports and event studies. This is due do the fact that the issues the Court…