The latest trial accusing the cosmetic giant J&J of manufacturing products that caused consumer’s cancer got underway in Dallas on Wednesday. A Texas man says his mesothelioma was caused by the talc mineral used in the company’s baby powder.
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Dallas Law Firm Obtains $260M Verdict Against J&J in Latest Baby Powder Trial
Dean Omar Branham Shirley represented an Oregon mother of three who said her mesothelioma diagnosis came after years of using J&J’s baby powder. The company is facing lawsuits across the country from plaintiffs who claim J&J knew cancer-causing asbestos was turning up in its baby powder for decades but didn’t warn consumers or the FDA.
Q&A with SEC Associate Regional Director for Enforcement David Fraser
Last fall, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission promoted David Fraser to associate regional director for the Fort Worth regional office. Fraser discusses the new role and the challenges and successes he’s had so far in leading enforcement for the FWRO in this Q&A.
Q&A with Katten Health Care Chair Kenya Woodruff
The Texas Lawbook visited with Woodruff about how she keeps all the balls in the air, trends in health care, mentorship advice, and the innovative work by Katten client Parker University, a chiropractic college in Dallas that boasts the second largest chiropractic cohort of any campus in the world.
CDT Roundup: 12 Deals, 11 Firms, 147 Lawyers, $34.5B
The ongoing once-in-a-generation wave of oil & gas consolidation has gained serious momentum, as witnessed by the $22.5 billion merger agreement reached last week between ConocoPhillips and Marathon Oil. What’s driving it? The Roundup’s Claire Poole tops off her weekly summary of Texas-related dealmaking with a roundup of factors behind the recent proliferation of big energy deals, and takes a bonus look at the prospect that they could lead to more.
J. Holt Foster III Joins Willkie as Head of New Dallas Office
Foster, whose practice includes nearly three decades of experience in the energy and infrastructure spaces, vaults to Willkie after more than three years at Sidley Austin.
Litigation Roundup: Details on 2 SCOTX Grants, XTO Sees 7-year-old Case End
In this edition of Litigation Roundup, Citgo draws another suit — this one seeking $400 million — from members of the so-called Citgo 6 who were imprisoned in Venezuela for years, XTO gets a win in a lawsuit over exposure to natural gas production activities that had been lingering in the courts for seven years and we detail some interesting grants from the Texas Supreme Court.
Houston Trial Lawyer Opens Texas Office for Boston-Founded Firm
A co-founding partner at Schiffer Hicks Johnson has left his firm to start the first Texas office of Brown Rudnick in Houston.
Waste Management Picks up Stericycle for $7.2B
The garbage giant tapped Vinson & Elkins and Baker Botts and the target used Latham & Watkins. The deal is expected to broaden the scope of the Houston-based buyer’s service offerings.
Texas Lawbook 50: Corporate Firms Topped $9B in Texas Revenues in 2023
Fueled by record-high contingency fee collections, significant increases in hourly rates and healthy client demand for complex commercial litigation and corporate transactional work, the largest business law firms in Texas grew revenues to more than $9 billion, according to new Texas Lawbook 50 data. Forty-three of the top 50 corporate law firms posted gains, according to the Lawbook 50, which ranks firms on revenues generated by attorneys based in Texas.
Six of the firms achieved increases of $30 million or more, and 18 saw $10 million increases. Only seven firms on the list recorded revenue declines. Thirty-five firms hit record highs in 2023. The Top 10 welcomed two newcomers in 2023 — a firm that soared thanks to a sudden gusher of cash from contingency fee court victories that were years in the making and a firm that has steadily climbed in the rankings since 2019 on a combination of litigation and M&A dealmaking.