Texas

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  Woman hit by Coca-Cola driver on cell phone awarded $24 million

  By Julie Beck  |  May 16, 2012

  A Texas jury recently awarded $24 million ($10 million in punitive damages and $14 million in actual damage) to a woman who was injured by a Coca-Cola driver talking on her cell phone.

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  Weight loss companies battle over advertising claims

  By Alanna Byrne  |  May 15, 2012

  Giving a new meaning to the term “diet wars,” U.K. weight loss organization Slimming World sued Weight Watchers in an effort to validate its marketing claims.

• Failure-to-warn claims preempted in Texas unless the FDA finds fraud

  By Julie Beck  |  April 30, 2012

  5th Circuit decision deepens circuit split on fraud-on-the-FDA statute preemption

• E-discovery: Popular patent venue in Texas adopts model order to rein in e-discovery costs

  By Rob McFarlane, Russell Petersen  |  April 13, 2012

  Parties involved in complex litigation face increasing e-discovery costs in almost every case. These costs are particularly acute in patent actions.

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  Arkansas judge fines J&J $1.1 billion in Risperdal suit

  By Cathleen Flahardy  |  April 12, 2012

  A judge in Arkansas has fined Johnson & Johnson (J&J) and its subsidiary Janssen Pharmaceuticals $1.1 billion over the companies’ marketing of their antipsychotic drug Risperdal.

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  Labor: Establishing a disability under the ADAAA

  By Wendy Voss  |  April 9, 2012

  The Americans With Disabilities Amendments Act of 2008 (ADAAA), which became effective on Jan. 1, 2009, made a number of significant changes to the definition of “disability” under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

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  “Pink slime” controversy continues to rage

  By Alex Vorro  |  April 6, 2012

  With headlines dripping with disgust lately like the juice from a “finely cooked” burger over the “pink slime” meat filler, it was only a matter of time before somebody bit back. Jeff Stier, a senior fellow at the National Center for Public Policy Research, penned an op ed in the...

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  AFA Foods files for bankruptcy over “pink slime” controversy

  By Alanna Byrne  |  April 2, 2012

  Beef-processer AFA Foods is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, following recent media scrutiny of its “pink slime” meat filler.

• Technology: The evolution of e-discovery orders

  By James Hanft  |  March 30, 2012

  A look at model orders in different jurisdictions

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  Texas’ deal in Risperdal case finalized

  By Cathleen Flahardy  |  March 28, 2012

  A judge in Texas has finalized the $158 million settlement Johnson & Johnson (J&J) reached with the state in January over the marketing of its antipsychotic drug Risperdal.