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St. Louis listed on Judicial Hellhole report again
ST. LOUIS — The American Tort Reform Foundation’s 2024-2025 Judicial Hellholes report has cast a harsh spotlight on St. Louis, placing its courts among the nation’s most problematic for lawsuit abuse. -
St. Louis again lands on annual Judicial Hellholes list
WASHINGTON – For an eight consecutive year, St. Louis again finds itself on the annual list of Judicial Hellholes. -
Missouri, Texas AGs join Montana in resigning from national AG association
Two more state AGs are withdrawing membership from what once was an independent association of state attorneys general -
St. Louis maintains 7th place in 2021-22 Judicial Hellhole ranking
Formerly number one on the annual American Tort Reform Foundation (ATRF)’s Judicial Hellhole ranking, St. Louis has dropped to number seven in 2021 for the second year in a row. -
City of St. Louis jury sides with Johnson & Johnson in baby powder ovarian cancer litigation
It didn’t take long for a city of St. Louis jury to reach a verdict in a multi-plaintiff trial last week involving Johnson & Johnson (J&J) Baby Powder -
U.S. Supreme Court fully briefed on Johnson & Johnson talc appeal
J&J filed its final brief last week in hopes the U.S. Supreme Court will grant its petition for a writ of certiorari in the whopping $4.69 billion talcum powder verdict awarded in St. Louis City Circuit Court in July 2018. -
Cereal company to pay $15 million settlement over misleading food labels
Post Holdings’ recent $15 million settlement is just another example of entrepreneurial trial lawyers bullying their way into a payday, according to a spokesperson for the American Tort Reform Association (ATRA) -
MDL court ends joinders, preserves federal diversity jurisdiction in talc litigation
Talc litigation that was originally filed in Missouri state court will remain in federal court, according to a Multi-District Litigation (MDL) judge's Jan. 21 order.