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Supreme Court boots ballot challenges to Trump, says states can't block presidential candidates under 14th Amend
The unanimous ruling strikes down rulings from Democratic judges in Colorado and Cook County, which had declared individual states have the power under the Fourteenth Amendment to block "insurrectionists" from seeking federal office -
U.S. Supreme Court stays 5th Circuit order enjoining White House from coercing social media platforms
The case alleges that Youtube, Twitter and Facebook acted as arms of the federal government -
ACLU of Missouri asks SCOTUS to reconsider qualified immunity doctrine
Molina v. Book also asks the court to rule against police tear gassing legal observers -
U.S. Supreme Court rules against Pres. Biden’s debt forgiveness plan
Prof. Kenneth Warren thinks the decision makes sense. -
Ozarks college takes fight against co-ed trans dorms to U.S. Supreme Court
College asks SCOTUS to review 8th Circuit dismissal -
U.S. Supreme Court to review AG's student loan debt cancellation lawsuit
SCOTUS granted review submitted by six Attorneys General that includes Missouri's Eric Schmitt -
Attorney: 'Bayer could look to 'Texas two-step' after $25 million SCOTUS Roundup loss'
The possible leverage of the "Texas two-step" is likely having an effect on how Bayer is looking to resolve thousands of lawsuits alleging its herbicide Roundup causes cancer, according to a mass tort litigation expert. -
McCloskeys' appeal of law license suspension denied by the U.S. Supreme Court
Attorneys Mark and Patricia McCloskey have come to the end of the road in their appeal of the Missouri Supreme Court’s probated suspension of their law licenses -
McCloskeys seek SCOTUS review of law license suspensions
Mark McCloskey and his wife Patricia have appealed the Missouri Supreme Court’s probated suspension of their law licenses to SCOTUS -
Onder Law talc claims against J&J total one fourth of caseload in New Jersey MDL
CHARLOTTE - Onder Law of St. Louis represents more than 9,000 clients with cancer claims against Johnson & Johnson, according to a spreadsheet the company filed at bankruptcy court. -
U.S. Supreme Court declines to review $2.1 billion Johnson & Johnson baby powder ovarian cancer litigation
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to review a St. Louis talcum powder case that requires Johnson and Johnson to pay a $2.1 billion award, one of the largest in American history. -
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. -
Attorneys bombard court with objections to Bayer settlement, prompting delay
Attorneys from across the country have bombarded a California federal court with objections to a proposed more than $10 billion settlement of claims that a weed killer first brought to the market by Monsanto caused cancer, prompting a hearing delay. -
Massive talc verdict there for SCOTUS to review as J&J fights $2.1 billion ruling
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – Frustrated by the courts system in Missouri, Johnson & Johnson is asking for relief from the nation’s highest court. -
U.S. Supreme Court decision leading to reversals of talc verdicts in St. Louis could bear on 'hellhole' status
WASHINGTON – A two-year-old U.S. Supreme Court ruling cited this month in vacated verdicts against talcum powder producers could well have bearing on St. Louis Circuit Court's high 'judicial hellhole' ranking. -
Eight-day hearing on viability of witnesses in talc lawsuits set to conclude
TRENTON, N.J. – Eight days of scientific expert witness testimony in a New Jersey federal court, centered on whether Johnson & Johnson’s talc-containing baby powder causes women to develop both ovarian cancer and mesothelioma, will conclude Wednesday and ultimately determine if 12,000 lawsuits on the subject move forward. -
Facing 12,000 lawsuits, J&J has expert testify that there is no link between talc and ovarian cancer
TRENTON, N.J. – The fate of about 12,000 lawsuits claiming Johnson & Johnson’s talc-containing baby powder causes women to develop both ovarian cancer and mesothelioma, will be decided after eight days of expert witness testimony in a New Jersey federal court. -
SCOTUS decision changes everything in Missouri mass tort cases; Once-$72M verdict will stay vacated
ST. LOUIS (Legal Newsline) – The Missouri Supreme Court's decision earlier this month to not review a talcum powder case against Johnson & Johnson, leaving vacated a once-$72 million verdict signals that the "Show-Me State is now a less tort-friendly place," a mass tort litigator says. -
Missouri Lawyers Award recipient says defending case before Supreme Court a team effort
Successfully defending a case on behalf of Advocate Health Care Network before the U.S. Supreme Court was a team effort, the recipient of a 2018 Missouri Lawyers Award for her role in the high-profile case said during a recent interview. -
Blows to talc plaintiffs in Missouri as $72 million award overturned, another trial halted
JEFFERSON CITY – Plaintiffs involved in two talc-related cases being heard in Missouri suffered recent blows with a reversal of a $72 million award and the halting of a trial due to begin last month.