Litigation

Bankruptcy and the Billion Dollar Baby Powder

Bankruptcy and the Billion Dollar Baby Powder

Johnson & Johnson has been a household name from, band-aids to baby powders and the Covid-19 vaccine over the years. Lately, they have become a bigger name in lawsuits due to their talc-based baby powder. Senior staffer, Nicola Peters, analyzes Johnson &Johnson’s new bankruptcy legal strategy known as the Texas Two-Step. Peters argues that this strategy is highly problematic and should not proceed.

Monsanto Faces Litigation Concerning New Dicamba Products

Monsanto Faces Litigation Concerning New Dicamba Products

When Monsanto introduced dicamba-resistant soybeans for the first time, 200 dicamba spraying complaints were lodged in Missouri, with a host of aggravation for farmers, businessmen, and scientists on both sides of the issues. In fact, —a dicamba dispute between two Arkansas farmers even led to one farmer’s death and a murder indictment for the other. Farmers from Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas have been deemed eligible to join a class-action lawsuit against Monsanto because of the alleged dicamba drift damage suffered byto their crops.

Contention Over Motorboat Usage on Crooked Lake Leads to 25 years of Litigation

Contention Over Motorboat Usage on Crooked Lake Leads to 25 years of Litigation

In the Sylvania Wilderness of the upper peninsula of Michigan, a few property owners have been squaring off with the United States Forest Service for a quarter century. This contest lead to Herr v. United States Forest Service, the latest in a storied tradition of litigation over Crooked Lake, where the 6th Circuit ruled in favor of the private land owners because the United States Forest Service had over stepped its regulatory authority by restricting motorboat usage.