August 10, 2011
The Louisiana federal judge who oversaw a $4.85 billion settlement in the multidistrict litigation against Merck & Co. Inc. over arthritis medication Vioxx reallocated a $315 million award for common benefit counsel Wednesday.
April 13, 2011
More than a dozen plaintiffs' firms fighting a $315.2 million attorneys' fee allocation in the Vioxx multidistrict litigation asked a Louisiana federal judge Monday to disqualify three firms representing lawyers who support the fees.