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  1. June 23, 2015

    Hagens Berman, Grunenthal To Settle Time-Barred Suits

    Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP has agreed to pay Grunenthal GmbH $145,000 and drop three thalidomide birth defect claims after being sanctioned for litigating the time-barred suits, according to the pharmaceutical company's unopposed motion for judgment filed in Pennsylvania federal court on Tuesday.

  2. June 03, 2015

    Hagens Berman Loses 3rd Circ. Bid To Halt GSK Case Probe

    The Third Circuit has shot down Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP's attempt to stop a court-appointed special master from interviewing 31 thalidomide birth defect clients about whether they willingly and knowingly dropped their claims against GlaxoSmithKline.

  3. May 19, 2015

    Hagens Berman Objections To GSK Settlement Probe Rebuffed

    A Pennsylvania federal judge Tuesday overruled law firm Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP's objections to having a special master interview more than 30 clients who dropped their birth defect suits against GlaxoSmithKline LLC and others, saying the interviews would ensure the plaintiffs actually consented to an agreement dismissing their suits.

  4. May 13, 2015

    GSK Urges Dismissal Of Hagens Berman Thalidomide Suits

    GlaxoSmithKline LLC asked a Pennsylvania federal judge on Wednesday to dismiss "meritless" thalidomide birth defect claims for which it agreed not to seek sanctions against Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, and said it wants no part of the firm's dispute with the court over whether those claims were dropped voluntarily.

  5. May 12, 2015

    Hagens Berman Fights Thalidomide Plaintiff 'Interrogations'

    Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, whose controversial role in the ongoing litigation against GlaxoSmithKline LLC and others over the morning sickness drug Thalidomide earned it sanctions, objected Monday to interviews of more than 30 plaintiffs meant to determine whether they had willingly consented to dropping their birth defect suits.

  6. May 07, 2015

    Grunenthal, Sanofi Must Wait For Thalidomide Suit To Play Out

    A Pennsylvania federal judge has denied Grunenthal GmbH and Sanofi-Aventis U.S. LLC's bid for a final judgment in a thalidomide birth defect injury suit by a plaintiff whose claims he shot down last year as time-barred, saying that he would not shut the case until he learns whether that plaintiff and others were later forced to drop their claims in the litigation. 

  7. April 01, 2015

    Final Hagens Berman Thalidomide Claim Too Late, Judge Says

    A Pennsylvania federal judge ruled Wednesday that claims brought by Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP's sole remaining client in a proposed class action accusing Sanofi-Aventis SA and Grunenthal GmbH of causing birth defects were filed too late, after the judge previously sanctioned the firm over obviously time-barred claims.

  8. March 12, 2015

    Hagens Berman Faces Probe Of Thalidomide Client Dismissal

    A Pennsylvania federal judge on Wednesday ordered an investigation into whether Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP attorneys dropped a client from a class action over birth defects caused by thalidomide without her consent, after the firm was sanctioned for bringing time-barred claims against Sanofi-Aventis SA and other drugmakers.

  9. March 09, 2015

    Hagens Berman Sanctioned For Bad Thalidomide Suits

    A Pennsylvania federal judge on Friday slapped Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP with sanctions for its "bad faith and dishonesty" in litigating three time-barred suits against drugmakers Sanofi-Aventis SA and Grunenthal GmbH over birth defects stemming from thalidomide, saying the firm's actions were intentional.

  10. February 20, 2015

    Hagens Berman Faces Call For Sanctions In Thalidomide Suit

    Drugmakers Sanofi-Aventis SA and Grunenthal GmbH asked a Pennsylvania federal judge on Friday to sanction Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP and dismiss its client's suit claiming that thalidomide caused her birth defects, saying that the firm should have easily realized that the suit was time-barred.