January 11, 2012
Greenberg Traurig LLP's decision to test the waters on a recently issued U.S. Supreme Court ruling over the summer helped the firm's pharmaceutical, medical device and health care litigation practice win a swift dismissal of a product liability suit against Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., earning the firm a spot among Law360's Product Liability Groups of 2011.
January 10, 2012
The roster of companies Bowman and Brooke LLP successfully defended from product liability and catastrophic injury suits in the past year — Ford Motor Co., Toyota Motor Corp. and Yamaha Motor Corp., to name a few — could practically double as a who's who of the automotive industry, a feat that earned the firm a spot on Law360's Product Liability Groups of 2011.
January 19, 2011
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP helped score the reversal of a $20.5 million verdict against Lincoln Electric Co. and other defendants in a bellwether personal injury case, just one of many victories that made it one of Law360's Product Liability Groups of 2010.
January 18, 2011
Last year, Sidley Austin LLP helped AstraZeneca PLC win dismissal of a putative class action over heartburn drug Nexium and shielded Bayer Corp. from third-party payors in a multidistrict litigation over its birth control products, earning the firm a place among Law360's Product Liability Groups of 2010.
January 14, 2011
Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP won a string of six consecutive trial verdicts for Philip Morris USA Inc. and Lorillard Tobacco Co. in 2010, stemming the tide of plaintiff wins in a group of Florida cases and helping to earn the firm a spot as one of Law360's Product Liability Groups of 2010.
January 13, 2011
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP's product liability practice overturned two verdicts against Ford Motor Co. worth nearly $50 million and won a bellwether trial against a woman who accused Wyeth of concealing cancer risks associated with menopause drug Prempro, making it one of Law360's Product Liability Groups of 2010.
January 12, 2011
In one of the most closely watched product liability trials of 2010, Bowman and Brooke LLP secured a win for Yamaha Motor Corp. in the first of 174 consolidated personal injury cases over the company's Rhino all-terrain vehicle, one of several reasons the firm earned a place among Law360's Product Liability Groups of 2010.
January 11, 2011
In a year marked by high-profile recalls of everything from automobiles to eggs, five firms rose to the top by capitalizing on long-running relationships and trial savvy to shield top-tier clients from potentially crippling losses, placing them among Law360's Product Liability Groups of 2010.