This year, the Firm is a proud sponsor of the prestigious Sedona Conference® Working Group Series, a forum in which attorneys, jurists, and other stakeholders address some of the most challenging issues faced by our legal…
The United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee today granted Novartis Pharmaceutical Corporation’s motion for summary judgment in Foster v. Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp., 3:08-0932 (M.D. Tenn.). Mr. Foster alleged that his wife’s use…
After two hours of deliberation, a New Brunswick, New Jersey jury on October 6, 2010, returned a 7-2 verdict in favor of Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation in a ten-day trial involving Aredia and Zometa, bisphosphonate drugs given…
In September 2010, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit reversed a $20.5 million jury verdict in favor of a plaintiff in the welding fume litigation, holding that the district court had abused its…
In one of very few reported cases enforcing a choice-of-law provision in the context of international employment agreements, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York dismissed a wrongful death lawsuit…
The Hon. Sandra Mazer Moss, the judge presiding over the Gadolinium-Based Contrast Agent (GBCA) mass torts cases for the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, granted two more motions to dismiss cases on forum non conveniens grounds. …
On August 20, 2010, the first case set for trial in the In re Zometa®/Aredia® Litigation in Middlesex County, NJ, Judge Jessica Mayer granted summary judgment on plaintiffs’ direct-to-consumer (“DTC”) advertising claims against Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation…
Judge Jessica Mayer, Mass Tort Judge for the New Jersey Superior Court in Middlesex County, granted summary judgment in favor of Firm client Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation (“NPC”) and dismissed a case brought by a Canadian plaintiff…
On July 16, 2010, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Spatt, J.) granted a motion filed by Firm client Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation (“NPC”) to apply New Jersey punitive damages law…
On July 12th, 2010, The National Law Journal named Hollingsworth LLP to its 2010 Midsize Hot List, an annual list that recognizes twenty midsize firms around the country. Click here to read Hollingsworth LLP profile. According…
The Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the International Interior Design Association (IIDA) recognized the architecture firm of Davis Carter Scott for their design of Hollingsworth LLP’s renovated office with a 2010 Premiere Bronze award. The IIDA Design Awards…
The Hon. Sandra Mazer Moss, the judge presiding over the Gadolinium-Based Contrast Agent (GBCA) mass torts cases for the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, granted motions to dismiss three cases on forum non conveniens grounds. The…
On April 1, 2010, Judge Jessica Mayer, Mass Tort Judge for the New Jersey Superior Court in Middlesex County, granted firm client Novartis Pharmaceutical Corporation summary judgment in Walsh v. Novartis Pharmaceutical Corporation. Click here to view opinion. Plaintiff…
