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Kenneth Wexler Appointed Co-Lead Counsel in Lipitor Antitrust Litigation

On August 10, 2012, the Honorable Peter G. Sheridan, United States District Judge for the District of New Jersey, appointed Kenneth A. Wexler as interim co-lead counsel for the end-payor ...

Motion to Dismiss Denied in Nationwide Class Action Lawsuit Against Electrolux Alleging Defective Clothes Dryers

On August 9, 2012, U.S. District Judge D.P. Marshall Jr. of the Eastern District of Arkansas denied Electrolux’s motion to dismiss all but one of the class action claims against it alleging that ...

Summary Judgment Denied in WXL

Today, Judge Mary A. McLaughlin of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania denied Defendants’ motions for summary judgment with respect to alleged anti-competitive agreements among the defendants. ...

Bard, Doctor Ordered to Pay $5.5 Million Over Implant

Bloomberg News, by Jef Feeley (July 25, 2012) -- C.R. Bard Inc. and a doctor must pay a total of $5.5 million in damages over a vaginal-mesh implant that left a woman incontinent and in chronic ...

Flonase Class Certified

Judge Anita Brody of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania certified a class of indirect purchasers of Flonase – a name brand drug manufactured by GlaxoSmithKline PLC (“GSK”). Plaintiffs allege ...

Ethicon to Discontinue Sales of Four Vaginal Mesh Implants

Attorneys for Johnson & Johnson’s Ethicon unit informed a West Virginia Federal Judge this week that the company will stop selling four of its vaginal mesh implant products. The company ...

Thomas A. Doyle Joins Wexler Wallace LLP

Wexler Wallace recently welcomed Thomas A. Doyle, as of counsel, to the firm. Tom brings a wealth of experience in antitrust and employment litigation. He has served on both appointed and ...

Associate Dawn Goulet Published in Spring 2012 CADS Report

Wexler Wallace associate Dawn Goulet’s article on the growing number of class action cases filed in relation to advertising claiming that foods are “All Natural” was recently featured in the ...

Wexler Wallace Files Case Against Accretive Health

On May 4, 2012, Wexler Wallace LLP and Carney Williams Bates Pulliam & Bowman, PLLC, filed a shareholder derivative complaint in the United States District Court for the Northern District of ...

Consumer Reports Investigates: Dangerous Medical Devices

Consumer Reports Magazine (May 2012) -- Tens of millions of Americans live with medical devices implanted in their bodies—artificial joints, heart defibrillators, surgical mesh. And it’s a safe ...

Edward Wallace Appointed to Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee in MDL Nos. 2187, 2325, 2326 and 2327

In an April 17, 2012 order issued by Chief Judge Joseph R. Goodwin, Edward A. Wallace was appointed to the plaintiffs’ steering committee for a number of cases related to the implantation of ...

Wexler Wallace Files Securities Case against Groupon

Wexler Wallace is local counsel in a class action lawsuit against Groupon, Inc. (NASDAQ: GRPN) on behalf of investors who purchased Groupon common stock between November 4, 2011 and March 30, ...