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Managing Partner Kenneth Wexler Recognized in Who’s Who Legal 2021

WBE is proud to announce that Founder and Managing Partner Kenneth A. Wexler has been recognized as a global practice leader in Who's Who Legal: Competition 2021. Kenneth was selected for the ...

Judicial Panel Sets Location for Paraquat MDL

Today, the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) ruled that the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois would be the location for the Paraquat MDL ...

Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation Hears Arguments to Create a Paraquat MDL

Several complaints have been filed by individuals who allege that Paraquat caused their Parkinson’s Disease in Illinois and around the country over the past few months. In the complaints, the ...

Wexler Wallace, with Co-Counsel, Defeats Motion to Dismiss and Establish Law in Golden Rule Insurance Company Class Action Suit

On March 11, 2021, U.S. District Court Chief Judge Jane Magnus-Stinson issued an order denying a motion to dismiss brought by defendants Golden Rule Insurance Company and its affiliates, who ...

FDA Asks Manufacturers to Remove Zantac (Ranitidine) Products from the Market

On April 1, 2020, The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced its request that manufacturers of popular over-the-counter heartburn drugs containing ranitidine remove those products from the ...

Wexler Wallace and Co-Counsel Recognized as Law360 Legal Lions

Wexler Wallace is proud to announce that Partners Edward A. Wallace, Mark R. Miller, and Associate Timothy Jackson have, along with co-counsel, been recognized by Law360 as Legal Lions. Law360 ...

Appeals Court Upholds Prolift Mesh Verdict Against Johnson & Johnson

The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a 2018 jury verdict in Kaiser v. Ethicon, in which a United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana jury awarded Plaintiff ...

Jammal v. American Family Insurance Featured in Supreme Court Blog “Petitions of the Week”

The case of Jammal v. American Family Insurance, currently pending before the United States Supreme Court, was recently featured in the SCOTUS Blog, a blog provided as a public service and ...

Judge Certifies 2 Classes in Suboxone Product Hop Antitrust Lawsuit

On Friday, September 27, 2019, a Pennsylvania federal judge certified two classes of plaintiffs in an antitrust lawsuit concerning an alleged product-hopping scheme with the opioid treatment ...

$15.5 Million Settlement in Comcast Set-Top Box Class Action Granted Final Approval

On Tuesday, September 24, 2019, A federal judge in Pennsylvania issued final approval of a $15.5 million settlement to resolve a 2007 class action lawsuit against Comcast Corp. U.S. District ...

U.S. House of Representatives Passes FAIR Act

Just a week following H.R. 1423’s reporting to the full House from the Judiciary Committee, the United States House of Representatives passed the Forced Arbitration Injustice Reform Act (“FAIR ...

Associate Timothy Jackson Published in ITLA Trial Journal

Wexler Wallace is excited to announce that Associate Timothy Jackson has recently been published in the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association’s Trial Journal. Timothy’s article, What is a “State ...