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$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 ...

Jury Awards Plaintiffs $6 Million Against Paint Manufacturers in Wisconsin Lead Poisoning Trial

Following a nearly 4-week long trial in the United States District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin, a federal jury returned a $6 million verdict in favor of three plaintiffs for injuries ...

Chemical Spill in Beach Park Hospitalizes 37, 7 in Critical Condition

On Thursday morning at approximately 4:30 a.m., a major chemical spill in Beach Park, Illinois was reported. The massive spill resulted in the hospitalization of 37 people including 11 ...

FDA Orders Manufacturers to Halt Sales of Surgical Mesh

On Tuesday, April 16, 2019, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an order directing Boston Scientific and Coloplast to immediately halt sales and distribution of all remaining ...

AARP Brief Urges Reexamination of American Family Insurance Ruling

On Wednesday, March 6, 2019, the AARP and AARP Foundation filed an amicus brief urging the Sixth Circuit to rehear the case of Jammal, et al v. American Family Insurance Co. et al. In its ...

Five Wexler Wallace Attorneys Named 2019 Super Lawyers

We are proud to announce that five of our attorneys have been recognized by Super lawyers for its Illinois 2019 list of outstanding legal talent. Partners Kenneth A. Wexler, Edward A. Wallace, ...

Associate Lauren Kaplan Published in ITLA Trial Journal

We are proud to announce that Wexler Wallace Associate Lauren C. Kaplan has been published in the latest edition of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association Trial Journal. Lauren’s article, ...

Court Grants Preliminary Approval, Lead Counsel in $15.5 Million Comcast Antitrust Case

On Wednesday, September 5, 2018, U.S. District Court Judge Anita B. Brody of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania granted preliminary settlement approval and ...

FDA Warns Diabetes Drugs Can Cause Life-Threatening Genital Infections

Patients taking a class of type 2 diabetes drugs are being advised by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of a link to a rare but serious flesh-eating infection of the genital area. The ...

Court Denies Drug Cos. Bid to Escape Lipitor Antitrust Lawsuit

On Tuesday, August 21 2018, U.S. District Judge Peter G. Sheridan of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey rejected a bid by Pfizer Inc. and Ranbaxy Inc. to quash state ...
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