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Posted on Mar 2, 2012 By Jennifer Williams
In its 2011 Annual Report released today, Bayer admits it has settled 70 Yaz/Yasmin lawsuits. According to the report Bayer had reached agreements, without admission of liability, to settle the claims ...
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Posted on Aug 26, 2011 By Jennifer Williams
In Order handed down on August 18, 2011, Judge Herndon, presiding Judge of the Yaz/Yasmin federal court litigation, indicated that he is working on a plan to "engage the parties in settlement ...
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Posted on Jun 14, 2011 By Jennifer Williams, Esq.
On June 9, 2011, Judge Herndon set the bellwether trial schedule for the Yaz / Yasmin litigation in the federal court multidistrict litigation (MDL). The first case set for trial involves a young ...
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Posted on Dec 6, 2010 By Allen Law Firm
As previously reported, the first "bellwether" case in the Yaz / Yasmin Multi-District Litigation will involve a woman who suffered a pulmonary embolism . Because so many of the women who have sued ...
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Posted on Nov 15, 2010 By Jackson Allen Williams, LLP
Members of the Plaintiffs Steering Committee and Defendants Steering Committee have chosen the first twenty-four Yaz/Yasmin cases from which the first bellwether trials will be chosen. Plaintiffs and ...
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Posted on Oct 13, 2010 By Jennifer Williams
The Judge overseeing the Yaz / Yasmin multidistrict litigation has ordered that the first Yaz/Yasmin lawsuit go to trial beginning September 12, 2011. The Court's order detailed the process for ...
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Posted on Sep 22, 2010 By Jennifer Williams
The Yaz and Yasmin lawsuits filed in federal courts across the country were consolidated in a multi-district litigation less than a year ago and already there are almost 4,000 plaintiffs who have ...
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Posted on Jul 29, 2010 By Jennifer Williams
In the last two months alone, over 700 Yasmin / Yaz lawsuits have been filed in the federal multidistrict Yaz litigation. That brings the total number of Yasmin / Yaz lawsuits filed in federal court ...
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Posted on Jun 4, 2010 By Jennifer Williams
The Yaz/Yasmin litigation in the federal court MDL and state court consolidations are proceeding through the discovery phase including preliminary depositions and extensive document review. In the ...
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