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Mass Tort News brings you LegalCast - The spearhead of information on the dockets that are changing history. LegalCast, hosted by Mark York and Elisa D'Amico, takes you to the front lines of breaking news in mass torts and other complex litigation areas. Lawyers and journalists join to give historical and current context along with real-time intel and access to MDL leadership via panel discussions and interviews. In addition to industry leaders and insight into all aspects of successful mass tort practice - with our annual presenting sponsor Western Alliance - LegalCast offers unique access and guidance in other commercial practice areas including Whistleblower Cases, Class Action, Human Trafficking, and Products Liability.

Mass Tort News LegalCast
Check out the full LegalCast episode: https://youtu.be/xvK8bKbU0tQ As a shareholder and leader at Simmons Hanly Conroy, Jayne Conroy oversees the practice’s Complex Litigation Department and personally specializes in Class Actions, Mass Torts, Medical Device Litigation, Pharmaceutical Litigation, Products Liability, and Sexual Abuse Litigation. She holds over 30 years of experience in law and has received regular appointments to serve as docket leadership for dozens of MDLs. Most recently, Jayne received an appointment to the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee in the In re: Social Media Adolescent Addiction/Personal Injury Products Liability Litigation. She also continues serving on the Plaintiff’s Steering Committee in In re McKinsey & Co Inc National Prescription Opiate Consultant Litigation and co-lead counsel on the Ohio-based National Prescription Opiate MDL. During her time as Opioid leadership, she has secured a $26 billion global settlement with McKesson Corp., Cardinal Health Inc AmerisourceBergen Drug Corp., and Johnson & Johnson as part of the National Prescription Opiate MDL. Other major settlements include over $1.7 billion for plaintiffs of four J&J/DePuy Pinnacle bellwether trials; $650.5 million in abatement fees against CVS, Walgreens, and Walmart in Lake and Trumbull counties in Ohio for aiding the opioid epidemic; $60 million for a class of Haitian boys abused by a convicted pedophile; and $16 billion in a global settlement for owners of Volkswagens in the 2016 emissions scandal. Jayne also served as the President of The National Trial Lawyers’ 2022 Top 100 Trial Lawyers and regularly speaks at CLE events and conferences across the U.S.. According to her firm, “Jayne is instantly recognizable by her vintage couture style and can often be seen wearing beautifully constructed suits from the 1940s in the courtroom and around the New York office where she is based.” Simmons Hanly Conroy - https://www.simmonsfirm.com/about-us/... LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/simm... Twitter - https://twitter.com/simmonslawfirm Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/Simmons.Law.... Remember to subscribe and follow us on social media… LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/mass... Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/masstortnewsorg Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/masstortnews...
Last Line of Defense Failed Chain Pharmacies | Jayne Conroy LegalCast Leadership™
Check out the full LegalCast episode: https://youtu.be/xvK8bKbU0tQ As a shareholder and leader at Simmons Hanly Conroy, Jayne Conroy oversees the practice’s Complex Litigation Department and personally specializes in Class Actions, Mass Torts, Medical Device Litigation, Pharmaceutical Litigation, Products Liability, and Sexual Abuse Litigation. She holds over 30 years of experience in law and has received regular appointments to serve as docket leadership for dozens of MDLs. Most recently, Jayne received an appointment to the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee in the In re: Social Media Adolescent Addiction/Personal Injury Products Liability Litigation. She also continues serving on the Plaintiff’s Steering Committee in In re McKinsey & Co Inc National Prescription Opiate Consultant Litigation and co-lead counsel on the Ohio-based National Prescription Opiate MDL. During her time as Opioid leadership, she has secured a $26 billion global settlement with McKesson Corp., Cardinal Health Inc AmerisourceBergen Drug Corp., and Johnson & Johnson as part of the National Prescription Opiate MDL. Other major settlements include over $1.7 billion for plaintiffs of four J&J/DePuy Pinnacle bellwether trials; $650.5 million in abatement fees against CVS, Walgreens, and Walmart in Lake and Trumbull counties in Ohio for aiding the opioid epidemic; $60 million for a class of Haitian boys abused by a convicted pedophile; and $16 billion in a global settlement for owners of Volkswagens in the 2016 emissions scandal. Jayne also served as the President of The National Trial Lawyers’ 2022 Top 100 Trial Lawyers and regularly speaks at CLE events and conferences across the U.S.. According to her firm, “Jayne is instantly recognizable by her vintage couture style and can often be seen wearing beautifully constructed suits from the 1940s in the courtroom and around the New York office where she is based.” Simmons Hanly Conroy - https://www.simmonsfirm.com/about-us/... LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/simm... Twitter - https://twitter.com/simmonslawfirm Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/Simmons.Law.... Remember to subscribe and follow us on social media… LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/mass... Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/masstortnewsorg Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/masstortnews...
Body Image Issues and Algorithm Targeting Young Teens | Jayne Conroy LegalCast Leadership™
As a shareholder and leader at Simmons Hanly Conroy, Jayne Conroy oversees the practice’s Complex Litigation Department and personally specializes in Class Actions, Mass Torts, Medical Device Litigation, Pharmaceutical Litigation, Products Liability, and Sexual Abuse Litigation. She holds over 30 years of experience in law and has received regular appointments to serve as docket leadership for dozens of MDLs. Most recently, Jayne received an appointment to the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee in the In re: Social Media Adolescent Addiction/Personal Injury Products Liability Litigation. She also continues serving on the Plaintiff’s Steering Committee in In re McKinsey & Co Inc National Prescription Opiate Consultant Litigation and co-lead counsel on the Ohio-based National Prescription Opiate MDL. During her time as Opioid leadership, she has secured a $26 billion global settlement with McKesson Corp., Cardinal Health Inc AmerisourceBergen Drug Corp., and Johnson & Johnson as part of the National Prescription Opiate MDL. Other major settlements include over $1.7 billion for plaintiffs of four J&J/DePuy Pinnacle bellwether trials; $650.5 million in abatement fees against CVS, Walgreens, and Walmart in Lake and Trumbull counties in Ohio for aiding the opioid epidemic; $60 million for a class of Haitian boys abused by a convicted pedophile; and $16 billion in a global settlement for owners of Volkswagens in the 2016 emissions scandal. Jayne also served as the President of The National Trial Lawyers’ 2022 Top 100 Trial Lawyers and regularly speaks at CLE events and conferences across the U.S.. According to her firm, “Jayne is instantly recognizable by her vintage couture style and can often be seen wearing beautifully constructed suits from the 1940s in the courtroom and around the New York office where she is based.” Simmons Hanly Conroy - https://www.simmonsfirm.com/about-us/our-attorneys/jayne-conroy/ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/simmons-hanly-conroy/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/simmonslawfirm Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/Simmons.Law.Firm/ Remember to subscribe and follow us on social media… LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/mass-tort-news Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/masstortnewsorg Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/masstortnews.org
Let's Talk Opioids, PFAS, Social Media, & East Palestine Train Crash with Jayne Conroy
Check out the full LegalCast episode: https://youtu.be/aSQW2gj7Abw Hair relaxer docket leaders Diandra “Fu” Zimmerman and LaRuby May speak with Elisa D’Amico about their leadership roles in the litigation over cancer-causing hair relaxer products marketed to minority women and share some insights about diversity in leadership and in the law. Diandra "Fu" Debrosse Zimmermann serves as Office Managing Partner, Birmingham and Co-Chair of the firm's Mass Tort practice. Fu is an outstanding litigator who focuses on mass torts and class actions. She has won hundreds of millions of dollars for her clients, including in products liability and discrimination cases, and sexual assault lawsuits. Recently appointed Co-Lead Counsel of In re: Hair Relaxer Marketing Liability Litigation (MDL No. 3060), Fu is a true trailblazer, having previously been the first black woman to be appointed as Co-Lead Counsel in an MDL for In re: Abbott Laboratories, et al., Preterm Infant Nutrition Products Liability Litigation (MDL No. 3026).Among her many accolades, The National Law Journal recently recognized her as a Litigation Trailblazer and Lawdragon named her one of the 500 Leading Consumer Lawyers. LaRuby May is an inspirational lawyer who has been fighting for underserved clients for over 25 years. She is a Founding Partner of May Jung Law, a civil rights and social justice woman of color owned law firm, and currently serves on the Plaintiff’s Executive Committee (PEC) for the hair relaxer litigation (MDL No. 3060), having been appointed to leadership along with Fu and one of the most diverse leadership teams in history, including ten other attorneys of color. LaRuby also serves on the PEC for Paraquat representing clients suffering from Parkinson’s disease. LaRuby has represented clients injured by PCBs (Polychlorinated biphenyls), and currently represents clients injured by 3M earplugs and other catastrophic injuries. Her focus is on identifying and supporting plaintiffs from a grassroots level, specifically Black and Brown communities that are often disproportionately impacted and excluded from mass tort litigation. Both Fu and LaRuby are Founding Members of Shades of Mass, a non-profit organization that aims to rectify the inequity in the appointment of attorneys of color to primary leadership roles and the overall diversity missing in mass tort and complex litigation case leadership. Fu Social Media LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/diandra-f... Dicello Levitt - https://dicellolevitt.com/ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/dice... Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/DiCelloLevitt Twitter - https://twitter.com/dicellolevitt LaRuby May Social Media LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/laruby-ma... Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/laruby.may Twitter - https://twitter.com/LaRubyMay May Jung - https://mayjung.com/ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/may-... Twitter - https://twitter.com/mayjunglaw Shades of Mass - https://www.shadesofmass.org/ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/shad... Twitter - https://twitter.com/shadesofmass Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/shadesofmass Remember to subscribe and follow us on social media… LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/mass... Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/masstortnewsorg Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/masstortnews...
Relationships with clients in Hair Relaxer MDL | LaRuby May LegalCast Leadership™
Check out the full LegalCast episode: https://youtu.be/aSQW2gj7Abw Hair relaxer docket leaders Diandra “Fu” Zimmerman and LaRuby May speak with Elisa D’Amico about their leadership roles in the litigation over cancer-causing hair relaxer products marketed to minority women and share some insights about diversity in leadership and in the law. Diandra "Fu" Debrosse Zimmermann serves as Office Managing Partner, Birmingham and Co-Chair of the firm's Mass Tort practice. Fu is an outstanding litigator who focuses on mass torts and class actions. She has won hundreds of millions of dollars for her clients, including in products liability and discrimination cases, and sexual assault lawsuits. Recently appointed Co-Lead Counsel of In re: Hair Relaxer Marketing Liability Litigation (MDL No. 3060), Fu is a true trailblazer, having previously been the first black woman to be appointed as Co-Lead Counsel in an MDL for In re: Abbott Laboratories, et al., Preterm Infant Nutrition Products Liability Litigation (MDL No. 3026).Among her many accolades, The National Law Journal recently recognized her as a Litigation Trailblazer and Lawdragon named her one of the 500 Leading Consumer Lawyers. LaRuby May is an inspirational lawyer who has been fighting for underserved clients for over 25 years. She is a Founding Partner of May Jung Law, a civil rights and social justice woman of color owned law firm, and currently serves on the Plaintiff’s Executive Committee (PEC) for the hair relaxer litigation (MDL No. 3060), having been appointed to leadership along with Fu and one of the most diverse leadership teams in history, including ten other attorneys of color. LaRuby also serves on the PEC for Paraquat representing clients suffering from Parkinson’s disease. LaRuby has represented clients injured by PCBs (Polychlorinated biphenyls), and currently represents clients injured by 3M earplugs and other catastrophic injuries. Her focus is on identifying and supporting plaintiffs from a grassroots level, specifically Black and Brown communities that are often disproportionately impacted and excluded from mass tort litigation. Both Fu and LaRuby are Founding Members of Shades of Mass, a non-profit organization that aims to rectify the inequity in the appointment of attorneys of color to primary leadership roles and the overall diversity missing in mass tort and complex litigation case leadership. Fu Social Media LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/diandra-f... Dicello Levitt - https://dicellolevitt.com/ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/dice... Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/DiCelloLevitt Twitter - https://twitter.com/dicellolevitt LaRuby May Social Media LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/laruby-ma... Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/laruby.may Twitter - https://twitter.com/LaRubyMay May Jung - https://mayjung.com/ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/may-... Twitter - https://twitter.com/mayjunglaw Shades of Mass - https://www.shadesofmass.org/ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/shad... Twitter - https://twitter.com/shadesofmass Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/shadesofmass Remember to subscribe and follow us on social media… LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/mass... Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/masstortnewsorg Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/masstortnews...
People not files | Diandra “Fu” Zimmerman LegalCast Leadership™
Check out the full LegalCast episode: https://youtu.be/aSQW2gj7Abw Hair relaxer docket leaders Diandra “Fu” Zimmerman and LaRuby May speak with Elisa D’Amico about their leadership roles in the litigation over cancer-causing hair relaxer products marketed to minority women and share some insights about diversity in leadership and in the law. Diandra "Fu" Debrosse Zimmermann serves as Office Managing Partner, Birmingham and Co-Chair of the firm's Mass Tort practice. Fu is an outstanding litigator who focuses on mass torts and class actions. She has won hundreds of millions of dollars for her clients, including in products liability and discrimination cases, and sexual assault lawsuits. Recently appointed Co-Lead Counsel of In re: Hair Relaxer Marketing Liability Litigation (MDL No. 3060), Fu is a true trailblazer, having previously been the first black woman to be appointed as Co-Lead Counsel in an MDL for In re: Abbott Laboratories, et al., Preterm Infant Nutrition Products Liability Litigation (MDL No. 3026).Among her many accolades, The National Law Journal recently recognized her as a Litigation Trailblazer and Lawdragon named her one of the 500 Leading Consumer Lawyers. LaRuby May is an inspirational lawyer who has been fighting for underserved clients for over 25 years. She is a Founding Partner of May Jung Law, a civil rights and social justice woman of color owned law firm, and currently serves on the Plaintiff’s Executive Committee (PEC) for the hair relaxer litigation (MDL No. 3060), having been appointed to leadership along with Fu and one of the most diverse leadership teams in history, including ten other attorneys of color. LaRuby also serves on the PEC for Paraquat representing clients suffering from Parkinson’s disease. LaRuby has represented clients injured by PCBs (Polychlorinated biphenyls), and currently represents clients injured by 3M earplugs and other catastrophic injuries. Her focus is on identifying and supporting plaintiffs from a grassroots level, specifically Black and Brown communities that are often disproportionately impacted and excluded from mass tort litigation. Both Fu and LaRuby are Founding Members of Shades of Mass, a non-profit organization that aims to rectify the inequity in the appointment of attorneys of color to primary leadership roles and the overall diversity missing in mass tort and complex litigation case leadership. Fu Social Media LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/diandra-f... Dicello Levitt - https://dicellolevitt.com/ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/dice... Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/DiCelloLevitt Twitter - https://twitter.com/dicellolevitt LaRuby May Social Media LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/laruby-ma... Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/laruby.may Twitter - https://twitter.com/LaRubyMay May Jung - https://mayjung.com/ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/may-... Twitter - https://twitter.com/mayjunglaw Shades of Mass - https://www.shadesofmass.org/ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/shad... Twitter - https://twitter.com/shadesofmass Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/shadesofmass Remember to subscribe and follow us on social media… LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/mass... Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/masstortnewsorg Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/masstortnews...
Hair Relaxers | Diandra “Fu” Zimmerman LegalCast Leadership™
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