Waters Kraus & Paul partners selected to appear in 2018 Southern California Super Lawyers Magazine.
Gary Paul, Michael Armitage, and Scott Frost, partners at Waters Kraus & Paul, have each respectively been selected for inclusion in the 2018 Southern California Super Lawyers list as featured in special sections of The New York Times and The Los Angeles Magazine. This is a special honor...
UK health institute is to recommend that vaginal mesh operation be banned from treating organ prolapse in England.
The BBC reports that the UK’s National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) may recommend that vaginal mesh medical devices be banned for general use and used only for research. These mesh products are intended to treat a common condition known as pelvic...
As we come to the end of 2017 and the beginning of 2018, we take it as a time of both reflection over our past work and as inspiration and preparation for what is to come.
Verdicts & Settlements:Rebar Whistleblowers Lawsuit Settles for $4.6 Million Waters & Kraus partner Charles S. Siegel is one of three qui tam lawyers representing...
C.R. Bard’s argument to get out of multidistrict litigation is denied.
An Arizona federal judge has dismissed C.R. Bard Inc.’s request to evade multidistrict litigation, ruling the state law claims are not preempted by federal law. Multidistrict litigation (MDL) is a procedure the federal courts use to handle hundreds or thousands of lawsuits that may be filed in federal courts...
Austin’s city council will study demolitions’ effect on affordable housing and how a lack of mitigation on asbestos may not be helping.
A recent audit in Austin, Texas has found an increasing number of housing demolitions with a lack of safety oversight. As such, the Austin City Council has approved resolutions aimed at addressing the issue brought by a city council member who has...
A consistent chain of behavior demonstrates Ethicon’s disregard for patient safety, making profit its first priority, and dragging its heels on reprinting mesh instructions with proper warnings.
On November 29th, company officials from Ethicon, a Johnson & Johnson unit, presented deposition testimony admitting the company was aware of potential complications related to a mesh medical...
There’s more than meets the eye to home renovations that lead to unintentional asbestos exposure.
You work. You spend years saving. You’re finally able to move into a home of your own. One unsuspecting afternoon there’s a fire with significant damage. You’re then told that your house is filled with asbestos. This is what happened to an Australian couple after living in the home that...
Environmental injustice demonstrates a lack of justice for all
Today we stop to commemorate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., a man who fought for equality and human rights not just for African Americans, but also for the economically disadvantaged and all victims of injustice.
There is an increasing concern in the United States that the broad array of environmental...
On Monday, November 27, the Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal from a medical device maker.
The appeal sought to remove eight consolidated suits involving more than 100 consumers allegedly harmed by the company’s vascular filters from California state court to federal court. The Supreme Court’s decision leaves intact the 9th Circuit’s ruling that the cases against Cordis Corp. do...
The Supreme Court Offers Clarity in the Ever-Evolving World of E-Discovery in In re State Farm Lloyds
As computers, smart phones, and other electronic devices have become commonplace, electronic discovery or e-discovery has become an extremely difficult and expensive part of litigation and has flummoxed even the most seasoned litigators. Over the past several years, there have been...
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