Category: Class Actions

Mike Murphy Quoted in the National Law Journal About Facebook Effort “To Squeeze Every Penny Out Of Every Eyeball”

Bailey & Glasser, LLP partner Michael Murphy was quoted in the National Law Journal about his work in helping lead the new wave of litigation related to privacy law concerns, particularly related to how Facebook identifies users and tracks them across the Internet with a user ID number, and how this intersects with the Video Privacy Protection Act. As stated in the article titled: “Privacy Law Sparks New Litigation Wave Over Undisclosed Data Sharing”:

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3M Can’t Shield Itself From Liability Using Bankruptcy Proceedings

In a significant win for U.S. veterans across the country, a United States bankruptcy judge in Indiana refused to support 3M Co.’s attempt to temporarily stop more than 230,000 lawsuits related to 3M’s defective earplugs from moving forward. These lawsuits accuse 3M and its bankrupt subsidiary, Aearo Technologies LLC, of selling faulty combat earplugs that damaged the hearing of veterans who used them.

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Bailey Glasser Fights for 38,000 Talc Plaintiffs in JNJ/LTL “Texas Two Step” Bankruptcy Proceeding

Bailey Glasser was selected by the Official Committee of Talc Plaintiffs to co-lead the challenge to Johnson & Johnson’s “Texas Two Step” that denied 38,000 victims of its cancer-causing talcum powder to a jury trial. Johnson & Johnson – one of the world’s wealthiest companies, worth more than half a trillion dollars – created a subsidiary business for the express purpose of claiming bankruptcy in order to deny justice to 38,000 victims of J&J’s cancer-causing talcum powder products. The case is now underway in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the District of New Jersey, and an appeal to the Motion to Dismiss is pending before the United States Circuit Court for the Third Circuit.

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