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Bard PowerPort lawsuits allege that implanted catheter devices used during chemotherapy and other long-term treatments can fracture, migrate, cause serious infections, and contribute to dangerous blood clots.

The Bard PowerPort is placed beneath the skin and connected to a catheter that enters a major blood vessel. Plaintiffs claim that flaws in certain catheter materials can cause the device to deteriorate after implantation, exposing patients to vascular damage, emergency surgery, sepsis, thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, and other serious injuries.

The federal lawsuits are consolidated in MDL No. 3081 in the District of Arizona. Bellwether trials began in April 2026. The first trial produced a partial defense result but left the central design-defect claim unresolved. The next trial, involving a fractured catheter, is scheduled to begin on August 18, 2026.

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For many years, courts across the country have been flooded with hernia mesh lawsuits. These product liability claims allege that certain permanent hernia mesh implants were defectively designed, inadequately tested, poorly labeled, or sold without proper warnings about the risk of serious complications after surgery.

The lawsuits involve several major medical device manufacturers, including Ethicon, C.R. Bard and Davol, Covidien, and Atrium Medical Corp. The cases are not true class actions. They are mostly individual personal injury lawsuits consolidated into separate federal multidistrict litigations, or MDLs, based on the manufacturer and product involved.

The hernia mesh litigation looks very different in 2026 than it did five years ago. Some defendants have resolved most of their claims. Bard has moved into settlement administration after a major global settlement framework, although claims are still being filed against Bard.

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For decades, millions of people used Johnson’s Baby Powder, Shower to Shower, and other talc-based body powders. Thousands of lawsuits now allege that repeated exposure caused ovarian cancer or mesothelioma and that Johnson & Johnson failed to warn consumers about the risks.

Mesothelioma claims generally allege that cosmetic talc was contaminated with asbestos. Ovarian cancer lawsuits focus largely on women who regularly applied talcum powder for feminine hygiene over many years. Johnson & Johnson denies that its talc products contained asbestos or caused cancer.

This page explains the proposed 2026 talc settlement, the current federal litigation, recent verdicts, potential claim value, and who may still qualify to file a lawsuit.

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Los Angeles County is at the center of one of the largest government-run institutional child sexual abuse scandals in United States history. Thousands of claims involve children placed in county juvenile halls, probation camps, foster homes, group homes, and the former MacLaren Children’s Center.

Survivors allege that probation officers, facility employees, contracted caregivers, medical staff, and other adults sexually abused children who were under county supervision. Many claims also allege that complaints were ignored, reports were buried, and accused employees were transferred rather than removed.

Our law firm represents survivors of sexual abuse. If you were abused in a Los Angeles County juvenile facility, probation camp, foster care placement, or group home, call us at 888-322-3010 or request a free case review. We can review the facility, approximate dates, deadline, and available evidence.

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Millions of young people have passed through state and county juvenile detention facilities across the country. Recent lawsuits and investigations have exposed what many of these children endured behind locked doors. Juvenile detainees have alleged rape, sexual assault, coercion, grooming, unwanted touching, and retaliation by guards, counselors, contractors, medical workers, and other staff members who were supposed to protect them.

A growing number of states have changed their laws to give childhood sexual abuse survivors more time to file civil lawsuits. In some states, survivors can bring claims decades after the abuse occurred.

Our sexual abuse lawyers handle juvenile detention center sex abuse cases nationwide. If you were sexually abused while confined in a juvenile facility, call us at 888-322-3010 or request a free case review to learn whether you may have a claim for financial compensation.

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A massage client is undressed, alone in a private room, and expected to trust the person performing the treatment. A therapist who uses that setting for sexual contact has abused more than a professional boundary. The conduct may support a civil lawsuit against the therapist and, in the right case, the spa, franchise, hotel, chiropractic office, or wellness business that put the therapist in the room.

Our national sex abuse lawyers are investigating claims involving nonconsensual touching, exposure, penetration, improper draping, and other sexual misconduct during massage therapy. If this happened to you, call 888-322-3010 or contact us online for a confidential, free consultation.

Substantively updated August 5, 2026.

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If you were exposed to Paraquat and later diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, you may have the right to pursue a lawsuit and seek financial compensation. Our Paraquat lawyers are reviewing new Parkinson’s disease claims from across the country.

This page explains the current Paraquat settlement process, the federal multidistrict litigation, the evidence connecting Paraquat exposure to Parkinson’s disease, possible settlement amounts, and what you need to prove to bring a claim.

A confidential settlement process is now underway for many federal plaintiffs, while cases involving people who rejected their settlement offers continue to move through discovery.

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For decades, Illinois had some of the worst juvenile detention centers in the country for abuse, neglect, and lack of oversight. Countless young people placed in these facilities were sexually abused, assaulted, threatened, silenced, or ignored when they tried to report what happened.

With changes in Illinois law, many survivors of childhood sexual abuse in juvenile detention centers can now bring civil lawsuits and seek financial compensation, even when the abuse happened years ago. These cases focus on staff abuse, unsafe housing, poor supervision, ignored complaints, retaliation, and systemic failures inside facilities that were supposed to protect children.

Our Illinois sex abuse lawyers are currently reviewing juvenile detention center sex abuse lawsuits from victims across the state. If you were sexually abused at an Illinois Youth Center, county juvenile detention center, residential youth facility, or similar custodial setting, contact our lawyers at 888-322-3010 or request a free case review online.

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TRESemmé is a popular brand of shampoo and other hair care products made by Unilever, Inc. Consumers have filed lawsuits alleging that certain TRESemmé shampoo products contained chemicals that caused hair loss, thinning, scalp irritation, and other injuries.

About Unilever and TRESemmé

Unilever is a major manufacturer of personal care products and one of the leading shampoo manufacturers in the world. TRESemmé is one of Unilever’s most popular hair care brands. TRESemmé products are sold through major retailers and promoted through product labeling, advertising, and retail websites.

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Roundup lawsuits have been going on for over eight years now. This is the story of the Roundup litigation, what plaintiffs can do in 2025, and an update on the latest spate of Roundup NHL verdicts nationwide.

Lawsuits regarding the Roundup weed killer allege that Monsanto’s herbicide led to the development of non-Hodgkin lymphoma or similar cancers in individuals. Plaintiffs claim that Monsanto and its parent company, Bayer, failed to disclose the potential cancer risks associated with the product to the public. Moreover, these legal actions assert that the company deliberately misled the public about Roundup’s safety.

Referred to in litigation as the “Monsanto Papers,” internal communications from Monsanto revealed potential concealment of Roundup’s cancer connection over an extended period. These documents purportedly displayed evidence of the company’s amicable relationships with regulators and tactics employed to suppress scientific evidence linking glyphosate to cancer.

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