Legal Opinion
In Re Vioxx Products Liability Litigation
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided August 3, 2009No. MDL 1657PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER & REASONS
ELDON E. FALLON, District Judge.
On August 27, 2008, the Court issued an Order and Reasons capping contingent fee arrangements for all counsel representing claimants in the Vioxx global settlement program at 82% plus reasonable costs. (Rec. Doc. 15722) On December 10, 2008, a group of five attorneys, identified as the Vioxx Litigation Consortium (“VLC”), filed a Motion for Reconsideration/Revision of the Court’s Order Capping Contingent Fees and Alternatively for Entry of Judgment. (Rec. Doe. 17395). The Court appointed the Tulane Civil Litigation Clinic (“the Clinic”) to…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Chambers v. Nasco, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Gair v. PeckNew York Court of Appeals · 1959
- Hoffert v. General Motors Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- In Re Zyprexa Products Liability LitigationDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 2006
- In Re Vioxx Products Liability LitigationUnited States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 2005
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3Cited by10 opinions
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- In Re Vioxx Products Liability LitigationDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 2010
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