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The Top 10 legal news stories our readers were most interested in this week.

#1  C.R. Bard Hernia Mesh Trial Gets the Green Light
Santa Clara, CA Federal hernia mesh lawsuits filed against C.R. Bard are proceeding with the first bellwhether trial scheduled for January 2021 (it was postponed due to COVID), despite numerous efforts by the medical device maker to have the case dismissed. This trial may well indicate the future of hernia mesh litigation and significantly impact up to 10,000 pending hernia mesh cases.

#2  Bayer’s Bumps over Mosanto’s Roundup Litigation
Santa Clara, CA Bayer stated on its website in June 2020 that it will make a total payment of $10.1 billion to $10.9 billion to resolve current and address potential future Roundup Litigation. The $10.1 billion figure will settle about 75 percent of Monsanto’s Roundup lawsuits by an estimated 125,000 people who claim exposure to its weed killer and other glyphosate herbicides caused them to develop the form of cancer called non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

#3  Lead Attorney for 3M Earplug Plaintiffs is Proceeding to Trial
Pensacola, FL Attorney Bryan Aylstock and his law firm is representing over 10,000 current and former U.S. military service members who have suffered hearing loss and tinnitus allegedly caused by 3M defective military earplugs. “We hold 3M accountable for what they did to our military brothers and sisters and what they did not tell them,” says Aylstock.

#4  Florida Lawsuits Allege Improprieties against Burger King, Franchisees
Lake County, FL A former worker at a Burger King restaurant in Lake County has taken his former employer to court alleging violations to Florida Employment and other labor statutes under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), alleging his former employer altered time cards in order to avoid paying overtime.

#5  Google Worker Secrecy Agreements to face California Labor Lawsuit
San Francisco, CA On September 21 the California Court of Appeals ruled that Google and Adecco USA, Inc., a staffing company, must face allegations that the confidentiality agreements required of all Google employees violate the California Labor Code. Among other remedies, Doe v. Google seeks penalties under the California Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA), in which as many as 65,000 Google employees might share. The sum of money could be massive, even for the tech giant.

#6  Lawyer Helps People Escape Timeshare Hell
Largo, FL Timeshare contracts are easy to get into and hell to get out of says veteran Florida attorney Michael Finn.

#7  Lisinopril—Hidden Dangers
Las Vegas, NV Many prescription drugs are as common as aspirin; it's no wonder that many consumers don't read warning labels or consider that a medication could be associated with side effects. Take Lisinopril, for instance. It is one of the most widely prescribed drugs in the US, and it also has the potential to harm a lot of people.

#8  Injectafer Double Dose—Double Profit and Double Risk, and Dosage Discrepancy
Santa Clara, CA Hypophosphatemia, an abnormally low level of phosphate in the blood, may be due to longer term or excess of certain drugs such as bisphosphonates, including Injectafer, but that may depend upon researchers conducting the clinical trials and the amount of the iron-deficiency drug treatment.

#9  Bayer to Settle Essure Birth Control Lawsuits for $1.6 Billion
Santa Clara, CA Almost two years after Bayer stopped selling Essure in the U.S., and four years after the FDA told Bayer its birth control device needed a black box warning regarding potential serious side effects, the pharma giant will pay $1.6 billion to settle Essure lawsuits brought by nearly 39,000 women in the U.S. who suffered serious health complications as a result of Essure fallopian tube implants.

#10  Pacific Western Bank Shorted Workers OT Pay Lawsuit Alleges
A class action lawsuit filed in the Superior Court of California alleges Pacific Western Bank failed to correctly calculate overtime wages of the non-exempt hourly workers and failed to provide staff with mandatory meal and rest breaks.

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Topic/Case	Leads
Pet Illnesses and Deaths Prompt Lawsuits Against Hartz and Other Flea and Tick Product Makers	72
Wrongful Self Storage Auctions	61
Illegal Towing Lawsuit News and Legal Information	55
Santander Faces Class Action Lawsuit Over Fair Debt Collection Practices	54
Excessive Bank Overdraft Fees Lawsuit News & Legal Information	49
Home Warranty Insurance Claim Denied Lawsuit	37
Sears and LG Electronics announce Recall to repair approximately 20,000 Refrigerators	37
California Unpaid Wages Lawsuit News and Legal Information	28
Lisinopril Liver Damage Lawsuit News and Legal Information	15
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