A Message From the Editor A Pennsylvania jury recently agreed to award a talc plaintiff $22 million. The decision, however, was nullified by the fact they also found in the company's favor on causation. Attorneys representing the plaintiffs said they're unsure how they're going to proceed with the unusual result, but the pharmaceuticals giant is claiming victory, saying, “Yet another jury has refused to issue a verdict that adopts the baseless claims of the mass tort plaintiffs’ bar." Read more in our first item today. Also, in-house departments are getting pushback from what companies are increasingly seeing as rate hikes that "defy gravity."
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