The Nations Law Firm would like to wish Grant Manier a very Happy 19th Birthday. We also congratulations him on being the winner of this year’s NDEAM Poster Art Competition. What an honor to have his “Night and Day” creation featured on the Texas 2014 NDEAM Poster. Each Fall since […]
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By Andrea Schmauss– June 5, 2014 – The National Trial Lawyers “Top 40 under 40” is a professional organization composed of the top trial lawyers from each state who are younger than the age of 40. Membership into the organization is by invitation only and is extended exclusively to those […]
By Buck Daniel May 29, 2014 – The Nations Law Firm is pleased to announce the settlement of all of its Pradaxa claims against Boehringer Ingelheim. The pharmaceutical company will pay $650 million to settle all 4,000 state and federal lawsuits over its blood thinner Pradaxa (dabigatran). In 2011 alone, […]
By Buck Daniel May 22, 2014 – Two defense verdicts in favor of Takeda have been reached in the past week. On May 15, an Illinois state court jury returned a defense verdict in an Actos bladder cancer death case after four weeks of testimony. Additionally today, a jury in […]
By Buck Daniel May 1, 2014 – The judge managing the diabetes drug MDL has filed several orders shaping the next steps in the litigation. On Oct. 15, 2013, Judge Lloyd D. George filed an order scheduling a hearing on transferring several new cases to drugs Januvia, Byetta and Victoza […]
By Buck Daniel April 30, 2014 – Since our last update, there has been a great deal of activity in the Actos litigation. As of the end of March 2014, there were over 5,000 Actos cases filed in the MDL and Illinois State Court and another 1,000 still expected in […]
By Buck Daniel – March 31, 2014 – The Court overseeing our Pradaxa cases made slight changes to the bellwether discovery and trial schedule. The Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee was given additional time to disclose experts, and the first bellwether trial will begin September 8, 2014. The Court denied Defendants’ motion […]
By Andrea Schmauss – March 27, 2014 – The Nations Law Firm is pleased to announce that Howard L Nations received the Professor W. McKinley Smiley, Jr. Lighthouse Award at the 2014 Southern Trial Lawyers Association Mardi Gras Conference in New Orleans on February 28, 2014. This prestigious award is […]
By Cindy L. Nations UPDATE: March 24, 2014 : Ever since the 2011 Supreme Court ruling in Pliva, Inc. v. Mensing, the American Association for Justice has been working to close the generic drug accountability loophole which largely immunizes generic drug manufacturers from liability for injuries caused by their products. […]
By Andrea Schmauss Participants in the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, Leadership Education & Advanced Direction (LEAD) Program spent a day with Georgia legislators at the Capitol building in Atlanta on February 18th. The group helped GTLA’s lobbyists make connections with legislators and identify potential problems in currently proposed legislation. Not […]
By Andrea Schmauss The employees of The Nations Law Firm collected hygiene items, nonperishable food, household cleaning products, clothing, shoes, household items, small appliances and bedding Benefitting The Hay Center Youth. The Donation Drive was hosted by the Houston Bar Association. The Hay Center is located at 1906 Cochran St, […]
By Howard Nations November 25, 2013 – Had a surprise visit from my friend Grant Manier who arrived bearing a gift. The puzzle is the symbol for Autism and this is one of his originals, created using many pieces of paper and the print off of puzzle pieces. Grant is […]
By Howard Nations – November 20, 2013 – Recent activity in the DePuy ASR litigation increases the possibility of a settlement for ASR users who were required to have a revision or replacement of their implanted ASR hip device. Let me be clear up front that this is the beginning […]
Posted by Lacey Crawford October 29, 2013 – Thursday, November 7th, was the PAWS for a PURRpose event at: The Downtown Club at Houston Center 1100 Caroline Street 6pm to 9:30pm Over 60 sculptures by 42 noted Texas Artists were up for auction to benefit the Texas Humane Legislation Network […]
Posted by Cindy Nations October 23, 2013 – I am so proud to announce that our own Buck Daniel has been chosen to participate in a highly coveted leadership program offered by the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association. This is a real honor and one which he most definitely deserves. Congratulations, […]
October 3, 2013 – In Texas, Attorney General Greg Abbott is facing new questions about the multimillion-dollar settlement he was awarded after being paralyzed by a falling tree in 1984, the kind of settlement he is now fighting against in a tort reform move, making it impossible for a plaintiff […]
September 13, 2013 Louisiana Association for Justice Fall Conference Topic: Persuading the 21st Century Jury At the Windsor Court Hotel New Orleans, LA
By Andrea Schmauss August 20, 2013 – In June 2013, at the 40th Anniversary the Denton Cooley, MD Center in Houston, Carolyn St Clair was awarded the Distinguished Alumni award from the University of Texas School of Nursing. Ms. St. Clair joins 40 Distinguished Alumni who have been recognized for […]
By Buck Daniel August 14, 2013 – Since our last update, several big developments have occurred in the nationwide Actos litigation. The first Actos lawsuit was tried outside of the MDL in Los Angeles, California, where the plaintiff, like all of our own clients, alleged that Takeda failed to warn […]
By Buck Daniel August 14, 2013 – More than 700 Pradaxa cases have now been filed in the Southern District of Illinois before Judge David Herndon. The majority of these cases claim gastrointestinal bleeding injuries, but there have also been many catastrophic bleeding events such as hemorrhagic stroke. Judge Herndon has […]
July 30, 2013 – Seventeen-year-old eco-artist Grant Manier will be at the Houston Abilities Expo! Don’t miss this chance view his masterpieces, meet him in person and watch him in action! (Saturday 1-5 and Sunday 1-4) The Expo will be held August 2-4, 2013 at the Reliant Center (Hall E). […]