Ashcraft & Gerel Takes the Lead in Consumer Protection
Our Team Is Working Hard on Cases Involving ParaGard IUDs and Weed Killer Paraquat Ashcraft & Gerel is known for taking complex, high-profile cases in the name of consumer ...
Appeals Court Orders Johnson & Johnson to Pay $2.1 Billion to Cancer Victims
Missouri Appellate Court Re-Affirms Landmark Talcum Powder Verdict In July 2018, a Missouri circuit court jury awarded $4.69 billion to 22 women who claimed that Johnson & ...
FDA Asks Five Companies to Recall Metformin Due to Cancer Risk
NDMA Contamination Discovered in Diabetes Drug In December 2019, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) began an investigation into Metformin, a drug commonly used to ...
Johnson & Johnson Discontinues Baby Powder Sales Over Lawsuits
Contaminated Baby Powder Pulled from North American Shelves For years, personal care giant Johnson & Johnson fought claims that its talc-based Baby Powder contained ...
Federal Judge Approves Experts to Testify that Talcum Powder Causes Ovarian Cancer & Allows Cases to Go Forward
Yesterday afternoon, Chief Judge Wolfson issued her long-awaited decision on the admissibility of our expert witnesses in federal court. In her 141-page ruling, Judge Wolfson ...
Thoughts On Coronavirus And The Nursing Home Population
“Don’t worry, its only the elderly that are dying”. In the last month, I have heard this statement over a dozen times. Today I heard the much more bothersome “boomer remover” ...
Nursing Home Sanitation Neglect Increases Coronavirus Risk
As of Friday, March 6th, coronavirus (COVID-19) infections were confirmed in 247 Americans across 21 states. Fourteen of those patients have died, 9 of whom lived in the same ...
Children Could Face Secondhand Lead Poisoning as a Result of Parents’ Occupational Exposure
A study from the Boston University School of Public Health revealed the dangers of secondhand lead exposure in the children of people who work in high-risk roles. The research ...
U.S. Representatives Introduced Quality Care for Nursing Home Residents Act of 2019
The Quality Care for Nursing Home Residents Act of 2019 (H.R. 5216 and S.2943) was introduced by United States Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky and Senator Richard Blumenthal. The ...
Ashcraft & Gerel, LLP Nationally Ranked as 2020 “Best Law Firms” Winner
We are proud to announce that Ashcraft & Gerel, LLP was named as a 2020 “Best Law Firm” nationally and in Washington, DC by U.S. News – Best Lawyers®! The “Best Law ...