Newsroom category: Mass Torts News

TikTok Settles Social Media Addiction Lawsuit Ahead of Trial

January 28, 2026

TikTok has agreed to settle a major lawsuit accusing social media companies of creating addictive platforms that harm young users. The settlement was reached just days before the case was scheduled to go to trial in a California state court. The lawsuit was part of a broader legal effort targeting several major tech companies, including […]

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Plaintiffs’ Evidence Will Be Heard in Cases Alleging J&J’s Talc Products Caused Women’s Ovarian Cancer, Announced Levin Papantonio Attorney Chris Tisi

January 22, 2026

A U.S. District Court Special Master in the talc multidistrict litigation (MDL) against Johnson & Johnson (J&J) entered an Opinion, reaffirming that plaintiffs may present expert testimony supporting general causation to the jury. Specifically, Special Master, Hon. L. Wolfson, former Chief Judge for the District of New Jersey, greenlighted the admissibility of expert testimony supporting […]

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