Bard IVC MDL Judge Denies Motion To Reduce 1 Firm’s Common Benefit Fee Assessment

Mealey's (June 1, 2022, 9:14 AM EDT) -- PHOENIX — The Arizona federal court judge overseeing the Bard inferior vena cava (IVC) filter litigation on May 20 denied a motion by a plaintiff law firm to reduce and exempts it clients’ recoveries from common benefit fee and expense assessments, ruling that the firm signed an MDL participating agreement that gave it access to common benefit discovery in exchange for contributing to common benefit fees and obtained results no better than the MDL bellwether trials....