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The Alabama firm has been suing Johnson & Johnson with claims that J&J products are responsible for plaintiffs’ ovarian cancer, and it has opposed the company’s effort to file for bankruptcy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

But no hospital in Nashville has been suing with such frequency.

From Washington Times • Feb. 15, 2020

He has been suing Boise over its treatment of homeless people nonstop since 2005.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 15, 2019

“What they’re doing is stall more. It’s ridiculous,” said attorney Patti Goldman of the environmental law organization Earthjustice, which has been suing agencies over organophosphates since the 1990s.

From Salon • Jul. 23, 2018

She has been suing to invalidate the nondisclosure agreement she signed before the election and has offered to return the $130,000 she was paid in order to “set the record straight.”

From Seattle Times • Apr. 9, 2018