• Bayer as local trial counsel in mass tort litigation in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas concerning prescription anti-coagulant medication.
    • Johnson & Johnson as lead appellate counsel in Pennsylvania mass tort litigation claiming personal injury from use of Risperdal, a prescription atypical antipsychotic medication.
    • Saint-Gobain Corporation in an action by 247 UK residents and their estates who seek damages as a result of the 2017 fire at Grenfell Tower, a high-rise apartment building in London. In March 2020, Saint-Gobain secured an order of dismissal due to its lack of involvement in the fire or products at issue.
    • Pfizer as national counsel in the Zoloft MDL, where hundreds of plaintiffs alleged that maternal use of Zoloft, an antidepressant, caused their children to be born with various birth defects. Dechert convinced the court early in the litigation that the most efficient approach to the MDL would be to stage general causation ahead of other case specific issues. With that framework, Dechert successfully excluded all of plaintiffs’ general causation testimony and secured summary judgment in the entire MDL. The Third Circuit unanimously affirmed. Dechert also successfully defended and defeated cases pending in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas.
    • AstraZeneca in multi-district litigation and state court product liability litigation related to an anti-psychotic medication, playing lead roles in the preparation and defense of company witnesses and in briefing strategy and in the coordination and U.S. and Canadian litigation.
    • Views from the Plaintiff and Defense Bar on the New Rules — HarrisMartin Complex Litigation Conference: Examining the Court's New Mass Tort and Asbestos Protocols, Philadelphia, PA (June 5, 2012)
    • Minimizing Purchaser/Consumer Fraud Class Action Off-Label Liabilities — ACI 6th Annual Pharmaceutical Counsel's Guide to Off-Label Communications, Philadelphia, PA (July 15, 2009)
    • Optimizing the Effectiveness of Multiple Communication Channels While Minimizing Off-Label Promotion Risks — Third Annual Medical Device and Pharmaceutical Counsel's Guide to Off-Label Communications, Chicago, IL (September 13, 2006)