The episode opens with host Tom Rowe in Washington introducing the week's legal preview. It starts in Columbus, Ohio, where Chief U.S. District Judge Edmund Sargusson will kick off the first trial in the multi-district litigation over C.R. Bard's hernia mesh. The plaintiff alleges suffering a hernia recurrence and pain after the ventrolite ST hernia mesh failed. This case is one of more than 13,000 consolidated in the MDL. Plaintiff attorney David Butler of Taft, Stentoness, and Hollister will argue against Laurie Cohen of Greenberg Trarig for C.R. Bard. Then, on Wednesday, Sprint appears before U.S. District Judge Mary K. Viscosal in Manhattan, seeking to dismiss a proposed class action suit. The suit alleges Sprint overstated its growth prospects and financial results ahead of its merger with T-Mobile last year, which Sprint denies. Arguing for Sprint is Scott Musiff of Skadden Arps, and for the investors is Patrick Dahlstrom of Pomerantz. On Thursday, the Ninth Circuit hears an appeal in a dispute between two feuding meditation centers. They are battling over a painting of the 19th century spiritual philosopher Desira Narada. The plaintiff, Divine Dharma Meditation International, claims the painting, created by the Institute of Latent Energy Studies, illegally copied its own drawing of Narada. A California judge upheld a jury finding that the painting was protected under fair use, and the Ninth Circuit will now review this decision. The episode maintains a fast-paced, informational tone throughout, covering diverse legal topics from product liability to corporate litigation and intellectual property.
