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Texas Super Lawyers Honors Baron & Budd Attorneys
Baron & Budd
October 5, 2005
DALLAS, Texas - Attorneys from the Dallas office of Baron & Budd, P.C. have been named to the 2005 list of Texas Super Lawyers. [read more]

Federal Judge Preliminarily Approves New Diet Drug Settlement Amendment - Baron & Budd attorney Ellen Presby appointed to new committee overseeing new Fen Phen settlement amendment
PRWeb
September 16, 2004
DALLAS, TX (PRWEB) September 16, 2004 -- The federal judge presiding over the American Home Products (AHP) Fen-Phen diet drug settlement preliminarily approved a new amendment to the settlement agreement. [read more]

California Jury Returns Significant Fen-Phen Judgement; Verdict Could Spell a Grim Future for Drug-Maker Wyeth
PR Newswire
November 3, 2004
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- The following was released today by Majority Counsel: A Los Angeles jury today recognized injuries of Fen-Phen victim Larry Hines, 56, by ordering drug-maker Wyeth to pay him $115,000 for exposing him to a progressive heart disease known as Mild Aortic Regurgitation. [read more]

Ellen A. Presby & Erin Anderson, Ass'n of Trial Lawyers of Am., How to Avoid Multidistrict Litigation and Keep Your Cases in State Court
2004
Suggesting strategies for avoiding MDL including insulating a case from removal, avoiding MDL after removal, and avoiding formation of MDLs.