The Legal Intelligencer

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The lawyers of Reed Smith make all the difference— it’s that simple. The firm’s products liability team has negotiated settlements on some of the biggest litigation to crop up in recent years, including winning summary judgment for NuvaRing on all seven bellwether cases in New Jersey, leading to a settlement in January for all of the nearly 4,000 cases nationwide.

Beyond being able to reach positive settlements, Reed Smith also has a “deep trial bench—we actually try cases,” said Barbara Binis, a partner at the firm who has been there for 24 years.

Binis is on a team defending the makers of transvaginal mesh, which involves more than 25,000 cases and has 20 trials scheduled for the upcoming year.

The firm’s successes have come despite the increasing complexity of products liability litigation in recent years.

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