Partner Erin Copeland of Fibich, Leebron, Copeland & Briggs has been invited to speak at the Masters of Mass Tort legal conference taking place this week. Erin, along with other industry leaders from around the country, will come together to discuss topics unique to mass torts, including currently pending litigation. Erin will be speaking on…
Attorney Erin Copeland, partner of Fibich, Leebron, Copeland & Briggs has recently been appointed to the Essure Executive Committee for California as a Judicial Council Coordinate Proceeding (JCCP). Erin has been a prominent leader in the fight against Essure and often speaks out about the dangers of this risky medical device. Essure is a birth control device made out…
Fibich, Leebron, Copeland & Briggs along with a team of other product liability firms recently obtained a remand of their Essure medical device cases back to a St. Louis, Missouri state court. Essure is a method of permanent birth control that has come under fire for the number of safety concerns raised by patients and cited in…
Attorney Erin Copeland of Fibich, Leebron, Copeland & Briggs spoke this week on “Getting Selected for Leadership” at the Next Generation Conference hosted by the Institute for Complex Litigation and Mass Claims at Emory Law in Atlanta. Erin Copeland, along with senior members of the federal judiciary and other notable attorneys from both the Plaintiffs…
Testing Essure is marketed as a form of permanent birth control device made of metals, including nickel and titanium. The device consists of two coils that are implanted into a woman’s fallopian tubes and are intended to remain there for the life of the patient blocking sperm from reaching the eggs. A number of risks have…
Attorney Erin Copeland of Fibich, Leebron, Copeland & Briggs will speak on the topic of Ethical Dilemmas in the Perpetuation of Unfair Stereotypes of Women & How to Change the Dialogue at the Diversity in the Law seminar at the Charlotte Marriott City Center in Charlotte, North Carolina this week, November 29-30, 2016. This seminar…
According to a new press release, a judge in California has ordered all cases in the state against Bayer Corporation regarding the Essure® permanent birth control device be consolidated before a single judge in the Alameda County Superior Court. The plaintiffs in the litigation are represented by a team of national leaders in the fight against…
While many people may have a basic understanding of a spinal cord injury, there are some things that not a lot of people understand. At Fibich, Leebron, Copeland & Briggs, our Houston spinal cord injury attorneys understand that this type of situation can be difficult. Because of this, we want to make sure people understand the potential…
Many women who were implanted with the Essure® permanent birth control device have complained of painful and severe adverse events that required the women to have the device surgically removed. The Essure® device has been marketed as a non-incisional alternative to other permanent birth control surgical procedures, such as vasectomy and tubal ligation. Two Essure®…
The team at Fibich, Leebron, Copeland & Briggs is proud to announce that three of our attorneys have been selected for inclusion in the 2016 Super Lawyers® list. Attorney Erin Copeland has been selected to the Super Lawyers® list for two consecutive years. Attorney Jay Henderson earns his 10th consecutive selection to the list. For Attorney Tommy Fibich, this marks his…
