Levin Law

A second wave of defendants has been added to the chemical hair relaxers multidistrict litigation (MDL). The newly added defendants include: “These defendants will be on a separate MDL track for both discovery and the bellwether process,” said Levin Papantonio Rafferty (LPR) Attorney Chelsie Green, who serves on the Leadership Development Committee for the hair […]

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) might ban some hair-straightening chemicals present in both salon-grade and at-home hair relaxer products. The proposed rule, announced in early October, would prohibit the use of formaldehyde, as well as methylene, glycol, and other formaldehyde-releasing chemicals, in the making of hair smoothing or straightening products marketed in the U.S. […]

Levin Papantonio Rafferty (LPR) Attorney Chelsie Green and Attorney LaRuby May of May Jung (and LPR Of Counsel), participated in a panel discussion of hair relaxer litigation science and criteria at HarrisMartin’s MDL Conference: Hair Straightener & Social Media Litigation on Wednesday. The panelists talked about the low number of studies but solid science supporting […]