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Abbott Labs to Pay $1.5 Billion in Depakote Settlement

by Lawyers.com on 5/9/2012

Abbott Laboratories Inc. pleaded guilty and agreed to pay a $1.5 billion settlement for the company’s off-label promotion of anti-seizure drug Depakote. Depakote may be used only for epileptic seizures, bipolar mania and...more

Family Settles with Exterminator whose Poisons Killed their Children

by Lawyers.com on 12/20/2011

Nathan and Brenda Toone suffered the unthinkable loss of two of their daughters to alleged pesticide poisoning within days after taking care of the seemingly routine home maintenance task of using an exterminator. The...more

Illegal Clinical Trials of Bone Cement Sends Executives to Prison

by Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 12/20/2011

Four ex-officers of a Pa.-based manufacturer of a bone cement product were sentenced to prison for an unapproved trial that led to three deaths. Each pled guilty to a single misdemeanor count of shipping adulterated and...more

There'll Always Be Posner: Double-header

by Dechert LLP on 12/5/2011

A great Chicagoan, Ernie Banks, was famous for saying “Let’s play two” – an expression of pure joy about the game of baseball. Another great Chicagoan, Judge Richard Posner, recently came out with a pair of opinions that...more

Basics of Legal Evidence

by LegalMatch.com on 9/13/2011

A discussion about what is legal evidence, and the threshold that must be met before a piece of evidence can be introduced in court....more

Caronia, The Latest

by Dechert LLP on 9/1/2011

The moment we saw the Supreme Court’s First Amendment decision in Sorrell v. IMS Health Inc., 131 S. Ct. 2653 (2011), we knew it had implications for the FDA's suppression of truthful commercial speech concerning off-label...more

Protective Orders - Are They Enough?

by Sedgwick LLP on 8/3/2011

When faced with the prospect of defending parallel civil and criminal proceedings, companies and their attorneys must evaluate a number of important issues to develop an effective overarching defense strategy. The reach of a...more

MSC Order List: June 15, 2011

by Warner Norcross & Judd on 6/20/2011

On June 15, 2011, the Michigan Supreme Court granted the Governor’s request for an advisory opinion regarding the constitutionality of the reduction or elimination of tax exemption for pension incomes in 2011 PA 38. In re...more

Japanese Litigation Update

by Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP on 4/7/2011

Quinn Emanuel Foundation to Donate Towards Japan Relief: On March 11th, Japan was hit by one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded. Rescue and recovery efforts have already begun and are expected to last for months, with...more

Prosecuted For Being In Charge of the Company? Yes, Says FDA Enforcement

by Warner Norcross & Judd on 1/4/2011

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced that it will target and seek prosecution of corporate employees for company violations of the federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (FDCA) – and it will do so even in the...more

Insurance and Reinsurance Review - September 2010

by Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP on 9/7/2010

In This Issue: *Bad Faith: Choice of Law Matters 1-3 *The Bribery Act 2010 3 *Solvency II – An Update 4-5 *The Threat of a New Wave of Foreign Asbestos Claimants in United States Courts 6-7 *Lehman Brothers: Client...more

Pfizer Agrees to First Neurontin Lawsuit Settlement

by Robert Kraft on 4/5/2010

Pfizer, the manufacturer of the epilepsy medication Neurontin has been involved in many claims by plaintiffs who blame the drug for creating suicidal tendencies. One such lawsuit, by a Massachusetts’ man’s survivors, has just...more

FDA to Increase Criminal Prosecution of Corporate Officials in the Pharmaceutical Industry

by Duane Morris LLP on 3/12/2010

In a recently released letter to U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), the Government Accountability Office (GAO) reported the results of its study into the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) criminal investigation of...more

FDA Looks to Boost Criminal Prosecutions

by Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 3/11/2010

In the wake of a scathing March 4th GAO Report, FDA has informed Congress that it will boost criminal prosecutions of pharmaceutical and food industry executives.[1] Although the Agency's Office of Criminal Investigation...more

Federal Agents Raid Gibson Guitar Corporation in an Enforcement Action Under the Lacey Act: Where does that leave "Due Care?"

by Fox Rothschild on 3/11/2010

The recent raid of Gibson Guitar by the Fish and Wildlife Service underscores the need for companies to reevaluate procurement processes and contracts to reduce risk of Lacey Act violations. “Due care” under the Lacey Act is...more

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