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Monster Energy Drinks Fuel Health Concerns
GranuFlo and NaturaLyte Accused in Heart Attacks
Lawsuits Claim SSRIs Can Cause Severe Birth Defects
Dangers of Botulism with Botox
Hernia Patients in Pain as Skin Procedure Fails
Insurance Dispute Freezes Avandia Victims’ Fund
Craft Beer Boom in Michigan
Joseph Levitt on the Food Safety Modernization Act
The Food Safety Modernization Act – A Hogan Lovells Roundtable
Monster Energy Drink Accused of Teen Death
Case Involving Burger King Employee Spitting in Officer’s Burger Goes Before WA Supreme Court
Newsbreak: Surprising Results in Three Cases
Gene Grabowski on American Airlines' Brand Challenges
Jack Bonner on Defeating Food Labeling Lawsuits
Skecher Toner Shoes Cause Severe Injuries
Actos Diabetes Drug Increases Cancer Risk
Pradaxa Causes Uncontrolled Bleeding
Dangerous Stryker Rejuvenate Hip Replacement is Recalled
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We recently came across a post on a Bricker & Eckler blog, about a recent Ohio Supreme Court case, Havel v. Villa St. Joseph, 963 N.E.2d 1270 (Ohio 2012), upholding the constitutionality of an Ohio statute imposing mandatory...more
It’s déjà vu all over again. Taking a rather tattered page from the Bone Screw plaintiffs’ spectacularly unsuccessful playbook of a decade ago, at least some plaintiffs in the every-man-for-himself Pain Pump litigation are...more
Big tobacco companies are exposed to billions of dollars in damages in Florida smokers’ lawsuits now that the they’ve lost their attempt to overturn multi-million dollar verdicts when the U.S. Supreme Court decided not to...more
We were just reading an interesting, relatively new, decision from our home Circuit, Reilly v. Ceridian Corp., 664 F.3d 38 (3d Cir. 2011), and our reaction to it wasn’t quite what most readers would expect. ...more
The Arkansas Supreme Court put the state’s legislature in its place with its decision in a recent medical malpractice case. On Jan 19, the state’s highest court struck down provisions of the controversial 2003 Civil Justice...more
This is a post about one of our least favorite subjects – punitive damages. We had to conduct some research recently that we thought we’d share with you. It has to do with the lowest constitutional limit on punitive damages...more
When we convince a court that an action against one of our clients must be dismissed for failure to state a claim – say, for TwIqbal reasons – under Rule 12, we sometimes say that the plaintiff's case was so poor that s/he...more
On Wednesday, we discussed the relevant parts of pending tort reform legislation. Earlier in the month we updated our favorite federalist point, which is that federal courts should not issue expansive interpretations of state...more
The House Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on the Constitution held a hearing earlier this week on "Can We Sue Our Way to Prosperity?: Litigation's Effect on America's Global Competitiveness." Speakers included a public...more
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