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Breaking Down The Bartlett Oral Argument

by Erin M. Bosman, James W. Huston, Julie Y. Park, Joanna Simon | Morrison & Foerster LLP on 4/5/2013

The U.S. Supreme Court has heard oral argument in the much-anticipated Mutual Pharmaceuticals v. Bartlett case, No. 12-142 (on appeal from the First Circuit Bartlett v. Mutual Pharms. Co., 678 F.3d 30 (1st Cir. 2012)). The...more

Driving on Both Sides of the Road: Supreme Court Hears Bartlett Oral Argument

by Erin M. Bosman, James W. Huston, Julie Y. Park, Joanna Simon | Morrison & Foerster LLP on 3/21/2013

The Supreme Court heard oral argument yesterday in the much-anticipated Mutual Pharmaceuticals v. Bartlett case, No. 12-142 (on appeal from the First Circuit Bartlett v. Mutual Pharms. Co., 678 F.3d 30 (1st Cir. 2012)). The...more

Supreme Court to Hear Design Defect Preemption Case

by Erin M. Bosman, James W. Huston, Julie Y. Park | Morrison & Foerster LLP on 12/4/2012

Generic drug manufacturers were encouraged on Friday when the Supreme Court granted certiorari in the case of Mutual Pharmaceutical Co. v. Bartlett, No. 12-142 (on appeal from the First Circuit, Bartlett v. Mutual Pham. Co.,...more

Supreme Court Sides With Vaccine Manufacturers; State-Law Design Defect Claims Preempted

by Sedgwick LLP on 3/25/2011

The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 6-2 decision, ruled that the National Childhood Vaccine Act of 1986 (NCVIA) preempts state-law design defect claims against vaccine manufacturers. [See Bruesewitz v. Wyeth LLC, FKA Wyeth, Inc.]...more

Design Defect Claims Against Vaccine Manufacturers Are Preempted by Federal Law

by Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP on 3/9/2011

On February 22, 2011, in Bruesewitz v. Wyeth, Inc., the U.S. Supreme Court held in a 7–2 decision that the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 (“Vaccine Act”) preempts all design defect claims brought against...more

Another Liability Shield for Vaccine Manufacturers: U.S. Supreme Court Rules that Design Defect Claims Against Vaccine...

by Morrison & Foerster LLP on 2/25/2011

On February 22, the Supreme Court issued its decision in Bruesewitz v. Wyeth, 562 U.S. __ (2011). The Court’s 6-2 opinion, written by Justice Scalia (Justice Kagan took no part in the decision), held that design defect claims...more

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