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Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

5 Major Drug and Medical Device Developments in 2023

A popular New Year’s trend is to say “goodbye” to all the things that didn’t serve you in 2023, as you usher in new intentions and habits for 2024. Although there were many great trial outcomes and continuing scientific wins...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] Drug & Medical Device Litigation - December 5th - 6th, New York, NY

Hosted by American Conference Institute, the 28th Annual Conference on Drug & Medical Device Litigation returns for another exciting year with curated programming and networking opportunities with 400+ industry...more

Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley

Searcy Denney Investigates Claims of Gastroparesis Caused by Ozempic, Other Weight Loss Drugs

Until recently, Ozempic was a little-known diabetes medication. But, when mainstream media outlets and even medical schools began touting the drug’s weight loss benefits, Ozempic was quickly thrust into the national...more

Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley

FDA Reports Sterilization Issues in EzriCare Factory: Bacterial Contamination in Artificial Tears Products

Earlier this year, the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”) spotted an outbreak of a rare bacterial infection in 11 (now 16) different states, associated with multiple different infection types, particularly...more

Dechert LLP

Dechert Re:Torts Newsletter - Key Developments in Product Liability and Mass Torts - Issue 2

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Federal Appeals Court Dismisses Challenge to Interim PFAS Guidance, Leaving Important Questions Unresolved - A federal appeals court dismissed a challenge to EPA's interim guidance for PFAS levels in drinking water,...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

The Robins Justice Report Vol. 16, No. 1 - March 2022

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In January of 2018, Robins Kaplan LLP filed a lawsuit against the nation’s largest opioid manufacturers and distributors on behalf of three Tribal Nations in South Dakota. It was one of the first complaints filed by a Tribe...more

Hicks Johnson

Are Public Nuisance Claims the Next Super Torts?

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Public nuisance claims have long been understood to rest on “an unreasonable interference with a right common to the general public.” Typically, litigation sought recovery for damages in connection with (among other...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Robins Kaplan Justice Report Winter 2020 | VOL. 14 NO. 1

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DUSTING SPRAY DEATHS AND INJURIES - Robins Kaplan LLP is investigating and litigating “dusting” cases, which arise when someone inhales—or “huffs”—compressed gas dusting spray for its intoxicating effects while driving and...more

Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley

Injured Patients Want Consolidation of Zantac Lawsuits

Litigation Update - On January 30, 2020, class action, consumer protection and pharmaceutical lawyers from around the country will be in federal court in Tampa, Florida to argue before a panel of federal judges whether...more

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New Supreme Court Decision Offers Guidance for Mass Tort Preemption Defense

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After years of limited guidance, the Supreme Court has finally provided direction to lower courts on the issue of preemption when they delivered their opinion in Merck v. Albrecht. “Preemption” is a common defense used by...more

McCarter & English, LLP

McCarter Plays Key Role In New Jersey Supreme Court’s Landmark In Re: Accutane Decision Regarding Expert Admissibility Standards

Until now, the perception that New Jersey law on expert admissibility was weaker than the Daubert standard used in federal courts and many other states - combined with New Jersey being home to so many pharmaceutical and...more

Esquire Deposition Solutions, LLC

Why Does Class-Action Defense Spending Continue to Rise?

It’s almost inevitable; once a company grows its market to a certain size, its stakeholders are likely to face class-action litigation. Despite a downward trend in class-action defense expenditures from 2011 to 2014, spending...more

Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley

Can HEAL Do It For America’s Opioid Epidemic?

Government Initiative Promises $1.1 Billion in Research Funds - The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services’ National Institutes of Health has launched a brand-new – and much-necessary – initiative to combat the...more

Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley

The Truth About Opioid Addiction — Big Pharma Exposed

U.S. Attorney General Creates Task force To Address Epidemic - The opioid crisis in America exists because both the illegal and prescription forms of the drug are highly addictive and commonly abused....more

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.

Bad For Your Health: Lawsuit Advertising Implications And Solutions

Shook, Hardy & Bacon Partner Cary Silverman has authored a report for the U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform examining the effects of advertising soliciting plaintiffs for lawsuits targeting prescription drugs and...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Bristol-Myers Squibb: The Aftermath

Last month, the U.S. Supreme Court clarified the scope of specific personal jurisdiction in Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. v. Superior Court of California, San Francisco Cty., 137 S. Ct. 1773 (2017) (“BMS”). Mass tort defendants...more

Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley

What is a hard fought battle for clients? — Legal Warriors

Someone asked what was one of the most challenging cases I have worked on as a drug and medical device litigator for the past 23 years. It was the Vioxx litigation....more

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