Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Court holds police can be liable for injury caused by taser

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The Wall Street Journal is reporting today that the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday agreed with a lower court ruling that an officer ...
Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Another end of the year top 10 list

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A few days ago I commented that this is the time of the year when you start to see "top ten lists"... Here is another one: New Yor...
Monday, December 21, 2009

CPSC to lift stay of enforcement of Consumer Product Safety Act

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A few days ago I posted that the Consumer Product Safety Commission was likely to lift its stay of enforcement of certain testing and certif...
Sunday, December 20, 2009

Another comment on med mal liability and the health care reform bill

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For a short comment on med mal and the health care bill go here .

Lawsuit to test Mississippi tort reform

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The TortsProf Blog is reporting on a case before the Mississippi Supreme Court that challenges the cap on non-economic damages imposed by a...

Whistleblower who exposed pharmaceutical's illegal marketing of drug gets recognized as most influential person in business ethics

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John Kopschinski, a former sales rep whose lawsuit led to the record breaking, eye rolling, jaw dropping $2.3 billion settlement, exposed ph...
Friday, December 18, 2009

This Week's Top Stories

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Go here for the list of last week's most interesting Tort Law stories as selected by the TortsProf Blog. In addition, go here for my o...
Thursday, December 17, 2009

Review of recent decisions on preemption

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The FDA Law Blog has a long review of cases related to preemption here.

CPSC to lift stay of enforcement of Consumer Product Safety Act

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The FDA Law Blog is reporting today that the Consumer Product Safety Commission is likely to lift its stay of enforcement of certain testing...

Interesting new case about generic drugs

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The Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit recently decided an interesting case that presented the following two questions: (1) can a brand...