Sunday, October 31, 2010

More criticism of the FDA

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The FDA Law Blog is reporting today that earlier this week, the Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) publicly released its September 201...
Saturday, October 30, 2010

On the risks of taking generic drugs and the hypocrisy of tort reformers

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Last week, Bloomberg News reported ( here ) that Dr. Janet Woodcock, head of the Food & Drug Administration’s Center for Drug Evaluation...

Prof. Turley's annual collection of halloween stories

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Here is the link to Professor Jonathan Turley's Annual Halloween Special of Spooky Torts and Crimes .

Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on seat belt preemption this Wednesday

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This coming Wednesday the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Williamson v. Mazda Motor of America, Inc. , which asks the Court to dec...
Friday, October 29, 2010

West Virginia Supreme Court to decide on the validity of the state's cap on damages for medical malpractice

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AboutLawsuits.com is reporting today that the West Virginia Supreme Court has before it a claim challenging the damage cap in medical malpr...

At what age can a child be considered old enough to be sued for negligence? Four is old enough in NY

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The Wall Street Journal law blog is reporting today that a trial court judge in Manhattan has held that a 4-year-old girl is old enough to b...

WLF comment on the Alien Tort Statute

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The right-wing think tank the Washington Legal Foundation has posted a comment on the Order of the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit se...
Thursday, October 28, 2010

More interesting decisions on the Alien Torts Statute

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About a month and a half ago, I reported on a decision by the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit holding for the first time that plaint...

Ct dismisses claim vs brand name pharma in case where the plaintiff had used the generic version

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A federal judge in Louisiana has dismissed a lawsuit that was filed by a man who took a generic version of the Reglan heartburn med, but cha...

New allegations that Toyota tried to cover up acceleration problems

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The Wall Street Journal law blog is reporting today that the plaintiffs in the lawsuit against Toyota for damages caused by the sudden accel...