Thursday, May 24, 2012

41 State Attorneys General support bill on generic drugs

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About a month ago I reported ( here ) that democrats in the Senate and House introduced companion bills that would permit generic drug com...
Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Proposed new law would extend the statute of limitations in wrongful death cases in Washington DC

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The Blog of the Legal Time s is reporting that the District of Columbia Council's Committee on the Judiciary is considering a proposed ...

District Court finds Syria and Iran liable under Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act

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In an opinion  published Monday, a federal district court judge found that Syria and Iran were liable to pay $332 million under the stat...

Update on New Hampshire's early offer proposal

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I have been following (and commenting on) a proposed measure in New Hampshire to create an alternative to litigation based on "early of...

Medical malpractice reform bill in Michigan would completely alter generally accepted notions of med mal law

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 The Pop-Tort published a short report recently on attempts in Michigan to radically alter the law of medical malpractice.  See here , and m...

Report on medical malpractice reform in Pennsylvania states the obvious while failing to address the real issue

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The Post-Gazette reports that the number of medical malpractice cases in Pennsylvania has dropped 47% in the ten years since two reform mea...

Medical malpractice news from Pennsylvania

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Max Kennerly of the Trial and Litigation blog reports several interesting medical malpractice cases from Pennsylvania in which  defendant la...

Annual report on dog bites

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Last year I reported on a report by State Farm Insurance on the number of cases involving dog attacks in the US (see here ).  A report on th...
Wednesday, May 9, 2012

More on the article that debunks the argument that tort reform is needed to prevent doctor migration

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A few days ago I wrote about a new article that debunks the argument by tort reformers that medical malpractice liability has a direct effec...
Monday, May 7, 2012

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit issues controversial opinion in generic drug case

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Last week, the Court of Appeals for the First Circuit issued an opinion in a case called Bartlett v. v. Mutual Pharmaceutical Co. recognizi...