Sunday, December 30, 2012

More on the debate regarding the caffeine levels in "energy drinks"

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Not too long ago I posted a series of posts on recent reports related to the debate on whether the so called "energy drinks" conta...
Sunday, December 23, 2012

New study on medical errors but no study on gun violence

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I am taking a short break from grading final exams to post a few links to a couple of interesting items in the news from last week. Firs...
Monday, December 17, 2012

New study challenges the premise upon which preemption of claims for inadequate warnings against generic drug manuracturers is based

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As long time readers of this blog know, in PLIVA v. Mensing , the Supreme Court held that state-law damages claims based on inadequate warni...
Thursday, December 6, 2012

NY subway death generates debate on old (no) duty to help

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As every law student knows, the longstanding rule in the US has always been that, subject to very few exceptions, there is no duty to help s...
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US Supreme Court agrees to hear case on whether claims against manufacturer of generic drugs are preempted

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Last May I wrote about  Bartlett v. v. Mutual Pharmaceutical Co, a decision of the Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in which it recog...

Court will not grant rehearing on cigarette warnings case

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I have been following the litigation related to the constitutionality of the government regulations on cigarette warnings.  See here for th...

Harvard International Human Rights Clinic argues in favor of recognizing causes of action against corporations under Alien Tort Statute

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It has been a while since I last posted something on the case pending before the Supreme Court on whether corporations can be sued under the...
Saturday, December 1, 2012

New report on statistical information regarding tort litigation

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The Center for Justice and Democracy has published Tort Litigation and Juries: By the Numbers (available here ). The briefing summarizes rec...

Sixth Circuit Severely Limits FTCA Claims With Broad Interpretation of Discretionary Function Exception

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As I am sure you know, the Federal Torts Claims Act preserves immunity for the Federal Government in cases in which the conduct can be consi...
Monday, November 26, 2012

Another comment on the ruling in the 9/11 litigation

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The Jurist has a short post on the recent ruling granting a motion for summary judgment in the In re September 11 Litigation case here .  I...