Sunday, June 23, 2019

New update to Report on Medical Malpractice

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The Center for Justice & Democracy at New York Law School recently released the 12th update to its Medical Malpractice: By The Numbers  ...
Saturday, June 15, 2019

House and Senate Democrats introduce bill to allow victims of gun violence to sue the gun industry

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Last week House and Senate Democrats presented a bill called The Equal Access to Justice for Victims of Gun Violence Act which seeks to repe...
Tuesday, June 4, 2019

Comment on recent Supreme Court case on preemption in prescription drug cases

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A few days ago I reported that he Surpreme Court issued its opinion on Merck Sharpe & Dohme v. Albrecht, the latest decision in the Cou...
Monday, June 3, 2019

Podcast on internet defamation

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The most recent edition of the podcast "Digital Detectives" is devoted to a discussion of what lawyers need to look out for when h...
Sunday, June 2, 2019

New York Times article on Boeing's handling of the design of the 737 Max airplane; it's not a pretty picture.

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The New York Times has published an article describing certain aspects of the process that led to the design and manufacture of the Boeing ...
Tuesday, May 28, 2019

Court appoints plaintiffs' steering committee in multidistrict litigation against manufacturers of earplugs issued by the military

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Last month I reported that the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) agreed to consolidate and centralize all 3M Combat Ar...
Monday, May 27, 2019

Supreme Court decides new case on preemption in cases of prescription drugs

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About a week ago, the Surpreme Court issued its opinion on Merck Sharpe & Dohme v. Albrecht , the latest decision in the Court's lin...
Friday, May 24, 2019

Podcast on autonomous vehicles

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A recent University of Virginia School of Law podcast addresses the effect of autonomous vehicles on tort and insurance.  You can listen to ...
Thursday, May 23, 2019

Interview with the author of recent book on generic drug regulation and the FDA

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Here is a link to an interview with the author of “Bottle of Lies: The Inside Story of the Generic Drug Boom.” In the book, investigative j...
Wednesday, May 22, 2019

Going to the doctor? The robot will see you now...

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I have written before about issues (both ethical and legal) related to artificial intelligence, driverless cars and the like.  So I am writi...