Amaris Elliott Engel
October 13, 2014 | National Law Journal
Parties Blocked from Vermont Food Labeling CaseA federal judge has rejected a bid by Vermont Public Interest Research Group and the Center for Food Safety to intervene in a lawsuit brought by several food industry associations to stop enforcement of a state law that will require labels to identify ingredients that have been genetically engineered.
By Amaris Elliott-Engel
2 minute read
October 13, 2014 | National Law Journal
Plaintiffs in Dialysis Suits Argue for Massachusetts LawA group of 127 dialysis plaintiffs from Mississippi alleging injury from products made by Fresenius Medical Care North America argue that Mississippi law should not apply to their cases because they filed their lawsuits in Massachusetts.
By Amaris Elliott-Engel
2 minute read
October 09, 2014 | National Law Journal
DEA Issues New Rule to Reclassify HydrocodoneThe U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has issued a new rule to reclassify hydrocodone, the most prescribed opioid painkiller drug, because “it has also contributed significantly to the very serious problem of opioid misuse and abuse in the United States,” writes Dr. Douglas C. Throckmorton, the deputy center director for regulatory programs in the FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research.
By Amaris Elliott-Engel
2 minute read
October 08, 2014 | National Law Journal
Kansas Court: FedEx Drivers Are Employees, Not ContractorsFedEx Ground Package System, Inc. drivers are employees, not contractors, under Kansas' wage law, that state's high court has ruled in a class action.
By Amaris Elliott-Engel
3 minute read
October 08, 2014 | National Law Journal
News Outlet Objects to Sealing Push in Bankruptcy LitigationA business-oriented news outlet is objecting to motions by plaintiffs—who claim that exposure to Garlock Sealing Technologies LLC's products caused their asbestos-related illnesses—to seal information about their settlements in the manufacturer's pending bankruptcy.
By Amaris Elliott-Engel
2 minute read
October 08, 2014 | National Law Journal
Nev. Justices Remand Class Action Over Medical LiensA proposed class action over medical liens asserted by a Nevada hospital is going back to a lower court because the health care provider was not given the opportunity to defend against two issues of summary judgment decided against it.
By Amaris Elliott-Engel
2 minute read
October 08, 2014 | National Law Journal
Plaintiffs: Tainted-Steroids Defendants Stall DiscoveryThe plaintiffs steering committee in litigation over a multistate breakout of meningitis from tainted steroids is seeking to compel disclosure of insurance coverage for a group of Nashville health care pro-viders that allegedly administered the steroids to patients.
By Amaris Elliott-Engel
2 minute read
October 08, 2014 | National Law Journal
NVIDIA Prevails in Securities Class Action Over DefectsNVIDIA Corp. beat a securities fraud class action after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled that the plaintiffs did not adequately plead that the company acted, at a minimum, with deliberate recklessness to mislead investors about defects in its semiconductor chips.
By Amaris Elliott-Engel
2 minute read
October 07, 2014 | National Law Journal
Motions Debate Access to Asbestos Plaintiffs' FilesGarlock Sealing Technologies LLC and two other related defendants are opposing motions to keep sealed the names of asbestos plaintiffs and the amounts of settlements they have reached with those plaintiffs.
By Amaris Elliott-Engel
3 minute read
October 07, 2014 | National Law Journal
Japanese Tractor Manufacturer Absolved in AccidentThe Alabama Supreme Court has reversed a $900,000 products-liability verdict in favor of an Alabama man injured in a tractor rollover accident.
By Amaris Elliott-Engel
2 minute read
