Amaris Elliott Engel

October 01, 2014 | National Law Journal

The Consumer Product Safety Commission has unanimously approved a final rule to ban high-powered magnet sets after at least 2,900 emergency room visits involving people, mostly children or teenagers, who ingested magnets.

By Amaris Elliott-Engel

5 minute read

October 01, 2014 | National Law Journal

A divided U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has ordered the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to retract its decision to rescind approval for a medical device, ruling the agency lacked authority to undertake that action.

By Amaris Elliott-Engel

3 minute read

September 29, 2014 | National Law Journal

The group of asbestos defendants that led the charge to gain access to alleged evidence of misrepresentation in a gasketmaker's bankruptcy now argue that protective orders don't trump the public's right of access.

By Amaris Elliott-Engel

3 minute read

September 29, 2014 | National Law Journal

Plaintiffs suing over the blood thinner Pradaxa are fighting a motion by a group of health insurers to dissolve a court order intended to manage private liens they have asserted against the settlements obtained by plaintiffs.

By Amaris Elliott-Engel

3 minute read

September 26, 2014 | National Law Journal

The city of Chicago illegally delegated its investigative police powers to a law firm hired to prosecute a lawsuit against several drugmakers for allegedly seeking to misinform the public about the risks and benefits of opium-like pain medications, seven pharmaceutical companies are arguing in Illinois federal court.

By Amaris Elliott-Engel

2 minute read

September 26, 2014 | National Law Journal

The Boeing Company has defeated a lawsuit brought by the estate of a worker who was exposed to asbestos while pipe insulation containing asbestos was repaired above his workspace, even though the repairs created “visible dust and debris” and a supervisor did not allow him to relocate.

By Amaris Elliott-Engel

2 minute read

September 26, 2014 | National Law Journal

A cellphone company cannot compel a class action over early termination fees into arbitration after a split 4-3 Arkansas Supreme Court ruling.

By Amaris Elliott-Engel

2 minute read

September 26, 2014 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Amy Lin Meyerson, a solo who focuses on business and general corporate law, says that many companies have been moving to hire smaller law firms with lower overhead—and fees—in the wake of the 2008 recession.

By Amaris Elliott-Engel

4 minute read

September 25, 2014 | National Law Journal

A company that built cleanrooms for a pharmacy that compounded tainted steroids, leading to a multi-state breakout of fatal meningitis, says it cannot be held responsible for the people killed or seriously injured from those steroids.

By Amaris Elliott-Engel

2 minute read

September 24, 2014 | National Law Journal

C.R. Bard Inc., a manufacturer of pelvic mesh products facing over 9,000 cases in West Virginia federal court, is opposing a discovery request for the personnel files of over 40 employees.

By Amaris Elliott-Engel

2 minute read