Amaris Elliott Engel
July 24, 2014 | National Law Journal
Public Granted Access to Misrepresentation Evidence in Bankruptcy CaseA trial held to estimate the liability of a company undergoing an asbestos-related bankruptcy should not have been closed to the public and press, a federal district court judge, sitting on appeal, has ruled.
By Amaris Elliott-Engel
3 minute read
July 24, 2014 | National Law Journal
Panel Makes Mixed Recommendations On Chemical PlasticizersAn advisory panel to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is recommending that one interim ban on a chemical plasticizer that allegedly disrupts the human endocrine system be made permanent. But the panel recommends two other interim bans on other phthalates be lifted.
By Amaris Elliott-Engel
2 minute read
July 24, 2014 | National Law Journal
FDA Updating Informed Consent Standard for Clinical StudiesFor the first time in 16 years, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is issuing new guidance about getting informed consent from people who agree to become study subjects for medical drugs, medical devices and other products the agency regulates.
By Amaris Elliott-Engel
3 minute read
July 23, 2014 | National Law Journal
Corporate Integrity Agreement at Issue in Dialysis CaseA group of dialysis patients who allege their treatment at Fresenius Medical Care North America clinics put them at a higher risk of heart problems said the company had a heightened duty to them because of a January 2000 corporate integrity agreement entered into to resolve claims of health care fraud at a Fresenius subsidiary.
By Amaris Elliott-Engel
3 minute read
July 23, 2014 | National Law Journal
Objecting Plaintiffs Challenge Hyundai-Kia Fuel AccordA group of Virginia plaintiffs objecting to a national class action settlement over the fuel efficiency of Hyundai and Kia vehicles argue they will be deprived of due process rights if they are forced into the settlement.
By Amaris Elliott-Engel
2 minute read
July 23, 2014 | National Law Journal
FDA Rejects Citizen Petition Over Pelvic MeshThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration has rejected a citizen petition from the Public Citizen's health resource group seeking a global recall of all transvaginal mesh and a ban on marketing of all such surgical mesh products.
By Amaris Elliott-Engel
2 minute read
July 23, 2014 | National Law Journal
Circuit Upholds $72 Million in Penalties Against VolvoA Volvo subsidiary is responsible for violating a consent decree that a separate subsidiary entered into involving the Environmental Protection Agency's emission standards for new motor vehicle engines, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has ruled.
By Amaris Elliott-Engel
2 minute read
July 23, 2014 | Connecticut Law Tribune
Lawyers Note Rise in Pregnancy-Related Discrimination CasesBy Amaris Elliott-Engel
5 minute read
July 22, 2014 | National Law Journal
Appellate Court Restores Warranty Suit Against HyundaiAfter a trial judge granted a nonsuit in favor of Hyundai Motor America and a Hyundai dealer, California's Fourth District Court of Appeal ruled that a defective sunroof constitutes a breach of implied warranty of merchantability.
By Amaris Elliott-Engel
2 minute read
July 21, 2014 | National Law Journal
Appeals Court Rejects Securities Fraud Class ActionThe U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has affirmed a lower court finding that a pension fund failed to show that purchasers of stock in a robotic surgical devices maker were defrauded by executives' allegedly false statements.
By Amaris Elliott-Engel
2 minute read
