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March 24, 2008 | National Law Journal

Drug companies on the hook for off-label use of generic

In an apparent case of first impression, a Philadelphia judge has ruled that two pharmaceutical companies may have a legal duty to class members for money spent on the generic version of the companies' name-brand drug allegedly marketed by the companies for uses not approved by federal regulators. The generic drug in the case was produced by a third-party manufacturer.
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June 15, 2009 | National Law Journal

Delaware Chancery homes in on e-discovery

If lawyers viewed the dearth of Delaware Court of Chancery electronic discovery rulings as evidence of the court's lack of concern about e-discovery battles, a spate of recent rulings and opinions from the court may have dispelled any false comfort.
8 minute read
March 17, 2008 | National Law Journal

Workin' from home

Telecommuting can be a win-win � less time in the car means more time with your family and more billable hours for the firm.
7 minute read
June 28, 2010 | National Law Journal

Court rules for law school in case over student groups

The Supreme Court on Monday upheld a state law school's anti-discrimination policy that requires recognized student groups to admit "all comers" as members, over the objection of a religious group that did not want to allow nonadherents to join.
3 minute read
December 04, 2009 | National Law Journal

Federal Circuit reprimands plaintiffs' counsel for seeking to 'manipulate' venue

The Federal Circuit recently rebuked lawyers trying to keep a case in the plaintiff-friendly Eastern District of Texas, calling their argument that 75,000 documents were Texas documents a "fiction."
2 minute read
February 13, 2006 | National Law Journal

Two lawyers get nod for bench

President Bush has nominated two lawyers to federal appellate court posts: Sandra Ikuta, general counsel for California's $4.1 billion Resources Agency, and Michael B. Wallace, a partner in Phelps Dunbar's Jackson, Miss., office.
3 minute read
August 06, 2007 | National Law Journal

Milestones in U.S. history

As dog-fighting defendant and football quarterback Michael Vick is learning, scrambling away from the feds becomes even tougher when they play "Let's Make A Deal" with a co-defendant who agrees to testify as a prosecution witness. The cooperating witness' art of turning state's evidence has a rich history, ranging from the Salem Witch Trials to Jack Abramoff.
5 minute read
May 17, 2006 | National Law Journal

Enron case goes to jury

Federal prosecutor Sean Berkowitz told the jury in former Enron Corp. Chairman Kenneth Lay and Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey Skilling�s criminal trial that it has an opportunity to decide which witnesses told the truth, and their only option is to find the defendants lied.
15 minute read
September 19, 2011 | National Law Journal

Law schools' credibility at issue

For the second time in less than a year, a law school has fallen under suspicion of cooking its admissions statistics. How widespread is the inflation of the academic credentials? And what is being done to ensure law schools are honest?
8 minute read
August 27, 2007 | National Law Journal

Her kind of town

Q & A with Mara Georges, corporation counsel to the City of Chicago Department of Law.
6 minute read

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