By Amanda Bronstad | October 15, 2020
Lawyers from several prominent firms have filed 80 lawsuits that allege Elmiron, used to treat a chronic bladder infection called interstitial cystitis, causes eye problems. Anticipating hundreds more cases, they are dueling over whether to coordinate an MDL in Pennsylvania before U.S. District Judge Wendy Beetlestone or U.S. District Judge Brian Martinotti in New Jersey, home to defendant Johnson & Johnson's Janssen Pharmaceuticals.
By Patrick Smith | September 11, 2020
Pausing the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine trial is news, but it wasn't unexpected and pharma companies and their law firms have plans in place.
New Jersey Law Journal | Analysis
By Christine A. Gaddis | September 9, 2020
Despite the overall reduction in Hatch-Waxman cases and filings, cases have continued to move forward—albeit with COVID-19-related modifications.
By Charles Toutant | September 1, 2020
The panel found that a rule should be treated as nonjurisdictional unless Congress clearly states that it is jurisdictional. Sanofi and Bristol did not identify any language, nor did the panel see any, that plainly shows Congress imbued the first-to-file bar with jurisdictional consequences, the court said.
By Katheryn Tucker | August 31, 2020
"I've never even heard of this happening," said Chicago lawyer Eugene E. Murphy Jr., of the marathon session with the Chicago Zoning Board of Appeals, which ultimately ended in a rare ruling barring a pot dispensary from opening in the city's upscale Gold Coast neighborhood.
By Suzette Parmley | August 18, 2020
The case tests the bounds of employer arbitration contracts and if "acknowledging" an agreement is the same as "assenting" to one.
By Charles Toutant | August 17, 2020
Plaintiffs failed to demonstrate the fear of "severe harm" needed to justify anonymity, U.S. Magistrate Judge Joseph Dickson ruled.
By Charles Toutant | August 5, 2020
The ruling allows two cases to proceed to trial, and it also ends a multiyear stay on about 800 other suits pending in Atlantic County by other women who claim they developed ovarian cancer from using talc products.
New Jersey Law Journal | Analysis
By Craig B. Bleifer | August 5, 2020
Several recent settlements with pharmaceutical companies resolve federal investigations into alleged improper physician speaker programs and co-pay foundations.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By P.J. D'Annunzio | July 16, 2020
The Third Circuit said the "complaints about uncapped processors were nothing more than workplace disagreements about routine IT issues—ones that do not relate to illegal conduct or fraud."
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