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April 11, 2007 |

Consortium of Law Firms Work on Accutane Cases

A lawyer representing people who claim that the acne drug Accutane caused them serious gastrointestinal diseases said his team is ready to try cases in Atlantic City, N.J., and Madison County, Ill., in April � the first two cases of potentially hundreds to go to trial.
3 minute read
August 31, 2007 |

Lawsuit Over Rexall Weight-Loss Product Revived

A product liability suit against Rexall Sundown involving the death of a man who used its once popular weight-loss product Metab-O-LITE was reinstated Wednesday by a Florida appeals court. Rexall had won dismissal on the grounds that Palm Beach County, Fla., wasn't the proper venue for the lawsuit, but the appellate court said Rexall filed its motion to dismiss months too late and that Palm Beach County was the appropriate venue because the product's manufacture and distribution occurred there.
5 minute read
April 13, 2007 |

First of Hundreds of Trials Over Acne Drug To Start This Month

A lawyer representing people who claim that the acne drug Accutane(r) caused them serious gastrointestinal diseases says his team is ready to try the first two cases of potentially hundreds to go to trial.
3 minute read
April 10, 2007 |

Consortium of Firms Working on Accutane Litigation

A lawyer representing people claiming that the acne drug Accutane� caused them serious gastrointestinal diseases said a consortium of law firms is ready to try cases in Atlantic City, N.J., and Madison County, Ill., in April -- the first two cases of potentially hundreds to go to trial. Michael D. Hook of Florida's Hook Bolton Mitchell Kirkland & McGhee, who has spent much of his career in defense work, has joined with four other firms in Florida and New Jersey to pursue the suits against Hoffman-LaRoche.
3 minute read
August 21, 2008 |

Accutane case centers on expert

5 minute read
November 15, 2011 |

The Georgia Top Ten

The good news for those whose compensation made our top 10 rankings: big paychecks, which means that they are at the top of their games, highly valued for what they bring or brought to the corporate table.The downside, of course, is that when you are among the five highest-paid executives at a public company, the details of how you are compensated-right down to the company car, set-asides and other perks-also is public.
8 minute read
August 21, 2008 |

Accutane Case Before Eleventh Circuit Centers on Expert Witness

Three trials over an alleged link between the acne drug Accutane and serious gastrointestinal problems have resulted in verdicts of more than $20 million in New Jersey and Florida state courts. Hundreds of other such cases have been filed in New Jersey, and several of those are scheduled for trial this fall. But at oral argument on Aug. 19 at the federal appeals court in Atlanta, it looked like plaintiffs proceeding in federal court may have a much harder time. The fight at the Eleventh U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals was over an expert witness who contends the drug causes inflammatory bowel disease, or IBD, which includes disorders like Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis.
5 minute read
August 21, 2006 |

On The Rise: Kathryn Furman

At a time when takeovers by private equity funds increasingly make headlines think of last month's $21 billion leveraged buyout of hospital chain HCA Inc. by a team of funds, lawyers like King Spalding's Kathryn M. Furman are increasingly in high demand.Furman's transactional law practice touches an array of corporate legal issues.
3 minute read
August 21, 2008 |

Accutane Case Before 11th Circuit Centers on Expert Witness

Three trials over an alleged link between the acne drug Accutane and serious gastrointestinal problems have resulted in verdicts of more than $20 million in state courts in New Jersey and Florida. But at oral argument Tuesday at the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, it looked as though plaintiffs proceeding in federal court may have a much harder time. The fight was over an expert witness who contends the drug causes inflammatory bowel disease.
5 minute read
October 28, 2009 |

Recoveries of $1 Million and Above

2009 Almanac - Recoveries of $1 Million and Above
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