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AcelRx Hires New GC From McKesson Corp.

AcelRx Pharmaceuticals Inc. has hired John Saia, most recently associate general counsel at drug distributor McKesson Corp., as its new top lawyer in the run-up to resubmitting its pain drug Dsuvia to the FDA.
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Corporate Counsel

AcelRx Hires New GC From McKesson Corp. Before Resubmitting Pain Drug to FDA

AcelRx Pharmaceuticals Inc. has hired John Saia, most recently associate general counsel at drug distributor McKesson Corp., as its new top lawyer.
2 minute read

National Law Journal

Jury Awards $3.2M in 'Low-T' Treatment Retrial

A federal jury in Illinois awarded an Oregon man $3.2 million in a retrial of a “low testosterone” case that originally netted $150 million.
2 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Appeals Court Reinstates Survivors' Expert in Deadly Med-Mal Weight-Loss Case

The three-judge Appellate Division panel reinstated the lawsuit, which alleged that 42-year-old Michelle Skounakis died 15 days after she was prescribed Cytomel, a thyroid hormone that can be used as a weight-loss medication.
3 minute read

Litigation Daily

Daily Dicta: Kirkland Attacks 'Deny Now—Lobby Later' Mentality

“If you don't like the law, change it” is a fine slogan—but what if doing so is a way to duck an otherwise valid Freedom of Information Act request and shut down the flow of information to the public?
9 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Pa. Positions Itself as a Favorable Destination for Alcohol Manufacturers

In a recent article, the New York Times featured the role craft brewery expansion is having on reviving formerly downtrodden commercial districts and bringing a new wave of tourism into states through locally focused trails and tours.
7 minute read

National Law Journal

DOJ Fought DEA Data Request Before Announcing Opioid Task Force

Before U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced last week that the federal government might bring legal actions against opioid companies, Department of Justice lawyers were in court fighting over a drug distribution database that could aid ongoing settlement talks.
5 minute read

Litigation Daily

Daily Dicta: Who Needs a Courtroom if You've Got a Podcast?

There's litigating in the court of public opinion—and then wow. There's this case.
7 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Under New DOJ Policy, FDA Guidance Documents Cannot be Used to Prosecute Cases

On Jan. 25, the associate attorney general of the United States issued a policy that prohibits the Department of Justice (DOJ) civil litigators from using guidance documents to establish violations of law in civil enforcement actions.
6 minute read

Daily Business Review

Court Affirms Dismissal of Tobacco Cases Because of Dead Clients

Thursday's decision came less than four months after a federal court slapped a $9 million sanction on Jacksonville-based Farah & Farah and The Wilner Firm “to account for the immense waste of judicial resources by maintaining over a thousand non-viable claims.”
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