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Daily Business Review

Florida Cities Face 'All or Nothing' Choices on Medical Marijuana

Florida cities and counties are in a dilemma about pot. State lawmakers approved regulations in June that left city and county officials with a Hobson's choice about the sale of medical marijuana in their communities.
6 minute read

National Law Journal

Makers of Xarelto Rack Up Third Defense Verdict in Third Trial

A jury in the third bellwether trial over the blood thinner Xarelto has sided with defendants Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Bayer – again. The verdict, rendered on Friday, came about three hours after the jury began deliberating and despite the absence of star defense attorney Beth Wilkinson.
11 minute read

The Recorder

Genome Sequencing Equipment Company Hires Eric Whitaker as GC

Genome sequencing equipment company 10x Genomics Inc. has hired Eric Whitaker as general counsel.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Med-Mal Attorney Bonnie Navin Shows She's No One-Trick Pony

The work ethic a Kelley/Uustal attorney learned from her early days on a horse farm put her on a path to success.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Punitive Claims Over Inadequate Medical Treatment Survive

When a pregnant woman appeared at her obstetrician's office complaining of headache, backache, hypertension and possible decreased fetal movement a few weeks before her baby was due, she was told to return home, apply Bengay cream to her sore back and “eat bland food” the rest of the day. Those instructions, and the allegations that the on-call obstetrician failed to order follow-up testing, are substantial enough to allow the mother to bring punitive damages claims against the doctor and the OBGYN practice, a judge has ruled.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Lehigh Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Inc. v. Lehigh Valley Oral Surgery and Implant Ctr., PICS Case No. 17-1207 (C.P. Northampton July 13, 2017) Murray, J. (7 pages).

The court sustained plaintiff's preliminary objections to a defendant's new matter based on conclusory or subjective allegations, but overruled plaintiff's preliminary objections as to the sufficiency of the affirmative defenses.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Lehigh Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Inc. v. Lehigh Valley Oral Surgery and Implant Ctr., PICS Case No. 17-1207 (C.P. Northampton July 13, 2017) Murray, J. (7 pages).

The court sustained plaintiff's preliminary objections to a defendant's new matter based on conclusory or subjective allegations, but overruled plaintiff's preliminary objections as to the sufficiency of the affirmative defenses.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

BouSamra v. Excela Health et al, PICS Case No. 17-1243 (Pa. Super. July 19, 2017) Bowes, J. (33 pages).

The trial court properly held that the defendant corporation waived attorney-client privilege by forwarding attorney correspondence to an outside public relations consultant since the record did not support a finding that the consultant firm fell within the parameters of corporate employees or agents entitled to attorney-client protection. The appellate court affirmed a trial court discovery order.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

In Re: Blood Reagents Antitrust Litig., PICS Case No. 17-1246 (E.D.Pa. July 19, 2017) DuBois, J. (64 pages).

Defendant's summary judgment motion on Sherman Act violation denied to the extent plaintiffs presented sufficient evidence that defendant's shift in price increase strategy represented "abrupt" change for industry and was paralleled by sole competitor. Summary judgment denied in part and granted in part.
7 minute read

Texas Lawyer

J&J Urges Halt to Hip Implant Trial in Dallas

In court filings this month, Johnson & Johnson attorney John Beisner has sought to halt a Sept. 5 trial. But he also wants to remand more than 9,300 products liability cases pending in Dallas over DePuy's Pinnacle device back to the courts from whence they came.
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