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The Legal Intelligencer

Preparing for Marijuana Industry Lawsuit Tidal Wave: Limiting Exposure (Part 2)

With Corona brewer and Robert Mondavi wine producer Constellation Brands Inc. investing $3.88 billion in grower Canopy Growth Corp. and the Wall Street Journal estimating 2018 U.S. legal marijuana sales at $10.2 billion, the writing's on the wall: cannabis is big business and ripe for the plucking by the plaintiffs bar.
7 minute read

National Law Journal

Ohio AG Clears Hurdle With Key Decision in Opioid Litigation

A judge has allowed the state of Ohio's case to go forward against several opioid manufacturers in a ruling that plaintiffs lawyers are citing in…
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Philadelphia Jury Hands Bayer & Janssen Defense Win in Xarelto Litigation

The verdict marked the second straight defense verdict out of Philadelphia for drugmakers Bayer and Janssen Pharmaceuticals, which saw similar wins in a string of cases tried last year in federal court.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Drug Companies Skipped Needed Testing, Plaintiffs Say in Latest Xarelto Trial

In a rush to bring Xarelto to market, drugmakers Bayer and Janssen Pharmaceuticals skipped needed testing that would have provided the basis for a more accurate warning label, plaintiffs counsel in the latest trial over the blood thinner told a Philadelphia jury Wednesday.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

Eye Drop Consumers Have Standing but No Case, First Circuit Rules

The case is one of at least six that Public Justice, a national nonprofit legal advocacy organization, has brought on behalf of consumers of eye drops.
7 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Siemens' Klaus Moosmayer to Become CCO at Novartis in December

The hire is part of a personnel shift in the legal department that occurred after Novartis' former GC was found to have signed a contract with former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Opioid Maker Can't Dodge Overprescribing Lawsuit Filed by Aetna

Insys, the manufacturer of the fentanyl drug Subsys, used most commonly for cancer patients, encouraged doctors to prescribe the painkiller for uses other than those approved by the FDA, Aetna alleged.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

In the Opioid Litigation, Who Represents Addicted Babies?

Lawyers attempting to negotiate a global settlement of lawsuits brought over the opioid epidemic aren't representing a key group: babies who have been born addicted to prescription painkillers.
4 minute read

Litigation Daily

Widow of Reed Smith Partner Loses $3 Million Verdict on Appeal

A Chicago jury's $3 million award to the widow of former Reed Smith partner Stewart Dolin has been dismissed after an appeals court held that GlaxoSmithKline was prevented by the FDA from adding a suicide warning to the label for Paxil.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Herbalife Distributors Claim in $1B Suit Events Were a Sham

Patricia Rodgers estimates she and her husband lost over $100,000, including about $20,000 spent on attending Herbalife events.
6 minute read

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