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New York Law Journal

Fortner v. Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

Prior 2016, 2017 Rulings Lead to Dismissal Of Inadequate Warning Claims Over Drug
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Over 2,000 Accutane Suits Revived, Appeals Court Says Trial Judge Exceeded Gatekeeper Role

More than 2,100 suits by users of the acne drug Accutane who developed Crohn's disease have been reinstated after an appeals court ruled that expert testimony on behalf of plaintiffs was improperly excluded by the trial judge.
8 minute read

The Recorder

Misconduct Findings Against Irell, Pharma Client Upheld by Federal Circuit

An Irell team led by partners David Gindler and Jason Sheasby represented New York-based Regeneron Pharmaceuticals during district court proceedings that ended in a highly critical ruling and invalidation of a Regeneron patent.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

Appeals Court Revives FCA Case Over Faulty Hip Implants

The court allowed allegations that DePuy Orthopaedics sold defective hip implants to doctors who sought government reimbursement for them.
9 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Appellate Division Revives More Than 300 Accutane Suits

A state appeals court has revived more than 300 suits filed against Hoffmann-La Roche by users of the acne drug Accutane who claim the drug caused them to develop inflammatory bowel disease.
6 minute read

Daily Report Online

Pope McGlamry Lawyers Step Up to Lead Combined Hip Replacement Litigation

Michael McGlamry and M.J. Blakely of Pope McGlamry have been appointed to lead separate coordinated litigation efforts related to hip implant product liability lawsuits, the firm has announced.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

Consolidated Trials Drawing Fire From Defense as Unfair

In a trial involving four women suing over an allegedly defective transvaginal mesh device, a Miami jury was faced with an assortment of claims. Some of the women felt like they had a ball between their legs. Some had pain during sex, while others didn't. They all went to different doctors, at different times, for different surgeries. But the jury's verdict showed little difference. Each woman got more than $6.5 million.
24 minute read

New York Law Journal

Shkreli Emails to Lawyer Are Center Stage as Trial Moves Toward Conclusion

On Monday afternoon and for most of Tuesday, the beginning of the fifth week of the trial, assistant U.S. attorney Jacquelyn Kasulis questioned FBI agent Michael Braconi about Martin Shkreli's emails, a significant portion of which were to and from Evan Greebel, seeming to indicate that the two defendants kept in regular contact.
7 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

J&J's Pelvic Mesh Defense Win Is Reversed

An Ohio woman suing Johnson & Johnson over its surgical pelvic mesh has won a damages hearing a little more than a month after a jury found the product did not cause her claimed damages.
3 minute read

Litigation Daily

Shout-Out: Wilson Sonsini's $1B Save

A trial team from Wilson Sonsini Goodrich and Rosati delivered a $1 billion save for client Amphastar Pharmaceuticals Inc. after a federal jury in Boston on Friday sided with the company in a patent fight over its generic version of the blood-thinner Lovenox.
2 minute read

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