Prelude to Litigation Phenylpropanolamine (PPA) was a widely used direct α-adrenergic agonist used as a medication to control cold symptoms and to suppress appetite for weight loss.[1] In 1972, an over-the-counter (OTC) Advisory Review Panel considered the safety and efficacy of PPA-containing nasal decongestant medications, leading, in 1976, to a recommendation that the agency label these medications as “generally recognized as safe and effective. [read post]

Kevin Thompson, at Davis McGrath LLC in Chicago, practices primarily in the area of domestic and international trademarks, copyrights, and internet law issues. [read post]

"Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison," wrote Henry David Thoreau in Civil Disobedience. [read post]