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9 May 2007, 5:57 am
The NYT has a story focusing on legal but eyebrow-raising payments to physicians by Amgen and JJ relating to prescriptions of anemia drugs -- drugs which are now being questions on safety and efficacy grounds:Neither Amgen nor Johnson Johnson has... [read post]
16 May 2007, 5:49 am
In yet another adventure in the tension between bias and experience, President Bush has nominated Michael Baroody (of the National Association of Manufacturers) to head up the CPSC. [read post]
10 Jul 2007, 3:59 am
As reported in the International Herald Tribune, a U.S. district court judge held last week that FDA approval of drug labels does not preempt state-law claims for failure-to-warn. [read post]
14 Jul 2007, 3:10 am
The AAJ/ATLA doesn't like the polling that the Chamber of Commerce does on litigation issues, so it's done its own (press release/results here [PDF]). [read post]
9 Aug 2007, 4:04 am
I admit I can't stop picturing a courtroom scene performed entirely in the Fisher-Price little people. [read post]
10 Apr 2008, 4:50 am
Last year, Oklahoma's governor vetoed legislation that would have changed various things in that state's tort system -- capping noneconomic damages at $300K, requiring clear and convincing evidence of intentional conduct or gross negligence for punitive damages, etc. [read post]
11 Jul 2008, 2:03 pm
Tom Colby (GW) is provoking reactions all over the blogosphere this morning. [read post]
16 Aug 2008, 12:50 pm
Andrew Klein (Indiana-Indianapolis) has posted Comparative Fault and Fraud on SSRN. [read post]
13 Oct 2008, 10:55 am
The Clarion Ledger has an interesting piece today addressing judicial campaign finance, specifically the funding of advertising not formally affiliated with a particular candidate. [read post]
6 Nov 2008, 2:32 pm
Andrew Serwin (Foley & Lardner) has posted the introductory chapter of his forthcoming book on privacy on SSRN. [read post]
14 Jul 2009, 7:43 am
A new one to add to your hypos for fall semester: A fifteen year old girl was walking and texting when she fell into an open manhole. [read post]
26 Oct 2006, 2:30 pm
Scientific American has posted online a prepublication preview [PDF] of a story in its next issue, addressing the chemistry behind the troubles with lithium-ion batteries, complete with a discussion of economic pressure resulting in allegedly closer calls, safety-wise. [read post]
14 Nov 2006, 3:59 am
The National Law Journal has another take (h/t Overlawyered).... [read post]
10 Jan 2007, 6:52 am
I'm a few days late on it, but since I've written previously about it, it's worth noting that Disney settled the injury lawsuit relating to a rider's death from a brain aneurysm on its Indiana Jones ride. [read post]
19 Jan 2007, 4:53 am
More suits have been filed on behalf of under-age girls who were allegedly assaulted by people they met on MySpace. [read post]
11 May 2007, 6:30 am
The Drug Device Blog has a thorough look at the newest draft of the ALI's principles of aggregate litigation. [read post]
25 May 2007, 9:30 am
An interesting new paper by Theodore Eisenberg and Michael Hesie (both of Cornell) analyzing state appeals is now up on SSRN. [read post]
12 Sep 2007, 4:13 am
The Senate Judiciary Committee is holding a hearing today at 11:00 am (in Dirksen-226 if you want to stop by) on "Regulatory Preemption: Are Federal Agencies Usurping Congressional and State Authority? [read post]
11 Feb 2008, 6:08 am
A couple of weeks ago, I noted some mutterings about Botox fatalities, mostly (if not exclusively) in the non-cosmetic use, where it's used for certain palsies. [read post]
14 Apr 2008, 12:14 pm
In reaction to the Virginia Tech shootings, the Washington Post reports, several Virginia legislators are considering increasing the cap on state damages, which has been set at $100,000 since 1993. [read post]
