Litigation

Unwed Fathers' Rights in Adoption
Landmark Cases in Adoption Law Shape Law with respect to Unwed Fathers

Mitchell Report Summary
Report on Steroid Drug Use in Major League Baseball by Senator George Mitchell

Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century
TEA-21 - Plus Law 105-178

Health Insurers
Dictating Medical Decisions

Drug Manufacturer Rebates
Caremark Corp. agrees to pay $38.5 million settlement after convincing doctors to switch drug brands.

Medtronic CD Horizon
allegedly recalled as defective device for being prone to failure, shearing and cable breaks.

Patent Infringement
Cardia agrees to pay $2.25 million settlement in medical device lawsuit.

Cipro
The FDA is seeking to add black box warnings of the risk of tendon rupture associated with Cipro and Levaquin. The ruptures can involve Achilles tendon, shoulder, hand, bicep or thumb tendons, and is especially increased in patients older than 60, or people who have received kidney, heart or lung transplants, as well as people on steroid therapy...

Ballot Device
Election Systems and Software agrees to pays city of San Francisco $3.5 million settlement after problems with AutoMARK lead to prolonged hand counting of votes.