Drug and Device Law 

Personal views of various topics that arise in the defense of pharmaceutical and medical device product liability litigation.
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By James M. Beck and Mark Herrmann
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Scorecard: Non-Manufacturer, Name-Brand Defendants In Generic Drug Cases
Posted on November 12, 2009Third Circuit Speaks On When An MDL Court Can Be Second-Guessed After Remand
Posted on October 07, 2009Counting To Seven: New Federal Rules Change How Due Dates in Litigation are Calculated
Posted on October 05, 2009Today's Minnesota Supreme Court Decision In Fleeger -- Minnesota Is Still The Ellis Island For Old, Tired Products Liability Suits ... But Not Forever
Posted on September 03, 2009Wisconsin High Court - Inherent Chemical Characteristics Can't Be Design Defects
Posted on July 15, 2009Another Severance Of Med Mal Claims To Preserve Diversity As To Products Defendants
Posted on June 29, 2009Top Ten Best And Worst Prescription Drug/Medical Device Decisions of 2008 - The Best
Posted on December 30, 2008Top Ten Best And Worst Prescription Drug/Medical Device Decisions of 2008 - The Worst
Posted on December 23, 2008Tennessee Rejects Consumer Fraud Class Actions (Walker v. Sunrise Pontiac)
Posted on November 24, 2008Everything You Need To Know About Wyeth v. Levine, From A Defense Perspective
Posted on October 29, 2008A Note on Ackermann v. Wyeth, Learned Intermediaries, and the Heeding Presumption
Posted on September 30, 2008Potential Uses of Genetic Evidence to Prove Causation and Exposure in Toxic Tort Litigation
Posted on September 08, 2008Taxation By Litigation - A Dubious Proposal To Expand False Claims Act Liability
Posted on March 19, 2008Unequal Minds Think Alike (Sharkey's Model to Understand Preemption Jurisprudence)
Posted on March 19, 2008
Mitchell Report Summary
Report on Steroid Drug Use in Major League Baseball by Senator George Mitchell
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I feel deceived by my landlord. They quoted MUCH lower utilities that I actually pay and I pay the gas for a dryer in my basement they use! I rent a small home next door to theirs. They go into my basement through a smal
Move out. nowe! If the place is unsafe you can move immediately. You can also ge...
Can a person adopt if they are a convicted drug felon?
This is largely dependent on the specific laws in the applicable jurisdiction, a...
How to evict a roommate?
First, in most jurisdictions "self-help" is not a remedy available to any party ...
I did test negative on drug/alcohol test. I was escorted to the lab in the hospital I work in and asked in front of my co-workers who would be doing my drug testing. My test results were also sent to the office of the nu
hi, i just thought id give my sympathy as i too am in the mist of fighting a def...








