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Georgia high court upholds expert witness rules
Per Sheila Scheuerman at TortsProf, the "Georgia Supreme Court on Monday upheld the expert witness section (Section 7) of Georgia's 2005 tort reform law." The constitutional attack on the law had focused on its holding of expert evidence in civil...

The Sort of Expert You Want on Your Side
Speaking of Slashdot, it has a pointer to the sort of expert witness report that makes a litigator’s heart (yes, they have them!) go pitter-pat. See Slashdot | RIAA Expert Witness Called “Borderline Incompetent” which will lead you to Prof...

Its Gettin Hard Out Here for an Expert Witness . . .
Pace v. Swerdlow, 06-4157 (10th Cir., Mar. 4, 2008) . . . When he tryin? to get his money for the rent. When the Cadillac and gas money?s spent, You?ll have a whole lot of clients jumpin? ship...

The Real "Bones" as Expert Witness
On the Fox series "Bones" forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan, a/k/a Bones, is brilliant at her profession, less so as an expert witness because she bores juries to death with her technical testimony...

Georgia Supreme Court Upholds Expert Witness Part of 2005 Tort Reform Law
In Mason v. Home Depot [pdf], the Georgia Supreme Court on Monday upheld the expert witness section (Section 7) of Georgia's 2005 tort reform law. Under this provision, expert witnesses in civil cases are subject to more stringent requirements than...

The Rejected Option of Contradicting the Other Sides Expert.
Last week’s lesson was to have testimony in reserve to rebut your own expert, as U.S.D.J. Walls suggested. This week we learn that it is impermissible for one expert to parse the opinions of the other side’s expert...

Darvocet
FDA Expert Panel Votes for Ban

Pull Vicodin, Percocet
Expert Panel Advises FDA

Vytorin Marketing
alleged false claims in marketing campaign.

Manufacturing Protocol
Sioux Manufacturing Corp. pays $1.9 million settlement for failing to meet Kevlar specifications.

Forest Laboratories Potentially Illegal Marketing
Forest Laboratories Potentially Illegal Marketing

Coke
Sued Over Marketing of "VitaminWater"