Personal Injury Law

Kotler on Sovereign Immunity & Preemption
Martin A. Kotler (Widener University - School of Law) has posted Shared Sovereign Immunity as an Alternative to Federal Preemption: An Essay on the Attribution of Responsibility for Harm to Others (Hofstra Law Review, Forthcoming) on SSRN...

AAJ Issues Report About Federal Preemption
Yesterday, AAJ released a new report on complete immunity preemption titled, Get Out of Jail Free: A Historical Perspective of How the Bush Administration Helps Corporations Escape Accountability...

Chipping Away At Preemption
A recent action that received little coverage (other than by BankThink) was the request by Consumers Union that The Treasury Department order the OCC to rescind its preemption regulation...

Why Doctors Should Worry About Preemption
Doctors, trial lawyers, and consumers actually have mutual interests in the continuing battle over "preemption." Preemption is the doctrine, whether by statute or case law that basically says if a product, such as a medical device or drug, is approved...

Kotler's Alternative to Standard Preemption Analysis
Here's another post along the lines of "all preemption, all the time."Professor Martin Kotler of Widener University School of Law has posted on SSRN his manuscript Shared Sovereign Immunity as an Alternative to Federal Preemption: An Essay on the Attribution of Responsibility for Harm to Others...

Preemption: Meanwhile, back at the convention
Apropos preemption, we note this session on Sunday, July 13, at the American Association for Justice's annual convention in Philadelphia: Preemption Law Litigation Group Afternoon Theme: Federal Preemption: Fighting in Court and in Congress Preemption Update: Activity on the Hill...

ABA Teleconference on Preemption - Next Tuesday 9/9
The American Bar Association is sponsoring a one-hour teleconference on "State Tort Remedies for Consumers: Here Today, Gone Tomorrow? Assessing the Supreme Court Preemption Cases" on Tuesday, September 9th from 3:00 to 4:00 pm EST...

FFDA Issues Warning about Stolen Albuterol Sulfate Inhalation Solution and Ipratropium Bromide Inhalation Solution
Albuterol, Ipratropium FDA Warns Consumers not to Use

DirecTV
alleging a cancellation fee that is improperly or insufficiently disclosed to consumers.

Antitrust
Price Fixing Could Cost Consumers up to $300 Billion Annually

FDA Warns of Potentially Fatal Errors with GDH-PQQ Glucose Monitoring Technology
Glucose Monitoring Technology FDA Warns of Potentially Fatal Errors

FDA
Warns of Extortion Scam by FDA Impersonators

Petzl
Warns of Burn Hazard from Headlamps