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Last week, the Supreme Court decided American Express Co. v. Italian Colors Restaurant, in which it held that the Federal Arbitration Act does not permit courts to invalidate a contractual…
The trucking industry's main trade group, the American Trucking Association (ATA), opposes new driver hours of service (HOS) rules, which were published in December 2011 and would…
The response from the automobile industry to safety concerns about drivers distracted by electronic gadgets has resulted in more electronic gadgets. By 2019, more than half of all new cars…
Back in the early 1990's, Newt Gingrich trumpeted his plan to eliminate the FDA and allow the food and drug industries to self-regulate. Time has revealed this to be a dangerously naive…
Two federal lawsuits charge Novartis Pharmaceuticals with making fraudulent kickbacks to promote sales of its drug, Myofortic. Less than three years ago, Novartis settled criminal and…
Gram-negative bacteria can cause disease and many types of infections. It is the type of contaminant that hospitals work hard to keep out of sterile environments like operating rooms. Over…
For years, brokers with sizeable books of business (large and well-funded client bases) often moved between firms in order to receive robust up-front bonuses. The bonuses often measure…
President Obama proposed $100 million in federal funding toward the Brain Research through Advancing Neurotechnologies Initiative (BRAIN Initiative). The President likened the BRAIN…
After hearing the first product liability case to go to trial in this country against DePuy Orthopaedics and its parent company, Johnson & Johnson over the DePuy ASR hip implant and…
The vast majority of consumers probably do not realize that if they are injured by a generic drug versus a brand-name drug, they may have no meaningful recourse. A brand-name drug…
What in the world is going on with Johnson & Johnson's orthopaedic medical device division, DePuy Orthopaedics? In the midst of defending itself against an onslaught of products liability…
The first product liability case against Johnson & Johnson and its medical device division, DePuy Orthopaedics, involving the DePuy ASR metal-on-metal hip implant began on January 25 in…
