SAN FRANCISCO - The federal judge supervising consolidated litigation over Pfizer Inc.’s COX-2 inhibiting painkillers has ruled that plaintiffs’ generic evidence for cardiovascular injury from 200 milligrams or less of Celebrex daily does not meet the reliability requirements of Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (509 U.S. 579 [1993]) (In Re: Bextra and Celebrex Marketing […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Medtronic Inc. says in a Nov. 15 motion before the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPMDL) that it agrees with motions brought by three plaintiffs that creation of a Sprint Fidelis Leads multidistrict litigation is appropriate (In Re: Medtronic, Inc. Sprint Fidelis Leads Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. n/a, JPMDL; See October […]
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - A human factors engineer who lacked experience with gymnastics events is not qualified to testify about the standard of care owed to a gymnast who was killed in a trampoline accident, a federal judge held Oct. 29 (Matthew R. Bonne, et al. v. Premier Athletics, et al., No. 3:04-CV-440 [Phillips/Guyton], E.D. Tenn.; […]
Not all Internet search engines yield the same results for the same query. That may have a lot to do with how Web sites are managed and how they respond to Internet search engines’ requests to index their content. Some Webmasters are barring engines from accessing all or part of their sites.
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It’s easy to feel overwhelmed by the complexity of electronic discovery. In this arena, where so many lawyers consider themselves at a disadvantage, they know they need to hit the ground running, but, instead, they often feel paralyzed, not galvanized, by the prospect. Here’s some advice from trial lawyer and computer forensics special master Craig […]
Microsoft has positioned Vista and Office 2007 to succeed XP and Office 2003, the mainstay of many law firm desktops. Given Microsoft’s promises of more secure and feature-rich software, should your firm face the future and upgrade? Edward J. Grubb outlines some steps that may ease the transition.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments yesterday in a case involving whether a federal statute governing common carriers preempts a Maine law regulating the delivery of tobacco products (G. Steven Rowe, in his official capacity as Attorney General of the State of Maine v. New Hampshire Motor Transport Association, et al., […]
NEW YORK - Twelve states on Nov. 28 sued to challenge new federal regulations that they say block public access to information about toxic chemical releases by reducing reporting requirements (State of New York, et al. v. Stephen L. Johnson, in his official capacity as Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, et al., No. […]
OXFORD, Miss. - Prominent Mississippi attorney Richard Scruggs was indicted Nov. 28 by a federal grand jury on charges alleging that he and four others attempted to bribe a state judge assigned to hear an attorney fee dispute stemming from a settlement of Hurricane Katrina claims with State Farm Insurance Co. (United States of America […]
Health Fraud Conviction Affirmed NEW YORK - A federal district court did not err in admitting the lay opinion testimony of an auto shop employee who testified as a cooperating witness because the government showed that the statements were “sufficiently based on and rationally derived from” the man’s “first-hand perceptions,” a Second Circuit U.S. Court […]