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All eyes should be on a recently enacted provision of an old law that could result in cases filed by flocks of Cuban nationals trying to reclaim property seized during Fidel Castro’s takeover of the island. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s announcement that Title III of the Cuban Liberty […]

Now that the nation has sprung forward to observe Daylight Saving Time, a ray of hope lies ahead for fewer pedestrian deaths on U.S. roadways. Longer days and shorter nights mean more visibility for motorists and for those on their own two feet. So say officials in New York City. […]

Honor and Protect Our Soldiers Tales of corporate wrongdoing have pervaded society for decades. Take the Takata airbag scandal, in which a Japanese manufacturer of the automobile-safety device churned out tens of millions of defective ones that, at latest count, have killed over two dozen motorists and injured hundreds of […]

Sovereign Immunity — the STATE against the Injured Antiquated Law Should Disappear from the Books “The King can do no wrong” or as stated in Latin, “rex non potest peccare”. The legal maxim is also called “Crown Immunity”. This is a concept going back beyond Roman times and regularly adopted […]

Searcy Denney partner, Brenda Fulmer, has been appointed by the Court to the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee  in the Zimmer M/L Taper Hip Prosthesis or M/L Taper Hip Prosthesis with Kinectiv Technology and VerSys Femoral Head Products Liability Litigation.  This coordinated federal court litigation involves individual lawsuits that have been filed by patients […]

Was Uloric Approval the Safe Decision? Attempts in 2005 and 2006 to obtain government-approval to sell Uloric were denied by the FDA due to concerns about research data that showed a slight elevation in the risks of death and heart problems (including acute coronary syndrome, myocardial infarction or heart attacks, […]