The Food and Drug Administration is considering some very important changes to its internal rules that would help to eliminate a loophole in accountability for defective drugs. Under current law, only the brand name manufacturer is permitted to change the warning label for a particular drug. After a drug is […]
Category: Mass Torts
How do you obtain information in a lawsuit in 2014? The practice of EDiscovery involves “electronically stored information” (ESI). Ultimately, whether the data comes in an image of the document or raw data, it will be reduced to a coalescent image such as a PDF, a TIFF, or as a […]
Medical devices are big business in America. They are not quite as big a business in Europe and other countries, but manufacturers can still sell a $400 hip implant for several thousands of dollars. Joint replacements have increased significantly between 1997 and 2011. As we baby boomers continue to age […]
Many attorneys approach handling electronic discovery in exactly the same way they have handled paper discovery in the past. The Rules of Civil Procedure in Florida apply the same to paper and digital as far as discoverability and other issues, the mechanics of production have changed and lawyers must pay […]
It may be one of the most important civic privileges we have and one of the most central to give to both our government and our role as a citizen of the United States. Whatever type of case you may be called to serve as a juror in, a person’s […]
In Ontario, Canada, Big Tobacco is currently under attack. Ontario claims that, among other things, Big Tobacco misrepresented the dangers of smoking and the addictiveness of nicotine to the public for decades. Ontario also claims that Big Tobacco caused or contributed to an additional $50 billion in health care costs. […]
All of those ads you’ve seen on television warning about the dangers of transvaginal mesh do not appear to be scaring away women from the controversial procedure. Presented at the recent American Urological Association meeting in San Diego, of a survey of 99 women taken at Louisiana State University and […]
In the case relating to the Biomet Hip Implant Litigation (In Re Biomet M2a Magnum Hip Implant ProductsLiability Litigation). The case involves over 19 million documents and is a great example for why plaintiffs must get involved early in document discovery. The defendants applied a combination of keyword searches and […]
Stryker is finally acknowledging that their Rejuvenate and ABG II modular hip product line can cause serious problems in patients – even if they aren’t yet feeling symptoms of metal poisoning or tissue destruction. Since the Rejuvenate product recall on July 4th, Stryker has been telling patients that if you […]
Next in our Electronically Stored Information (ESI) series I had planned to discuss the collection, review and culling of ESI. I changed my mind after reading a few articles and recently decided cases that discussed some crazy myths and fables about ESI and e-discovery. Let’s talk about myths, legends and […]
