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Morrison & Foerster LLP

Cases to Watch: Gilead Life Sciences v. Superior Court

The California Supreme Court granted review in Gilead Life Sciences v. Superior Court—a hopeful turn of events after lower courts issued decisions that resulted in an unprecedented expansion of negligence liability for...more

Hissey, Mulderig & Friend, PLLC

Women With Broken Paragard Copper IUDs May Qualify to File a Lawsuit

Women whose Paragard copper IUD broke during removal or while being implanted may be eligible to file a lawsuit and receive compensation for their injuries. Thousands of women who were injured by broken Paragard IUDs have...more

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California Supreme Court Will Review Novel Negligence Theory for Pharmaceutical Manufacturers

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The Situation: The California Supreme Court recently granted review of a California Court of Appeal decision, Gilead Life Sciences, Inc. v. The Superior Court of the City and County of San Francisco, that made waves in the...more

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Product Liability: How it Works For and Against Victims of Defective Medical Devices

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Crafting the perfect medical device is never an exact science—but a patient should never suffer because of defects in a product that was intended to improve their quality of life. Determining whether a device manufacturer or...more

Hissey, Mulderig & Friend, PLLC

Paragard IUD Litigation Update: First MDL Bellwether Trial Scheduled for October 2024

The first bellwether trial in the nationwide litigation over the copper IUD Paragard is scheduled to go to trial in Georgia in October 2024. More than 2,200 lawsuits have been filed against Teva Pharmaceutical and...more

Hissey, Mulderig & Friend, PLLC

Thousands of Women Report Paragard Copper IUDs Broken During Removal, FDA Data Shows

Federal health officials have received thousands of reports of women whose Paragard copper IUDs broke when they were being removed. Hundreds of women with broken Paragard IUDs have filed lawsuits against the manufacturers of...more

Console and Associates, P.C.

Patients Raise Concerns Over Safety of Bard PowerPort

The Bard PowerPort, often known as the "BardPort," is a subdermal medical device designed to facilitate the connection of a catheter for the administration of intravenous fluids or medication. However, since its launch, there...more

Dechert LLP

Unprecedented Escalation of Injunction by French National Agency for Medicines and Health Products Safety

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In June 2021, Philips notified the ANSM of a field safety action that related to the potential risk of degradation and inhalation of carcinogenic compounds from the sound-absorbing foam used in its ventilation devices for...more

Console and Associates, P.C.

Federal Investigation of Anterior Growth Guidance Appliance (AGGA) Dental Device Prompts Wave of Lawsuits

When a doctor suggests that a medical device may help you, they’ll explain a little bit about how the device works; however, truly understanding how any given device works often requires either a medical or scientific...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Heartburn for Valisure: Controversial Testing Lab Under Fire

In early December, a federal judge tossed plaintiffs’ expert evidence and dismissed some 2,450 lawsuits in the sprawling litigation involving the heartburn medication Zantac. U.S. District Judge Robin L. Rosenberg’s December...more

Console and Associates, P.C.

Philips CPAP Recall Update: Shocking Revelation From FDA Investigations and More

What is the latest with the CPAP lawsuits? As 2022 begins, the thoughts of sleep apnea patients and their families are, naturally, returning to the Philips CPAP machine recall 2021....more

Butler Snow LLP

Pro Te: Solutio – Vol. 12, No. 2

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Pro Te: Solutio returns for its second edition of 2019. As the year grinds on, our attorneys at Butler Snow are taking proactive and creative steps to confront and solve the issues that affect our areas of practice. The...more

Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley

IVC Filter Litigation – Judge says no to Protective Order

Plaintiffs in a Multi District Litigation (“MDL”) filed complaints against Cook Medical Inc. (“Cook”) and alleges that Cook knowingly presented false information regarding the safety profile of its IVC filters to physician...more

Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley

Stryker Accolade V40 LFIT Hip Implant Dissociation – What Are the Experts Saying?

Over the past few years, various orthopedic surgeons around the country and their patients have been faced with a catastrophic failure of Stryker’s Accolade and V40 LFIT hip implants and incredible challenges for the...more

Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley

Taper Failures – A Hot Topic in Orthopedics

After a decade of receiving several black eyes over failed metal on metal implants, the orthopedic device industry is bracing itself for a second wave of metal failure related embarrassment. The metal on metal debacle...more

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