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Important Preemption Decision

By Sean Wajert on December 17, 2015
Posted in Articles

Last week the Sixth Circuit issued a significant opinion in Yates v. Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc., No. 15-3104, 2015 WL 8538119 (6th Cir.
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PhRMA Responds to FDA Letter in First Amendment Dispute

By Sean Wajert on June 18, 2015
Posted in Articles, Drug and Device

The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America last week submitted an amicus brief relating to the FDA’s response to a drug company’s suit c…
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Class Certification Denied in Drug Case

By Sean Wajert on January 2, 2015
Posted in Articles, Class Action, Consumer Fraud, Drug and Device

A federal court rejected a proposed class action in which plaintiffs alleged that a drug maker misstated the frequency of potential side effects. See …
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FDA Seeks Comments on DTC Study

By Sean Wajert on February 20, 2014
Posted in Articles, Drug and Device

The Food and Drug Administration is seeking public comment on its investigation of the impact of communicating risks in direct-to-consumer prescriptio…
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FDA Issues Draft Guidance on Social Media

By Sean Wajert on January 13, 2014
Posted in Articles, Drug and Device

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently took a small step towards providing industry with the long-awaited guidance on how pharmaceutical maker…
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Federal Court Offers Cogent Analysis of Warning Causation in Drug Case

By Sean Wajert on August 30, 2012
Posted in Articles, Drug and Device

A New Jersey federal court granted summary judgment last week to a pharmaceutical defendant in a failure to warn case. See Baker et al. v. APP Pharmac…
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Busy Mass Tort Court Revises Punitive Damages Rule

By Sean Wajert on June 27, 2012
Posted in Articles, Drug and Device

The Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, a busy mass tort jurisdiction, to say the least, has continued to tinker with its mass tort general rules, las…
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Defense Victory in Bellwether Drug Trial Affirmed

By Sean Wajert on June 15, 2012
Posted in Articles, Drug and Device

A state appeals court recently upheld a judgment for defendant in the first bellwether trial in consolidated litigation in New Jersey over claims conc…
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Court of Appeals Rejects RICO Claim in Drug Case

By Sean Wajert on May 22, 2012
Posted in Articles, Consumer Fraud, Drug and Device

One of the things we like to do here at MassTortDefense is keep an eye on the non-traditional claims plaintiffs concoct — to evade the requirements o…
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Lone Pine Order Adopted in Avandia MDL

By Sean Wajert on November 23, 2010
Posted in Articles, Drug and Device

In the right case, we are big fans of the “Lone Pine” order as a tool of case management. Named for Lore v. Lone Pine Corp., No. L-33606-85,…
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