Not quite a year ago we praised a decision out of the Northern District of Georgia for dispatching a plaintiff’s expert after applying Daubert and dispatching an entire case after applying logic. The case was called Brown v. Roche Laboratories, Inc., 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS (N.D. Ga. June 6, 2013), and it was another
June 2014
Permitted Gamesmanship v. Prohibited Conduct
By Michelle Yeary on
This post is from the non-Reed Smith side of the blog only.
We often struggle for a clever title or catchy phrase on which to hang our posts. Hence, the frequent sidebars into pop culture, sports, history, and music. But today, the court handed us our opening on a silver platter – permitted gamesmanship v.…
Pitching Third Party Payor RICO Claims Against Drug Companies
By Eric Alexander on
We start June with a fabulous two-fer: yes, that is two cases discussed in the same post. But wait, there’s more. The two cases each discuss civil RICO claims against drug companies and state law claims. For an unknown, but surely exorbitant, cost to the defendants, the courts, and maybe even the third party payors…