This is rather state specific, but it’s big news in Pennsylvania, and Bexis insists it’s important enough to warrant inclusion here. Brickbats to Bexis, then.
Yesterday, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court entered an order, accepting allocatur (that’s Pennsylvanian for “appeal”) to answer the following question:
“Whether this Court should apply §2 of the Restatement (Third) of
More On Excluding FDA Experts
Less than three weeks ago (it seems a lot longer) we posted about the FDA’s position that expert witnesses shouldn’t be allowed to opine on the meaning of FDA regulations during trial. Such opinions, the Agency argued, were legal – not factual – opinions. Thus they were the province of the court to decide, and
Developments In Off-Label Promotion And The First Amendment
A little over a week ago (in other words, an eternity in the blogosphere), the FDA announced new draft guidelines that slightly relaxed some aspects of the Agency’s prohibitions concerning promotion of off-label uses by manufacturers of FDA-regulated products. See 73 Fed. Reg. 9342 (FDA Feb. 20, 2008).
We were busy at the time –
Finding Us On The Web
Google Analytics lets us track our viewers, although at a fairly high level of abstraction.
First the good news: We’re pleased to report that we’ve had more than 25,000 pageviews in the last thirty days — a new high for us. Thanks very much for your interest.
Now the bad news: We see some of
FDA E-Mail Alerts
Many, but perhaps not all, of our readers know that the FDA offers automatic e-mail alerts of certain Agency publications and actions.
For those who may be interested, but were previously unaware of this service, here’s a link to the registration page. (Don’t worry; it’s easy. Even the two of us, blogging luddites that
New Levine Briefing Schedule
The Supreme Court has formally extended the briefing schedule in Wyeth v. Levine, something we expected when the matter was deferred to next term. The merits brief for petitioner Wyeth is now due on May 26, 2008. The merits brief for respondent Levine is now due on August 1, 2008 (over two months later).
Nuisance Litigation
A recent opinion crossed our desk: Independence County v. Pfizer, Inc., ___ F. Supp.2d ___, 2008 WL 398980 (E.D. Ark. Feb. 11, 2008). The opinion has generated a bit of interest because of the unusual nature of the claim – which is, we suppose, to be expected where, as here, a local government has
Henry Kissinger and Riegel
We didn’t really think there was any connection between President Reagan and Riegel v. Medtronic.
But then we saw how the case brought out the best in one plaintiff’s lawyer. So that got us to thinking.
Back in the 1950s and ’60s, Tom Lehrer wrote an awful lot of riotously funny songs. (For
Warner-Lambert v. Kent – Transcript Of Oral Argument
The court reporters were a little late today, but the oral argument transcript for Warner-Lambert v. Kent is now available. Compare your impressions to those of our intrepid correspondent.
Oral Argument in Warner-Lambert v. Kent
This guest post was prepared by Ted Frank, who blogs regularly at Point of Law, and who attended the oral argument this morning in Warner-Lambert v. Kent. This report is also being posted at that site. Needless to say, this report represents only Ted’s work. We thank him for providing this news from