We have promised ourselves that we will stream this week’s “This Is Us” episode when we finish this blog post. We love this series beyond reason, and we dread its imminent demise, notwithstanding the title’s grammatical transgression. (We generally condition any sort of allegiance on correct use of predicate nominatives.) We are struck, over and
Good Comment k Decision – and Some Mixed Holdings – in W.D. Pa. IVC Filter Case
We begin by introducing a new Drug and Device Little Rescue Dog. We lost the oldest of our rescued angels – a perfect soul we will miss as long as we are breathing – in the fall. Our other dog was sad and lonely, so we set out to adopt a companion for him. Our
Unscrupulous Former Experts’ Qui Tam Case Dismissed by D. Mass.
We begin with the news that the Drug and Device Law Rock Climber has a new puppy. He is six months old and already over 60 pounds – a rescued Australian Shepherd mix. He is also white with blue eyes, a color pattern linked to deafness in dogs and cats. And he is totally deaf,
You Gotta Have Methodology: Expert’s Ipse Dixit Opinion Excluded in C.D. Cal. Hernia Mesh Case
We are headed to New York on Monday for the A.C.I. Drug and Medical Device Conference. We love this conference – we always see so many old friends and former colleagues – and we are delighted that it is back “in person” this year. We are speaking on a panel about the proposed amendments to
No Preliminary Injunction for Student Who Refuses to Heed Private College’s Vaccine Mandate
We take a break from assembling Halloween costumes for the Drug and Device Law Little Rescue dogs – a UPS worker, complete with cardboard parcel, and Batwoman – for another great decision involving a plaintiff’s opposition to a vaccine mandate. A number of recent blogposts have reported unsuccessful efforts by anti-vaxxers to enlist judicial support
Nice Rulings on Motions in Limine in N.D. Illinois Hernia Mesh Case
This post is from the non-Dechert side of the blog
Not long ago, one of our co-bloggers fielded some correspondence that, distilled from its abundant rhetoric, seemed to criticize a blog post for its defense-leaning bias. Given this, we hasten to reiterate, before we begin today’s post, that this is a defense blog. We are
As Dies the Prescriber, So Dies the Failure-to-Warn Claim
We write on a lovely Sunday afternoon, much of which was devoted to trying to figure out what the oldest of the Drug and Device Law Little Rescue Dogs would deign to eat. We should note that we would do literally anything for this frail, scruffy angel incarnate. To wit, we have cooked fresh beef
Connecticut Supreme Court Affirms Summary Judgment for Defendant in Hospital Liability Case
We are back from a weeklong vacation in Greece, with time split between Athens and a lovely, tiny, lightly-touristed island called Symi. We offer these observations:
- It is challenging, but not impossible, to enjoy the copious culinary offerings on international flights without removing one’s N-95 and face shield.
- The fifteen-hour overnight ferry trip from Athens
Great Design Defect and Warnings Causation Rulings from Hip Implant MDL
We write this as we prepare to leave for an overseas trip. We have our N95s, our face shields, and our vaccine card, along with a bit of apprehension and a large measure of giddy gratitude. It has been a long eighteen months (and counting). We’ll fill in some details next time, but we’ll sign
E.D. Pa. Judge Dismisses All Claims in Sloppy IVC Filter Complaint
We find ourselves, once again, hungry for good news. We just canceled a trip to see dear friends outside of Glacier National Park because Montana hospitals are so overfilled with anti-vax COVID patients that anyone with any medical emergency risks being turned away. Afghanistan fell to the Taliban. And, on a more “micro” level, we