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It is a truism in product liability matters that plaintiffs love state courts, whereas defense lawyers and our clients much prefer federal court.  There are reasons for this.  Twombly and Iqbal pleading standards are more rigorous than the pleading standards in many state courts.  Federal judges often have fewer cases and more clerks than state

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We reported last year on a case in which the Arizona Court of Appeals allowed FDA-approved drug warnings to define the standard of care for a physician’s informed consent.  Why does that matter?  Well, in most every jurisdiction, a plaintiff bringing an action for medical negligence has to produce expert opinion that the defendant breached

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Personalized medicine is the wave of the future.  Whether treating disease or prescribing medical devices (or both), medical practitioners are taking individualized patient characteristics into account more and more as they treat their patients.  Cancer therapy can now be targeted at the genetic level, and some medical devices can now be created to match patient

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We start with a disclaimer:  The following metaphorical exercise is somewhat forced, but we are doing it anyway.  If you are like us, then you are a few months in on a pattern of only buying groceries every week or so, perhaps supplemented by bulk deliveries of meat or seafood that you may need to