Like the radio stations of yore did with songs, we offer up two related posts back-to-back instead of the usual one. We cannot offer a “favorite artist” as the source of consecutive songs, we offer two posts that relate to the legal implications of some of the typical things that FDA does and has been
OTC Preemption
Consumer Fraud Case Against “Non-Drowsy” Cough Syrup Sleepwalks Past Preemption
By Michelle Yeary on
Class Complaint Fails in OTC Drug MDL
By Eric Alexander on

When it comes to MDLs that concern a bunch of cases about a drug or device, they typically have a name like “In re [name of product(s)] Product Liability Litigation” or “In re [name of product(s) Marketing and Sales Practices Litigation.” In theory, the first group of MDLs involves, shockingly, product…
Another Preemption Win Involving An Economic Loss Class Action And An OTC Drug
By Lisa Baird on

As regular blog readers know, we love a clean grant of a motion to dismiss on preemption grounds. They are relatively common, so it sometimes puzzles us that the plaintiffs’ bar keeps filing plainly preempted claims.
Perhaps some of these plainly preempted lawsuits get filed because the express preemption provision of the FDCA related to…