On January 19, 2012, Bloomberg News published an article regarding a suit filed against Johnson & Johnson, which contended that the company knowingly hid studies showing that the antipsychotic drug Risperdal could cause diabetes in those taking the medication. Read the rest of this entry »
Lessors’ breach of contract class action against Glencrest Resources, LLC certified by court
FORT WORTH, TEXAS—A Tarrant County, Texas district court judge certified a class action lawsuit on January 24, 2012 brought by landowners against an oil and gas development company for failure to pay bonus payments. The style of case is Ellis, Individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated vs. Glencrest Resources, LLC, et al. Read the rest of this entry »
On January 18, 2012, the New York Times published an article regarding a recent study conducted by the National Science Agency (NSA) on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) regulation of increasingly complex electronic systems in automobiles. Read the rest of this entry »
A DePuy ASR Multi-district litigation status conference was held on Monday, January 23, 2012 at the U.S. District courthouse in West Palm Beach, Florida. Read the rest of this entry »
On November 23, 2011, the Associated Press published an article regarding weight limits imposed on freight trucks driven on federal highways. Recently, advocates for higher weight limits presented a bill, the Safe and Efficient Transportation Act, which would allow the weight limit for freight trucks to increase from 80,000 pounds to 97,000 pounds on federal highways. Read the rest of this entry »
On December 13, 2011, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released a recommendation to ban all cellphone use while driving. The New York Times published an article concerning the recent recommendation. Read the rest of this entry »
On December 14, 2011, the New York Times published an article on the emerging problem of “distracted doctoring”, a term describing the negative consequences of doctors having electronic devices, such as computers, tablets and cell phones, readily available when tending to patients. Read the rest of this entry »
On December 14, 2011, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram published an article regarding the Texas Railroad Commission’s recent passage of a rule that requires oil & gas companies disclose the chemicals and water volumes used in their hydraulic fracturing of wells, a process that is also known as “fracking.” Read the rest of this entry »
On December 14, 2011, the New York Times published an article regarding the recent legislation presented to the U.S. Senate that would require manufacturers track the post-approval performance of artificial hips and other medical implants. The bill is in response to recent criticism of the F.D.A.’s 510(k) process, which allows for the approval of a medical implant if it is “substantially similar” to another device already on the market. Read the rest of this entry »
On December 22, 2011, the New York Times published an article concerning a recent study indicating that newer models of hip and knee replacements did not function any better than older and less expensive hip and knee devices. Read the rest of this entry »
