A Lasting Peace in Mass Torts
Mass tort claims can create a tremendous financial and legal burden on a company. In-house counsel recommending settlement of a mass tort to company management, often at significant cost, must be confident that the settlement will buy a lasting and comprehensive peace. There are several key negotiating points that can help in-house counsel achieve such finality.
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Off-Label Communications
While the FDA has had a long-standing policy of permitting drug, biologics, and medical device companies to respond to unsolicited requests for information about off-label use of their products, there has been significant discussion over what constitutes "unsolicited" in this context.
Practice Tip: Federal Jurisdiction and Venue
With little fanfare or forewarning, the Federal Courts Jurisdiction and Venue Clarification Act of 2011 became effective Jan. 6, 2012. Signed into law on Dec. 7, 2011, the Act reforms or clarifies removal procedures, diversity jurisdiction, and federal venue.
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The Mensing Preemption and the Learned Intermediary Doctrine
Few courts have fully or accurately grasped the realities of how physicians receive information about the drugs they prescribe and, correspondingly, how the learned intermediary doctrine should affect the <i>Mensing</i> preemption analysis.
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Electronic Discovery in Construction Disputes
This article discusses the current electronically stored information (ESI) law, the impending ESI crisis in arbitration, and how resolving office, industrial and retail claims through alternative dispute resolution helps to corral the burdens of ESI discovery for developers, owners, property managers and contractors by managing ESI with specific agreements, guidelines and rules.
In the Spotlight: Emergency Planning Obligations
Owners and tenants of commercial buildings sometimes fail to recognize that certain chemicals stored on-site, most notably substances used in a building's mechanical system, could trigger annual reporting obligations.
'Green' Leases Support 'Green' Buildings
The interplay between a green building and the traditional legal relationships covered by commercial real property leases forms the nexus of this article.
Facebook Passwords and Child Custody
As matrimonial attorneys, we can learn some lessons from the <i>Gallion v. Gallion</i> case. First, tell your clients that they should envision everything they post on Facebook or tweet on Twitter as being printed out on paper and marked as "Exhibit A."
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