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For medical device manufacturers, federal preemption can be a powerful defense to state tort claims. Although there is some split of authority, most federal courts of appeals that have addressed the issue have held that when a medical device reaches the market via the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) rigorous "premarket approval" (PMA) process, many state common law claims are expressly preempted by the Medical Device Amendments (MDA) of 1976.

Here are the Rules of Effective Web Writing: Be Factual. Be Brief. Be Clear.

Mentors are people who can guide you, advise you, and share their experiences and their mistakes so you won't make the same ones. By visibly endorsing you, they can give you credibility; by bringing you to events with them, you'll gain visibility; and by introducing you to their contacts, they'll give you access. Visibility, credibility, and access ' mentors are important indeed.

Television interviews are a great media opportunity for attorneys to take part in. Before heading to the studio though, there are many points to remember to ensure successful exposure for you and your firm. Preparation is the key factor and includes ex-pressions, clothing, attitude, and presentation, all of which has a large impact on the interview. If these items are not properly thought out in advance, the interview could quickly become a small disaster. There are certain steps to take prior to an on-air appearance to prepare for an in-terview that enhances your firm's awareness and your expertise.

This month we present the last of highlights of The Best of MLF 2005. In this issue we will feature selected articles from August through November 2005.

Conceptual search is widely regarded as a technological Rosetta stone enabling faster, more comprehensive, and more revealing evidence review, but its use in the legal community to date has been limited primarily to a handful of outsourced electronic discovery services. At Foley & Lardner LLP, we realized early on that we could take full advantage of this advanced search technology only by bringing it in-house.

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough is a law firm based in Columbia, SC with more than 350 attorneys in offices in nine cities, including Washington, DC and Atlanta, GA. Active pursuit of new technology is one of the foundations of our paper discovery and ediscovery document management successes. The attorneys here are very adept at handling huge volumes of information that come from a variety of sources. They know how to use the latest and greatest technology to be able to quickly locate documents critical to a case. And they have the knowledge and experience to avoid any sort of procedural error unique to the online world that costs their clients time and money.
Back in December 2003, we were put to the test in using our technology and how that knowledge benefited our clients. This is the story behind that native review project.

The days of talking about the paperless office have been here and gone ' but one thing remains and that's the fact that you need to have a good, reliable scanner to do the job for you. I've looked at a lot of scanners in my day and as each one comes along the pros and cons are more and more becoming evident in them, however, I have found a good scanner at a reasonable price that is both reliable and easy to work with.