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March 05, 2009 |

Ruling deals blow to tort law push

Wednesday's decisive Supreme Court ruling against Wyeth in a landmark pharmaceutical product liability case also may close off a major front in a hard-fought battle by businesses and the Bush administration to insulate national corporations from state tort litigation.The high court's decision is the second blow to attempts to protect drug companies from suits after their activities have won Food and Drug Administration approval.
4 minute read
October 26, 2012 |

State Reaping Dividends From Pro Bono Summit

A year after a Pro Bono Summit was held to drum up solutions for the rapidly growing need for legal help in the state, a new report by a commission created by the state Judicial Branch shows the need is still there.
7 minute read
August 19, 2010 |

Wyeth Wins Second HRT Case in a Row

A Philadelphia jury found Wednesday that the hormone replacement therapy drug Prempro was not the cause of two Pennsylvania women's breast cancer.
5 minute read
May 29, 2012 |

Mass Torts No Longer King of Dechert's Litigation Focus

One of Dechert's marquee practices has long been its products liability and mass torts group, but recent departures in that practice highlight how the firm might have become a victim of its own success.
8 minute read
January 08, 2002 |

Today the Supreme Court has the chance to reverse a bad patent ruling

Raymond Van Dyke and Steven R. Pedersen Unbeknownst to most people, the landscape of patent practice was fundamentally altered by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on Nov. 29, 2000. On that day, the enforceability and value of hundreds of thousands of patents were diminished or extinguished. Today, the controversial decision in Festo Corp.
7 minute read
May 19, 2008 |

Justices should clean up their portfolios and get to work

For Chief Justice John Roberts, it's Hewlett-Packard. Stephen Breyer has Colgate-Palmolive, Bank of America, IBM, Nestle. Samuel Alito: Bristol-Myers Squibb and Exxon Mobil. Those companies are among 33 that went to the U.S. Supreme Court in hopes of killing a lawsuit against them. Victims of South Africa's brutal apartheid era are suing American companies they say aided racist repression there.
5 minute read
February 11, 2010 |

Scope of Prescription Drug Tort Lawsuits to Be Tested

Two diet drug cases on appeal to the state Superior Court are expected to provide a test of the scope of claims that plaintiffs may make against drug manufacturers under Pennsylvania's products liability law.
6 minute read
February 23, 2010 |

Phila. Jury Awards $9.5 Mil. in HRT Trial

Another Philadelphia jury has decided that drugmaker Wyeth should be punished with punitive damages for the warnings provided to a plaintiff and her doctor over the risk of breast cancer from Wyeth's hormonal drug Prempro.
4 minute read
January 04, 2013 |

FORECAST 2013: Pro Bono Initiatives Remain On Front Burner

We first want to take this opportunity to thank the bar for its commitment to helping those individuals who need an attorney but who are unable to afford one. Perhaps you reduced your fees for a parent who needed assistance in a custody dispute. Or, perhaps you put in extra hours without charge to help a returning veteran. Or maybe you have taken on cases completely pro bono. Whichever way, you have made a difference and your contributions are deeply appreciated.
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