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April 11, 2007 |

Consortium of Law Firms Work on Accutane Cases

A lawyer representing people who claim that the acne drug Accutane caused them serious gastrointestinal diseases said his team is ready to try cases in Atlantic City, N.J., and Madison County, Ill., in April � the first two cases of potentially hundreds to go to trial.
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August 31, 2007 |

Lawsuit Over Rexall Weight-Loss Product Revived

A product liability suit against Rexall Sundown involving the death of a man who used its once popular weight-loss product Metab-O-LITE was reinstated Wednesday by a Florida appeals court. Rexall had won dismissal on the grounds that Palm Beach County, Fla., wasn't the proper venue for the lawsuit, but the appellate court said Rexall filed its motion to dismiss months too late and that Palm Beach County was the appropriate venue because the product's manufacture and distribution occurred there.
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February 22, 2001 |

Internet Access Case to be Argued in Fall

Next fall, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear an appeal by the National Cable Television Association and the Federal Communications Commission of the FCC v. Gulf Power Co. decision, pertaining to price regulation of Internet access via traditional cable lines. The case is expected to have major implications for the way broadband Internet service is delivered through traditional cable lines.
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April 13, 2007 |

First of Hundreds of Trials Over Acne Drug To Start This Month

A lawyer representing people who claim that the acne drug Accutane(r) caused them serious gastrointestinal diseases says his team is ready to try the first two cases of potentially hundreds to go to trial.
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April 10, 2007 |

Consortium of Firms Working on Accutane Litigation

A lawyer representing people claiming that the acne drug Accutane� caused them serious gastrointestinal diseases said a consortium of law firms is ready to try cases in Atlantic City, N.J., and Madison County, Ill., in April -- the first two cases of potentially hundreds to go to trial. Michael D. Hook of Florida's Hook Bolton Mitchell Kirkland & McGhee, who has spent much of his career in defense work, has joined with four other firms in Florida and New Jersey to pursue the suits against Hoffman-LaRoche.
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August 21, 2008 |

Accutane case centers on expert

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February 14, 2001 |

Med-Mal Battle Turns Epic

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August 21, 2008 |

Accutane Case Before Eleventh Circuit Centers on Expert Witness

Three trials over an alleged link between the acne drug Accutane and serious gastrointestinal problems have resulted in verdicts of more than $20 million in New Jersey and Florida state courts. Hundreds of other such cases have been filed in New Jersey, and several of those are scheduled for trial this fall. But at oral argument on Aug. 19 at the federal appeals court in Atlanta, it looked like plaintiffs proceeding in federal court may have a much harder time. The fight at the Eleventh U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals was over an expert witness who contends the drug causes inflammatory bowel disease, or IBD, which includes disorders like Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis.
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November 28, 2008 |

U.S. Court Finds Salary Repayment Not Covered Under Fair Debt Act

A retired New York City teacher who received a letter from a Brooklyn law firm demanding that she repay $2,000 in overpaid salary cannot sue the firm for violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. Finding no direct precedent for the claim, Eastern District Judge Arthur D. Spatt extrapolated from two similar Second Circuit decisions and ruled that the federal consumer-protection statute does not extend to the collection of salary overpayments.
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August 21, 2006 |

On The Rise: Kathryn Furman

At a time when takeovers by private equity funds increasingly make headlines think of last month's $21 billion leveraged buyout of hospital chain HCA Inc. by a team of funds, lawyers like King Spalding's Kathryn M. Furman are increasingly in high demand.Furman's transactional law practice touches an array of corporate legal issues.
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