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Accutane Case Before 11th 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 Tuesday at the federal appeals court in Atlanta, it looked like plaintiffs proceeding in federal court may have a much harder time.Pension Losses, Politics and Picking Lawyers
Law firms are lining up for the lucrative job of representing Florida in its fight to recover $325 million lost when Enron's stock collapsed. The state's legal strategy for recovering the money remains in a state of flux, especially after a failed bid to be appointed lead plaintiff in the class action. One strategy under consideration is filing suit against former investment adviser Alliance Capital Management.Suit Over Rexall Weight-Loss Product Revived
A products liability suit against Boca Raton, Fla.-based dietary supplements maker Rexall Sundown involving the death of a man who used its once popular weight-loss product Metab-O-LITE was reinstated Wednesday by the 4th District Court of Appeal.Lawyer-Judge May Be at Center of Land-Flip Fraud
A Garfield, N.J., lawyer who is also the town's judge may have played a central role in a scheme to defraud lenders by obtaining mortgages based on inflated appraisals of rundown properties. A state civil suit points to solo William Colacino Jr. as the lawyer referred to in a federal criminal case as "W.C.," an unindicted co-conspirator whose legal services, law office, attorney bank accounts and legal assistant were allegedly used in the scheme.REVERSED in part, REMANDED, AFFIRM in part Opinion Filed September 18, 2012. OPINION Before Justices Murphy, Fillmore, and Myers Opinion By Justice Murphy Art &
San Miguel Community Association v. State Farm General Insurance Company
Timothy P. Donaher, Public Defender, Rochester (David R. Juergens Of Counsel) Defendant-Appellant.Michael C. Green, District Attorney, Rochester (Nicole M. Fantigrossi Of Counsel)
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.Law Firm Operational Considerations for the Corporate Transparency Act
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