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April 09, 2007 |

Building a consortium of firms to try Accutane cases

Florida litigator Michael Hook, a lawyer representing people who claim that the acne drug Accutane caused them serious gastrointestinal diseases, said he has assembled a consortium of law firms to take on pharmaceutical manufacturer Hoffman-LaRoche.
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August 22, 2008 |

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.
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February 28, 2002 |

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.
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September 04, 2007 |

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.
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May 12, 2008 |

IN BRIEF

Harvard Law School's faculty unanimously voted to make all scholarly articles authored by faculty members available on the Internet free of charge. Plus, more of this week's news briefs.
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August 21, 2008 |

Accutane case centers on expert

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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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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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