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Johnson & Johnson Exec Claims He Was Fired for Raising Safety Concerns
A former vice president at two Johnson & Johnson subsidiaries claims in a lawsuit he was fired for seeking recalls of numerous faulty products, including the Ortho Evra birth control patch, which is the subject of hundreds of product liability claims. "We would hope that the bringing of this type of suit would encourage companies not to retaliate against employees who blow the whistle," his lawyer said. The company says the plaintiff, who worked there for 15 years, was fired for inappropriate conduct.
Defense Experts in Device Case Can Be the Plaintiffs' Doctors
Physicians who treated plaintiffs litigating against manufacturers of a medical device may be retained as expert witnesses by the defense, a New Jersey appeals court says.
The High Cost of a Case Gone Bad
Biotech company Artegraft is accusing renowned attorney James Tyrrell and his former firm, Latham & Watkins, of malpractice that cost the company more than $10 million. Artegraft claims Tyrrell and the firm convinced it to sue Johnson & Johnson in a contract dispute based on a legally unfounded patent theory. Latham says Artegraft was a savvy client that was aware of the risks and is now trying to avoid paying $1.6 million in bills. The litigation comes as Tyrrell leads a 30-lawyer exodus to Patton & Boggs.
Johnson & Johnson Exec Claims He Was Fired for Raising Safety Concerns
A former vice president at two Johnson & Johnson subsidiaries claims in a lawsuit he was fired for seeking recalls of numerous faulty products, including the Ortho Evra birth control patch, which is the subject of hundreds of product liability claims. "We would hope that the bringing of this type of suit would encourage companies not to retaliate against employees who blow the whistle," his lawyer said. The company says the plaintiff, who worked there for 15 years, was fired for inappropriate conduct.Johnson & Johnson Exec Claims He Was Fired for Raising Safety Concerns
A former vice president at two Johnson & Johnson subsidiaries claims in a lawsuit he was fired for seeking recalls of numerous faulty products, including the Ortho Evra birth control patch, which is the subject of hundreds of product liability claims. "We would hope that the bringing of this type of suit would encourage companies not to retaliate against employees who blow the whistle," his lawyer said. The company says the plaintiff, who worked there for 15 years, was fired for inappropriate conduct.Claims of joint inventorship are on the increase
District courts are empowered to change the named inventors on U.S. patents. Such claims are often referred to as � 256 claims, after the section of the Patent Act authorizing the district courts to do so. Under � 256, a party can add, substitute or remove inventors listed on the patent. If successful, the party can acquire partial or full ownership of an issued (and potentially valuable) patent.Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance PLC v. UPS Supply Chain Solutions Inc.
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