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September 07, 1999 |

Sign of the Times

Nine years ago, doctors and hospitals got a big win in the Texas Supreme Court with Rose v. Doctors Hospital, a case upholding the constitutionality of medical malpractice damage caps in wrongful-death cases. Rose signaled the turn of the high court from a plaintiffs' playground to what would become plaintiffs' purgatory by the middle part of the decade. Now as the court searches for the middle ground as it enters the 21st century, the damage caps at issue in Rose are again center stage.
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October 18, 2002 |

Behind the Bar

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January 28, 2011 |

WikiLeaks Sparks Interest in Pfizer Court Battle — as 2nd Circuit Splits on Alien Tort Statute

Nearly 15 years after trying an experimental drug on kids in Nigeria during a deadly epidemic, Pfizer is still battling claims brought by the kids' families.• ALSO SEE: Pfizer CEO Out, Now WikiLeaks Chiming In • Pfizer's General Counsel Takes On Enlarged Business Roll • Pfizer's Kindler Gets Paltry $9.6M in Severance, Bonus
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February 11, 2011 |

Report: Pfizer Settles 2,200 Prempro Cases for $330 Million

Bloomberg reports that in what seems to be a page from Glaxo's Avandia playbook, Pfizer has begun wholesale settlements with plaintiffs lawyers who control dockets of Prempro cases. • ALSO SEE:Doc: Pfizer Broke Medical, Ethical Standards • WikiLeaks Sparks Interest in Court Battle • Pfizer's Kindler Gets Paltry $9.6M in Severance, Bonus
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December 09, 2010 |

As One Lawyer-CEO Steps Down, Others Step Up

Pfizer CEO and former general counsel Jeffrey Kindler surprisingly is retiring after four years as head of the pharmaceutical giant. As Kindler steps aside, other lawyers-turned-CEOs are moving up.
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