By Max Mitchell | August 17, 2017
Ethicon, the main defendant in the pelvic mesh mass tort in Philadelphia, is appealing a judge's decision to revive a suit that initially ended in a win for the manufacturer.
By Max Mitchell | August 15, 2017
The dispute between generic drugmakers Apotex and Teva stemming from a former Teva executive's alleged disclosure of trade secrets to an Apotex CEO while the two were dating is heating up, with the parties now sparring over the speed of discovery.
By Scott Graham | August 12, 2017
There is no Seventh Amendment right to a jury trial on the issue of attorney fee awards in patent cases. Not even when $12 million is at stake.
By Zack Needles | August 9, 2017
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has upheld a Pennsylvania federal judge's dismissal of antitrust claims against GlaxoSmithKline over a patent infringement settlement with generic drugmakers allegedly aimed at delaying market entry of generic versions of the popular antidepressant Wellbutrin XL.
By Max Mitchell | August 3, 2017
The father of a man who died from an opiate-related overdose has asked the Pennsylvania Superior Court to reinstate his case against drugmaker Teva, over the marketing of its powerful fentanyl lozenge Actiq.
By Max Mitchell | July 24, 2017
An Ohio woman suing Johnson & Johnson over its surgical pelvic mesh has won a damages hearing a little more than a month after a jury found the product did not cause her claimed damages.
By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | July 21, 2017
Court denied plaintiffs' motion to remand for lack of diversity in action alleging fraudulent concealment and failure to warn in drug birth defect case because the court found that the undiverse defendant was fraudulently joined since plaintiffs lacked a good-faith intent to prosecute their claims against that defendant. Motion denied.
By Max Mitchell | July 19, 2017
The high-profile litigation in Missouri over talcum powder might be beginning to cool down, thanks to a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision, but a talc-related litigation in Pennsylvania is beginning to heat up, and may set a pattern for a growing area for tort claims.
By Lizzy McLellan | July 17, 2017
Generic pharmaceutical manufacturer Lannett Co. Inc. has appointed its longtime outside lawyer to serve as chief legal officer and general counsel.
By Max Mitchell | July 12, 2017
The litigation over Risperdal has not only become the largest mass tort program in Philadelphia's busy court system, it has also nearly tripled in size from about 2,000 cases at the start of the year to more than 5,500 as of June.
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