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     Spring-Summer 2010
     
              

 

    ● Former Los Angeles physician sentenced to 25 years in prison for excessive narcotic prescribing.
      Los Angeles Times (07/30)

    ● Physicians should beware importing medical devices from Canada; may face criminal charges.
      Medscape Medical News (07/29)

    ● New trial ordered in Zoloft case due to errors by the defense.
      The Associated Press (07/28)

    ● Georgia Supreme Court rejects a challenge to a medical malpractice exemption.
      Fulton County Daily Report (07/27)

    ● Pennsylvania high court refuses to reconsider HRT verdict in favor of Wyeth.
      The Legal Intelligencer (07/23)

    ● Ninety-four people arrested in false Medicare claims totaling $251 million.
      Department of Justice (FBI) Press Release (07/16)

    ● Lawsuit alleging lung disease from eating microwave popcorn thrown out in Washington State.
      The National Law Journal (07/16)

    ● Bad nurses able to travel and find work in other states.
      Charlotte Observer (07/15)

    ● University of Minnesota researcher snoops into estranged family medical records.
      StarTribune.com (07/13)     

    ● Doctors group sues FDA over diabetes drug labeling.
      The National Law Journal (07/13)

    ● Glaxo SmithKline hid data on heart attack risk of diabetes drug Avandia.
      The New York Times (07/12)

    ● Kentucky asbestos case goes to the defense.
      Fulton County Daily Report (07/12)

    ● Delaware passes laws to protect children from sexual abuse by physicians.
      Fierce Practice Management (07/07)

    ● Former U.S. surgeon convicted of manslaughter in Australia.
      CNN.com (06/30)

    ● Merck wins first state Vioxx suit in Louisiana.
      The Associated Press (06/30)

    ● Las Vegas Sun reports 969 preventable injuries to patients in Nevada hospitals.
      Las Vegas Sun (06/27)

    ● Respiratory ailment settlement for 9/11 workers approved by New York judge.
      New York Law Journal (06/24)

    ● Paxil related birth defect cases are to be settled by GlaxoSmithKline.
      The legal Intelligencer (06/23) 

    ● Judge rules that Pennsylvania Board of Nursing must answer a nurse's methadone lawsuit.
      The Legal Intelligencer (06/22) 

    ● Lawsuit fears lead to increased testing by emergency room doctors.
      U.S.A. Today (AP) (06-20) 

    ● Michigan pediatric neurologist accused of falsely diagnosing children with epilepsy.
      The Detroit Free Press (06/15)

    ● Class action settlement in baby deaths from a vitamin E supplement approved by court.
      The National Law Journal (06/14)

    ● New settlement reached in 9/11 injury cases.
      New York Law Journal (06/10) 

    ● Investigation of doctors that implanted unneeded stents expanding.
      Heartwire (06/09)

    ● Johnson and Johnson faces lawsuits over Tylenol and other product recalls.
      The National Law Journal (06/07)

    ● Judge vacates doctor's 30-year sentence in a drug case.
      BLT: The Blog of Legal Times (06/04)

    ● "Never events" on the rise in California hospitals.
      San Francisco Chronicle (06/02)

    ● FDA designation as bioequivalent does not protect generic drug makers from lawsuits.
      The Legal Intelligencer (05/28)

    ● Kansas doctor takes the stand in his overdose death trial.
      The Associated Press (05/27)

    ● Harlem Hospital echocardiograms left stored and unread.
      The New York Times (05/25)

    ● Rising maternal death rate in the U.S. causes concern.
      Los Angeles Times (05/22)

    ● Controversy over the murder weapon in Washington attorney Robert Wone's death.
      BLT:The Blog of LegalTimes (05/21)

    ● New York wrongful life case over brain-damaged baby dismissed .
      New York Law Journal (05/17)

    ● Multiple legal battles over California city ordinances against medical marijuana dispensaries.
      The National Law Journal (05/12)

    ● Baxter and Teva to appeal $500 million jury award over Nevada hepatitis C case.
      The Associated Press (05/11)

    ● Bayer begins phase III trial of new anti-colorectal cancer drug despite lawsuit.
      Reuters (05/07)

    ● Bar code eMAR technology reduces errors in transcription and medication administration.
      The Medical News (05/06)

    ● Wyeth attorneys seek new trial pleading premature jury deliberations in a Nevada Prempro case.
      The Associated Press (05/05)

    ● Los Angeles jury awards $200 million in punitive damages in asbestos case.
      The Recorder (05/03)

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