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ContractsProf Blog
Case on Contractual Limitations of Damages out of SDNY
In 2019, Johnson & Johnson (J&J) and its subsidiary Ethicon, Inc. (Ethicon) sought to partner with ChemImage Corporation (ChemImage) to help J&J to close the gap with its competitors in…
Drug & Device Law
The Great Exhibit Dump and Sanctionable Shenanigans
This post comes from the non-Butler Snow side of the blog. Today’s case gives us two cautionary tales. First, there are many ways to make friends with a court. Dumping…
Paul W. Mollica Federal Courts Blog
Eighth Circuit Holds That for Forum Non Conveniens Analysis, Court Weighs All Domestic Contacts Against Transfer, Not Just Contacts with the Forum State
In Dibble v. Torax Medical, Inc., No. 24-1385 (8th Cir. Aug. 7, 2025), the Eighth Circuit (in a split decision, Judge Loken dissenting without opinion) reverses an order dismissing a…
Drug & Device Law
W.D. Texas Finally Ends Surgical Staple Warranty Claims
Did it seem to you in law school that sometimes the hardest part of reading cases was not deciphering some obscure legal principle — say, the difference between larceny by…
Drug & Device Law
District of South Carolina Rejects Plaintiff’s “Better Late Than Never” Argument on Expert Reports
Ironically, today’s post is running a little late—because life’s not perfect and sometimes despite the best of intentions, you need a bit more time. But, if you are going to…
Drug & Device Law
Florida Pure Bill of Discovery and the Medicare Secondary Payer Act
By Lisa Baird
This post is from the non-Butler Snow side of the blog. When a news article starts with “Florida man…” you know you are in for a bit of crazy. Usually…
Drug & Device Law
No Alternative Design, No Design Defect Claim In West Virginia
By Lisa Baird
For design defect claims, a key issue is whether the relevant jurisdiction requires evidence that a suitable alternative design existed that would have allowed the plaintiff to dodge the alleged…
Drug & Device Law
New York Statute of Limitations Runs from Medical Symptoms, not Diagnosis
(The Butler Snow members of the DDL blog had nothing to do with today's post.) Intricate issues of New York law have been in the news lately -- but that…
Drug & Device Law
Perfect Defense §510(k) Compliance Win in New Jersey May Be Pyrrhic
By Bexis
We’ve finished reading through the New Jersey Supreme Court’s unanimous decision in Hrymoc v. Ethicon, Inc., ___ A.3d ___, 2023 WL 4714042 (N.J. July 25, 2023) (which should really be…
Drug & Device Law
Failure to Test Claim Dismissed in Texas
A little less than three years ago we posted about a decision by a federal court in Pennsylvania that twisted Texas and Supreme Court precedent to find an independent claim…