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Drug & Device Law
More breaking news – NJ Ortho-Evra
By Bexis
Thanks to Susan Sharko of Drinker for forwarding today's win in Hayes-Jones v. Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, No. MID-L-3416-10, slip op. (N.J. Super. L.D. Aug. 3, 2012). It's late on a Friday…
Iowa Employment Law Blog
Injunction Against HHS Coverage Mandate Raises Question Whether Employers Have Right to Religious Accommodation
Just days before the Health and Human Services contraceptive mandate went into effect, a federal district court in Colorado issued a temporary injunction exempting a Denver based company from its application. (See ruling in…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Federal Court Grants Denver Manufacturing Company Preliminary Injunction from Compliance with Contraception Mandate
The Denver Post: Denver firm allowed to not cover birth control; case may affect others, by Colleen O'Connor:A Denver manufacturing company owned by a devout Catholic family got a temporary…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
As Contraceptive Mandate Is Poised To Take Effect, Religious Groups Continue To Push Back
Reuters: U.S. rule highlights Catholic tensions over contraception, by Susan Heavey:New rules requiring free access to prescription birth control for women with health insurance go into effect on Wednesday, but…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
The New York Times on Recent Court Decisions Curtailing Women’s Rights
The New York Times (editorial): Three Rulings Against Women’s Rights:At a time when abortion rights and women’s access to affordable contraception are threatened by political attacks, judges in three newly…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Study Shows Greater Access to Contraception Decreases Need For Abortions
The New York Times (Latitude: Views From Around the World Column): From Abortion to Contraception, by Haley Sweetland Edwards:Eka, a short brunette with brown eyes highlighted by green eyeliner, is…
Mass Torts Law Blog
Recent Study Links and Yasmin to Yaz Stroke and Heart Attack
In June 2012, a study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, reported that that birth control products containing combined estrogen-progestin, such as Yaz or Yasmin, may double a…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Catholic College Lacks Standing to Challenge ACA’s Contraception Requirement
By ConLawProf initials at end of post
Judge James E. Boasberg (D.D.C.) ruled in Belmont Abbey College v. Sebelius that a Catholic college lacked standing to sue HHS over its regulations under the Affordable Care Act that require…
Mass Torts Law Blog
Bayer Continues to Settle in the Yaz Lawsuit
Following the December 2011, ruling by the Federal Drug and Administration (FDA) that the label warnings on Yaz and Yasmin failed to adequately warn against the increased risk of blood…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
GOP Renews Debate On Whether Employers Can Deny Women Access to Contraception Coverage
Think Progress: GOP Revives Efforts To Let Employers Deny Birth Control To Women, by Amanda Peterson Beadle:In House Republicans’ latest attack on women, Rep. Denny Rehberg (R-MT) released a labor,…