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Warnings
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Regulatory Oversight
2022 Significant Developments in the Tobacco Industry and What to Expect in 2023 (Part One)
By Stephen C. Piepgrass, Bryan Haynes, Agustin Rodriguez, Nick Ramos
The U.S. tobacco industry is subject to a variety of regulators at the federal and state level. In this first of a two-part series focused on significant regulatory developments in…
Drug & Device Law
Lovely Warnings Causation (and More) Mesh Decision from the Central District of California
We are just back from a lovely long weekend in Mexico. We were delighted to find, on our DVR, a show we’d forgotten we set to record: a special interviewing…
Drug & Device Law
W.D. Kentucky Dismisses Amlodipine Claims on Preemption Grounds
Bexis has already plugged the Reed Smith Life Sciences CLE programs this week, so we won’t replug — except to remind you that Rachel Weil and the drudge/author of this…
Drug & Device Law
Unimpressed Learned Intermediaries Defeat Warning Causation
By Bexis
There’s a reason why prescribing physicians and implanting surgeons are called “learned” intermediaries. The law presumes that licensed doctors know what they are doing. That means that prescribers can make…
Kelley Green Law
California Tweaks Proposed Revisions to Limit Use of Prop 65 “Short Form” Warnings (Updated)
Almost a year after initially proposing revisions that would substantially curtail use of the popular "short form" warnings under Proposition 65 (see my prior blog post for more details), the…
Drug & Device Law
Great Design Defect and Warnings Causation Rulings from Hip Implant MDL
We write this as we prepare to leave for an overseas trip. We have our N95s, our face shields, and our vaccine card, along with a bit of apprehension and…
Drug & Device Law
Lots of Good in Motion in Limine Rulings in IVC Filter Case
We are going to Peoria next week. On an airplane. Ordinarily, this would not be newsworthy, but we are irrationally excited to be taking this step toward normalcy. We have…
Drug & Device Law
No Heeding Presumption (and No Warnings Causation) in Eastern District of Wisconsin Mesh Case
We understand the value of branching out and trying new things. Recently, a close companion prevailed upon us to try calamari (thumbs down). We signed up for a Zoom acting…
Drug & Device Law
Failure to Read Means No “Warnings Causation” in Hip Implant Case: Summary Judgment on Warnings Claims
We begin with a cautionary tale (with a happy ending) about life with an aging dog. Our vet estimates that one of our treasured Drug and Device Law Little Rescue…
Environmental Law & Policy Monitor
California Proposes to Significantly Limit the Use of Proposition 65 Short-Form Warning
By AnnMarie Sanford, Angela Levin, Jeff Goldman
On January 8, the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) proposed to amend the short-form warning regulations under the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986,…