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Yasmin
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Mass Tort Litigation Blog
What duties do lead counsel owe plaintiffs in multidistrict litigation?
There is a persistent question in multidistrict proceedings: what duties do lead lawyers owe to individual plaintiffs who have no direct attorney-client relationship with them?That's the question at the heart…
Dangerous Drugs & Medical Devices
The Nurse Practitioner Warns of Increased Risk of Blood Clot with Drospirenone Use
In the “Medication Update” section of a 2011 edition of the medical journal The Nurse Practitioner, a warning regarding the use of drospirenone-containing oral contraceptives is made. Oral contraceptives containing…
Dangerous Drugs & Medical Devices
2009 – Study Names Chemical in YAZ® More Dangerous than Other Hormonal Contraceptives
An article published in 2009 in the British Medical Journal by Dr. A. van Hylckama Vlieg (et al.) analyzes the risk of developing a blood clot for women using hormonal…
Dangerous Drugs & Medical Devices
American Journal of Nursing Shows Oral Contraceptives Containing Drospirenone are More Dangerous than Others
The “Drug Watch” section of the September, 2012 edition of the American Journal of Nursing includes some startling information about hormonal contraceptive drugs containing the chemical drospirenone, such as YAZ,®…
Dangerous Drugs & Medical Devices
Study Evaluates Relative Risks of Hormonal Contraceptives, Names Yaz® as Particularly Dangerous
A study published in May, 2009 by the British Medical Journal notes that women using hormonal contraceptives containing drospirenone, such as Yaz®, are about 64% more likely to develop blood…
Mass Torts Law Blog
First Federal Yaz Trial Sent to Mediation, NJ Trials Still On…For Now
The first federal Yaz trial is not moving forward as planned. While the highly anticipated trial was originally scheduled to begin the second week of January 2012, Judge Herndon, who…
Dangerous Drugs & Medical Devices
Study Shows YAZ Places Users at Higher Risk of Hyperkalemia
A recent study published in the journal BioMedCentral Pharmacology aimed to evaluate potential health risks posed to users of hormonal contraceptives containing drospirenone, such as YAZ®. In this report, titled "The…
TortsProf Blog
Class Certification Denied in YAZ MDL
Sean Wajert at Mass Tort Defense has the full story.- SBS
Drug & Device Law
Lightening Doesn’t Strike
By Bexis
To the surprise of precisely nobody, including - according to 360 (subscription required), the plaintiffs' lawyers themselves - certification of a class action in the Yazmin/Yaz MDL has been denied. …
Mass Torts Law Blog
Update on YAZ® Case Management Conference
On December 16, 2010, counsel attended a Case Management Conference before Judge Martinotti in Bergen County Superior Court in Hackensack, New Jersey. It was agreed that counsel will continue to…