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Created on 06/28/2006 12:31 AM by leflaw
Updated on 05/01/2008 02:48 AM by leflaw
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The Legend of Richard Scruggs: More Myth Than Fact?

Posted by: leflaw on 03/08/2008 12:06 AM (Read: 408)

The legend of Richard Scruggs is by now well-known. His fame took root in the 1990s, when he won settlements for shipyard workers in Pascagoula, Miss., who had been exposed to asbestos. It blossomed in 1998, when the former Navy fighter pilot pressured tobacco companies to agree to a $248 billion settlement. And, in recent months, his story descended into the realm of scandal when the 61-year-old Scruggs, his son David "Zach" Scruggs and three others were indicted in his hometown of Oxford, Miss., for trying to bribe a judge to get a favorable ruling in a fee dispute. But the legend of Dickie Scruggs, as commonly told, generally omits a key fact. Scruggs' reputation as a giant killer of the plaintiffs bar is outdated. Even before the indictment his career was in decline [see "High-Wire Act"]
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Supreme Court Guts state product liability law

Posted by: leflaw on 02/20/2008 09:38 PM (Read: 470)
The U.S. Supreme Court handed a victory to Medtronic Inc (MDT.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Wednesday, ruling that patients cannot sue medical-device manufacturers in state court over harm from a device that has approval from federal regulators.
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Leflaw files Supreme Court petition for certiorari on copyright statutory damages and Fair use involvoing the karoake industry

Posted by: leflaw on 02/21/2008 12:26 PM (Read: 441)
Leflaw files Supreme Court petition for certiorari on copyright statutory damages and Fair use involving the karoake industry. Should publishers be allowed to prevent Karoake renditions of songs?
http://www.ilrweb.com/viewILRPDF.asp?filename=panorama_zomba_080219PetitionCertiorari
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VIOXX SETTLEMENT MAY COST 5 BILLION

Posted by: leflaw on 11/09/2007 08:00 AM (Read: 1162)
Merck & Co., after setting aside nothing to resolve liability over its Vioxx painkiller, may pay about $5 billion to settle claims that it hid the health risks of its withdrawn drug, three lawyers with direct knowledge of the accord said.

Merck, the third-largest U.S. drug maker, pulled Vioxx off the market in 2004 after a study showed it raised the risk of heart attacks in some patients. The company is facing more than 26,500 lawsuits filed by former users who claim the drug caused strokes and heart attacks.
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Merck Approves Vioxx Settlement

Posted by: leflaw on 11/09/2007 07:58 AM (Read: 1174)
Reports: Merck Approves Vioxx Settlement

27 minutes ago

NEW YORK (AP) — The maker of the painkiller Vioxx has agreed to pay $4.85 billion to settle thousands of lawsuits in one of the largest civil cases ever, according to published reports Friday.

Merck & Co. Inc. faced about 26,600 lawsuits representing 47,000 plaintiffs, and about 265 potential class action cases filed by people or family members who claimed the drug proved fatal or injured its users.

The agreement could still collapse, though lawyers with knowledge of the deal said that was unlikely, the New York Times reported. The deal becomes binding only if 85 percent of all plaintiffs agree to drop their cases.

The drugmaker could put the uncertainty of millions of dollars in possible settlements that have plagued pharmaceutical company behind it, though it has been successful fighting cases individually.

Analysts predicted early on that liability could reach $50 billion, but after losing its first case in a $253 million verdict, Merck has won a string of civil cases in numerous states.

The company said last month it had added $70 million to its reserves for defending lawsuits over the blockbuster painkiller that it pulled from the market three years ago. As of Sept. 30, Merck had reserved a total of $1.92 billion for legal expenses and spent a total of $1.2 billion.

Payments would vary, depending on injuries and the length of time that Vioxx was used.

"Weve been asked by the judge to talk to the plaintiffs and we are talking to them," Kent Jarrell, a spokesman for Merck, told the New York Times. "Right now, there is no finalized agreement."

Two attorneys told the paper, however, confirmed it independently, the Times reported.

Merck still faces a number of government investigations, both state and federal.
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Past 50 Announcements
  1. Criteria for Avandia
  2. Apple faces potential environmental lawsuit
  3. Amid Recent Toy Recalls for Lead Hazards Parents Need to Reorganize Children's Toy Collections
  4. Updated IPods Confirm Apple's Monopoly
  5. Most read stories from ABA Journal
  6. Heart surgeons should use caution with drug-coated stents
  7. New Sony Root Kit scandal?
  8. Inside the Countrywide Lending Spree
  9. BA pair quit amid surcharge probe
  10. Price Fixing Investigation
  11. British Airways scheduled to plead guilty to price fixing
  12. Mortgage Meltdown
  13. CARD SERVICES - A RIPOFF ? More and more reports...
  14. J & J to cut 4000 jobs
  15. Vioxx trials to focus on strokes
  16. Guidant Settlement FAQ
  17. Manufacturer of Guidant to Settle Lawsuits
  18. Judge Rejects Merck's View on FDA preemption in Vioxx case
  19. Printers give false out of ink messages.
  20. Doctor who questioned Avandia threatened
  21. CDC status report on Salmonella from peanut butter
  22. Lindsay Lohan Hooked on OxyContin
  23. Avandia Safe, GlaxoSithKline Says
  24. Calm Urged for Avandia Patients
  25. Did FDA Know Of Avandia Dangers In 2002?
  26. Advocacy group says FDA knew Avandia’s risk
  27. Avandia: FDA Issuing Safety Alert
  28. Avandia: Oral - Who Should Not Take This Medication
  29. Avandia Linked to Heart Attacks and Deaths
  30. GlaxoSmithKline to be hit with a wave of Avandia lawsuits
  31. Fenphen, Vioxx, Avandia, whats next on the FDA "approved" list?
  32. Diabetes Drug Avandia Tied To Heart Risks
  33. Glaxo's diabetes drug rosiglitazone (Avandia, GlaxoSmithKline) may increase the risk of MI and cardiovascular death
  34. Microsoft takes on the free world
  35. Ipods can make pacemakers fail
  36. OXYCONTIN 600 Million Dollar fine
  37. Tainted Pet Food Still on Shelves, FDA Says
  38. AVMA RECALLED PET FOOD BRANDS
  39. China Pet Food Managers held over US Deaths
  40. WEGMAN'S WET CAT FOOD RECALLED
  41. Menu Foods expands recall again
  42. Peanut Butter Recalls Spread to Ice Cream & Desserts
  43. PEANUT BUTTER/SALMONELLA ASSOCIATION
  44. PEANUT BUTTER/SALMONELLA ASSOCIATION
  45. Pet Food Recall expanded
  46. Mrs. Leflaw
  47. Leflaw's youtube playlist
  48. At least 6 brands have no chondroitin.
  49. Chondroitin scam in gloucosimine supplement.
  50. Misnavigating The Pet Food Crisis

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