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New Jersey court finds no parallel claim and no component liability

  • Dechert LLP
  • -
  • Jersey, USA
  • -
  • March 19 2013

In a post Riegel v. Medtronic, Inc., 552 U.S. 312 (2008), world - plaintiffs most often attempt to avoid preemption of products liability suits

Ninth Circuit affirms conviction in Harkonen, rejects the defendant’s “off-label” First Amendment challenge

  • Dechert LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 12 2013

On March 4, 2013, a panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued its opinion in United States v. Harkonen,1 a case in

491 days, 490, 489 . . . . the social media guidance countdown is still going

  • Dechert LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 4 2013

You may have read in the last few days that the FDA issued a Warning Letter to a nutrition supplement manufacturer for allegedly promoting its

Denture cream plaintiffs want to eat their cake and have it too

  • Dechert LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 19 2013

You all know this is a defense blog. You all know we focus on defense victories. So, it shouldn't be surprising that when a defense win comes at the

The Fifth Circuit says no: no “duty of additional communication” claims, no “duty to update” claims; and just no to Bartlett

  • Dechert LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 18 2013

While waiting for next month's Bartlett oral argument and then the Supreme Court's decision, and as plaintiffs continue to prod and poke to find ways

How to apply preemption to off-label claims: Caplinger v. Medtronics, Inc.

  • Dechert LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 11 2013

We've seen courts struggle applying preemption in device cases when the plaintiff's claim is based on off-label promotion. Plaintiffs have argued

An off-label conundrum

  • Dechert LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 5 2013

The legal community is still buzzing about the Second Circuit's decision in United States v. Caronia, ___ F.3d ___, 2012 WL 5992141 (2d Cir

The learned intermediary doctrine applied learnedly

  • Dechert LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 4 2013

In our business, it's good to have intermediaries, particularly learned ones. They add a dose of reality to cases that are otherwise conjecture. They

Positive PMA preemption pronouncements

  • Dechert LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 24 2013

We are so used to favorable PMA preemption rulings, that previously we may have just added these next two cases to our regular tallies and

Excellent Texas learned intermediary decision

  • Dechert LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 8 2013

We call them like we see them - which of course is with a defendant's eye. But nonetheless, excellent is how we view Solomon v. Bristol-Myers Squibb