The title pretty much says it all, but it is rare that you have a state supreme court weighing in on whether revocation of a pro hac is an appropriate sanction for plaintiffs’ lawyer shenanigans, so we call it to your attention. Recently, a North Carolina judge revoked the pro hac vice status of two (non-resident) plaintiffs’ lawyers in a case involving powdered Similac. See Sisk v. Transylvania Comm. Hosp., __ S.E.2d __, 2010 WL 2403438 (N.C. (more…)

This is a Bexis only post. Herrmann represents Wyeth and doesn’t want to go on record on this.

We mentioned the Montgomery v. Wyeth case before, here. Well we’re pleased to report that the Sixth Circuit today affirmed the defense summary judgment in Montgomery, slip op. here. The moral of Montgomery is – be on the lookout for statutes of repose, they can be your friends.

That goes double (more…)

Back in January, we put up a short post noting the filing of a petition for extraordinary (“King’s Bench”) review in the case of Commonwealth v. Janssen Pharmaceutica, Inc., No 0108002818 (Pa. C.P. Phila. Co.). It’s a case involving alleged off-label promotion of Risperdal, a widely prescribed “atypical” anti-psychotic medication. We posted a copy of the petition challenging the state’s decision (more…)

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Wyeth v. Levine
, 2009 WL 529172 (U.S. March 4, 2009), was the Court’s discussion of the “changes being effected” regulation,
id.
at *7-8, which in turn depended on the existence of either “newly acquired information” or “new analyses of previously submitted data.”
Id.
at *7. Factually, there wasn’t much of a record, so the Court held, essentially, that the defendant hadn’t proven the (more…)