Drug & Device News
A look at recent items of interest to you and your practice.
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Reducing Med-Mal Litigation
A look at legal reforms that are and are not reducing med-mal lawsuits.
Pay-for-Delay Contracts
The Third Circuit has determined that, when a patent-holding drug manufacturer makes payments to potential generic competitors to keep them out of the marketplace, that fact alone serves as <i>prima facie</i> evidence of violation of U.S. antitrust laws.
Is There a Proctor in the House?
Proctoring by experienced surgeons is a common and increasingly frequent method to credential surgeons for hospital privileges or those who are new to laproscopic or robotic procedures. But what are the legal pitfalls?
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Drug & Device News
Several items of interest to the med mal practitioner.
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The Propriety of Allowing Rebuttal Experts
Insights regarding the considerations every trial lawyer must make when assessing the propriety of offering a rebuttal witness or filing a motion to strike such a witness.
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Hospital Captives
Is the commercial marketplace is a suitable arena to obtain insurance coverage, or are there tipping points that drive business away from these markets and into the hospital captives?
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