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Avoiding Physician Liability for Off-Label Use of Drugs and Devices
November 29, 2010
This month, the authors continue their discussion with an anlysis of attacks on the physician's decision to prescribe off-label.
Health Care Reform
November 29, 2010
Federal health care reform will significantly impact lawyers.From compliance to quality improvement to reimbursement, the changes are far-reaching.
Medical Product Reps in the OR
November 29, 2010
Physicians who allow medical sales reps into operating rooms may be caught in the crossfire of litigation and liability that can result from sales rep presence and activities.
Practice Tip: Deposition of Plaintiff's Expert
November 29, 2010
Knowledge is power. The more you know about a purported expert's credentials before the deposition, the more effective you will be in laying the groundwork for a motion to exclude the witness's testimony.
Drug & Device News
October 28, 2010
All the latest you need to know.
Movers & Shakers
October 28, 2010
Who's doing what; who's going where.
Verdicts
October 28, 2010
Recent rulings of key importance.
Med Mal News
October 28, 2010
Recent news events for your review.
Avoiding Physician Liability for Off-Label Use of Drugs and Devices
October 28, 2010
The increased level of enforcement activity by the FDA has focused the attention of consumers and the plaintiffs' bar on the increased frequency with which physicians prescribe FDA-approved drugs and medical devices for unapproved uses. Plaintiffs' attorneys increasingly choose to name prescribing physicians in their products liability suits as co-defendants, pleading both medical malpractice and other associated tort claims against these physicians, and often premising such claims upon the decision to prescribe for a so-called "off-label" or unapproved use. Thus, the continuing expansion of off-label uses of drugs and devices has led to numerous potential legal minefields for the prescribing physicians.
New Standard Used To Cap Damages at State Court Levels
October 28, 2010
A high-profile wrongful death case was recently decided for the second time in favor of a Miami couple whose child suffered severe brain damage during his birth at the U.S. Naval Hospital in Jacksonville, FL.

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