Women are still using a recalled over-the-counter weight-loss supplement. Pai You Guo was banned by the FDA in 2009, because it contained two drugs: sibutramine, the active ingredient in the now-defunct Abbot drug Meridia, and Phenolpthalein, an ingredient removed from[...]
Katrina Hospital to Pay $25 Million for Class Action Settlement
August 29, 2011
by Ji Sook Yim, Editor
The wait was long, but people who suffered from unsafe hospital conditions during Hurricane Katrina will finally receive compensation. A Louisiana judge gave a preliminary approval for a settlement fee of $25 million for plaintiffs who sued a New Orleans[...]
Not a Duck: State Can Still Bring Suit on Behalf of Citizens in Own State Court
June 24, 2011
by Kara Elgersma, Of Counsel
On May 20, 2011, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit decided whether an action instituted by the Attorney General of the State of West Virginia on behalf of the citizens of West Virginia against CVS Pharmacy,[...]
What’s Wrong With THIS Picture? Emasculating the SEC is NOT Good for the Country
June 23, 2011
by Ken Wexler, Founder and Managing Partner
I picked up the Financial Times this morning. Like the Wall Street Journal, it has a series of short paragraphs (blurbs) in a column on the left-hand side of the first page. The top one was headlined: “Tennessee Bank Agrees[...]
Strict Construction My Eye: Supreme Court Blows by Seventh Amendment
June 22, 2011
by Ken Wexler, Founder and Managing Partner
On June 20, 2011, the United States Supreme Court took another sledgehammer to the right to a jury trial guaranteed by the 7th Amendment to the United States Constitution. Maybe sledgehammer is too strong of an image, because in reality,[...]
