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Suits Claims Drug Maker Paid for Off-Label Uses

Six lawsuits filed in federal courts claim Schering-Plough Corp. offered bribes and kickbacks to physicians to prescribe medications for off-label uses. The suits, pending in New Jersey and Arizona, claim the Kenilworth, N.J.-based company paid physicians to prescribe its cancer and hepatitis drugs, according to the New Jersey Law Journal.…

Apr 24, 2007 1:09 PM CDT

Jurist Cleared of Abortion-Case Ethics Charges

No basis has been found for ethics charges brought by abortion opponents against a state court judge in Sedgwick County, Kan. District Judge Paul W. Clark had been accused of being influenced by several $500 campaign contributions in his decision to dismiss criminal charges brought against one of the nation’s…

Apr 23, 2007 11:21 PM CDT

Vioxx Maker Wins Initial Round in Texas

A Texas judge has ruled that state juries may not decide whether Vioxx manufacturer Merck & Co. withheld information from the Food and Drug and Administration.

Apr 23, 2007 3:12 PM CDT

More Abortion Battles to Come

The fight over abortion moves to the states following the U.S. Supreme Court ruling this week upholding a ban on so-called partial birth abortion.

Apr 20, 2007 2:01 PM CDT

Copycat Va. Tech Threat Closes S.F. Law School

Shocked by Virginia Tech’s horrifying experience on Monday, other institutions of higher learning are now taking no chances about closing their campuses as soon as they hear of a possible security threat. The University of California Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco closed abruptly Wednesday because of an…

Apr 19, 2007 5:55 PM CDT

Laws Restrict Actions Against Troubled Students

Federal laws generally prevent universities from placing students on involuntary medical leave for mental illness and from informing their parents of their problems without consent, the New York Times reports.

Apr 19, 2007 1:34 PM CDT

Appeals Court Lowers Fee Award

A federal appeals court has lowered a fee award for attorneys who won changes in the way Medicare notifies recipients about dropped or reduced benefits for home health care. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, based in New York City, ruled yesterday that the plaintiffs’ attorneys were not entitled…

Apr 19, 2007 12:35 PM CDT

Acne Drug Maker on Trial in Midwest

The first trial against the maker of acne drug Accutane opens today in Madison County, Ill., the National Law Journal reports. Jason Christopher Peipert claims Accutane caused him to develop Crohn’s disease, an inflammatory bowel disease. He is also suing his physician. Piepert is one of nearly 500 plaintiffs who…

Apr 16, 2007 3:09 PM CDT

$1 Billion Diet Drug Case Settles

Houston plaintiffs lawyer John O’Quinn has settled a case against the makers of a diet drug that originally resulted in a $1 billion verdict, Texas Lawyer reports. The agreement means dismissal of a pending appeal that would have considered whether the state’s cap on punitive damages limited recovery. The law…

Apr 16, 2007 12:50 PM CDT

Against Mom’s Wishes, Chemo Ordered for Boy

In a case that pits a parent’s right to decide what is best for a child against the state’s interest in protecting children from harm and the medical profession’s judgment about what constitutes standard treatment, a state court judge has ordered a Florida mother to take her 10-year-old son in…

Apr 13, 2007 7:16 PM CDT

Texas’ Futile-Treatment Law challenged

Lawyers for 17-month-old Emilio Gonzales persuaded a Texas judge yesterday to order an extension of life support for the terminally ill child. A Texas hospital wants to shut off the boy’s respirator under a state law that allows hospitals to withdraw care that is “medically futile,” the Washington Post reports.…

Apr 11, 2007 3:41 PM CDT

Suits Claims Drug Maker Paid for Off-Label Uses

Jurist Cleared of Abortion-Case Ethics Charges

Vioxx Maker Wins Initial Round in Texas

More Abortion Battles to Come

Copycat Va. Tech Threat Closes S.F. Law School

Laws Restrict Actions Against Troubled Students

Appeals Court Lowers Fee Award

Acne Drug Maker on Trial in Midwest

$1 Billion Diet Drug Case Settles

Against Mom’s Wishes, Chemo Ordered for Boy

Texas’ Futile-Treatment Law challenged

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