February 19, 2014
Tort Reformers Collect Huge Sums While Claiming to Oppose Lawsuits
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This blog has covered the United States Chamber of Commerce before, calling it in 2011 a“misleadingly named collection of businesses considered the largest pro-…
View MoreFebruary 12, 2014
PA Supreme Court Allows Emotional Distress To Be Defined As Bodily Injury
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This past January, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court took up a question that had been addressed by lower courts in the state over the past few years: Does witnessi…
View MoreFebruary 05, 2014
New OSHA Pamphlet Suggests Hospitals More Dangerous Than You Think
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A new pamphlet published by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) called “How Safe Is Your Hospital for Workers?” includes some startling fac…
View MoreJanuary 29, 2014
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Stops Immunizing Big Pharma for Harmful Products
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The seemingly never-ending products liability case in Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court Lance v. Wyeth has finally drawn to a close after more than three years of ar…
View MoreJanuary 27, 2014
Feldman Shepherd Hosts Sold-Out Tincher Products Liability CLE
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In January, Feldman Shepherd produced a sold-out products liability CLE titled “A Whole New World? Product Liability Law in Pennsylvania After Tincher.” Alan Fe…
View MoreJanuary 22, 2014
Generic Drug Industry Still Largely Unchecked
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In the past few months, this blog has addressed issues concerning the safety of generic drugs. In July we published an article about the Supreme Court protectin…
View MoreJanuary 15, 2014
Bipartisan Budget Act Threatens Personal Injury Awards
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On December 26, 2013, President Obama and the House Budget Committee leadership reached a deal that set a new federal budget. The deal, according to Reuters, …
View MoreJanuary 08, 2014
Compounding Pharmacies Come Closer to Regulation
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About one year ago, a fungal meningitis outbreak in New England affected nearly eight hundred individuals in twenty states, claiming over sixty lives in the pro…
View MoreDecember 11, 2013
Health Canada Warns Doctors Cancer Drug Xeloda May Cause Stevens-Johnson Syndrome
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Over a year ago, this blog published an article about the dangers of Stevens-Johnson syndrome, a serious condition that causes a dark red rash to appear on the …
View MoreDecember 04, 2013
Study Claims Most Birth Asphyxia Cases Preventable
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Birth asphyxia, also known as birth hypoxia, or intrauterine hypoxia, occurs when a newborn is deprived of oxygen. This complication can lead to permanent brain…
View MoreDecember 02, 2013
Feldman Shepherd Attorney Alan Feldman Appointed to PA IOLTA Board
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The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania has appointed Feldman Shepherd Wohlgelernter Tanner Weinstock Dodig LLP Co-Managing Partner Alan M. Feldman to the Pennsylvani…
View MoreNovember 27, 2013
FDA Proposes New Generic Drug Warning Label Regulations
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It might surprise one to learn that 80 percent of pharmaceuticals currently prescribed in the United States are generic. But would it be surprising to know that…
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