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By LexisNexis Tort Center Staff WASHINGTON, D.C. — Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC has announced the addition of shareholder James S. Cohen to its Food and Drug Practice in Washington.
Having spent the last 17 years in senior-level positions with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Cohen brings a wealth of regulatory insight regarding the development and marketing of drugs, biologics, devices and combination products.
Established more than seven years ago, Buchanan's Food and Drug Practice
By LexisNexis Tort Center Staff CHICAGO — Cozen O’Connor has announced that Tia C. Ghattas has been named office managing partner of the firm’s Chicago office.
A member in the firm’s commercial litigation practice group, Ghattas serves as co-chair of the firm’s transportation practice group. She is national coordinating counsel for one of North America’s leading manufacturers of component parts for commercial vehicles. Ghattas’ litigation practice focuses on commercial
By LexisNexis Tort Center Staff PHILADELPHIA — Cozen O’Connor recently announced that Scott W. Reid has been named the chair of the firm’s diversity committee. Reid succeeds Rafael Perez, who has been named managing partner of the firm’s Newark, N.J., office.
Reid will direct firm initiatives aimed at the retention and recruitment of lawyers with a wide range of backgrounds and experiences as part of the firm’s ongoing commitment to foster diversity.
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By LexisNexis Tort Center Staff PICHER, Okla. -- (AP) The Environmental Protection Agency was preparing to conduct air and soil tests to check for high lead levels Monday after a deadly tornado blew through Picher, a town so Continue reading >>
By LexisNexis Tort Center Staff WASHINGTON, D.C. -- (AP) The Supreme Court rejected an appeal Monday by a California smoker who alleged the multibillion dollar tobacco settlement between 46 states and the four major cigarette companies was anticompetitive and violated antitrust laws. Continue reading >>
By LexisNexis Tort Center Staff PANAMA CITY, Panama -- (AP) Panamanian investigators asked health authorities Saturday to track down patients whose names appeared on 6,000 bottles of medication contaminated with a chemical commonly found in antifreeze and brake fluid. Full version avail
By LexisNexis Tort Center Staff SHANGHAI, China -- (AP) A blood thinner manufactured in China and linked to dozens of deaths in the United States is now safe because of tighter testing and controls, a top American health official said Monday, while warning that all U.S. imports would face closer scrutiny in the future. Continue reading >>
By LexisNexis Tort Center Staff WASHINGTON, D.C. -- (AP) Families claiming that a mercury-based preservative in vaccines triggers autism will challenge mainstream medicine Monday as they take their case to a federal court. Continue reading >>
By LexisNexis Tort Center Staff PHILADELPHIA — Cozen O’Connor has announced that member Ann Thornton Field has been named chair of the firm’s general litigation department. Field succeeds Lawrence T. Bowman, who will step down to handle training operations as chair of the Professional Training and CLE Committee.
Currently the chair of the commercial litigation practice group and a member of the firm’s management committee, Field’s practice is focused on commercial litigation, avia
By LexisNexis Tort Center Staff WASHINGTON, D.C. — Arent Fox LLP has announced that Linda Baumann, a partner in the firm’s health care practice, is the editor-in-chief of Health Care Fraud and Abuse: Practical Perspectives, Second Edition, an 867-page treatise that offers seasoned practitioners, as well as those new to health care law and law students, assistance in structuring business arrangements, defending clients in government investigations and prosecutions, implementing effective corporate complia
By LexisNexis Tort Center Staff LAS VEGAS -- (AP) Seventy-seven more people that were treated at a Las Vegas outpatient clinic have been diagnosed with hepatitis C, health officials said. Full version available to lexis.com subscribers.
By LexisNexis Tort Center Staff BOISE, Idaho -- (AP) Eight Western states on Thursday rejected a company's plan to ship tons of radioactive waste from Italy for disposal in Utah, saying importing foreign loads would violate the group's rules. Full version available to lexis.com subscribers.
By LexisNexis Tort Center Staff HOUSTON -- (AP) Federal prosecutors violated the rights of victims of a deadly 2005 explosion at a BP PLC plant when they didn't consult them about a plea agreement to settle criminal conduct in connection with the blast, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday. Continue reading >>
By LexisNexis Tort Center Staff NEW YORK -- (AP) At least two major oil companies said late Wednesday they have agreed to settle lawsuits over the use of the gasoline additive MTBE, a potential carcinogen that has been found in drinking water. Continue reading >>
By LexisNexis Tort Center Staff CHICAGO -- (AP) The federal government's new advice to doctors for helping smokers quit recommends the drug Chantix, which has recently been linked with depression and suicidal behavior. Continue reading >>
By LexisNexis Tort Center Staff BEIJING -- (AP) China has made it mandatory for health care providers to report all cases of a viral illness that has sickened thousands of young children across the country, as the death toll rose Wednesday to 28. Full version available
By LexisNexis Tort Center Staff BEIJING -- (AP) China's drug safety agency accused the United States on Tuesday of blocking Beijing's inquiry into a blood thinner linked to 81 deaths by refusing to provide details on victims and specifics about production. Continue reading >>
By LexisNexis Tort Center Staff WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- (AP) Two women were hospitalized after a New Zealand cafe mistakenly served dishwashing liquid as mulled wine, a newspaper reported Tuesday. Full version available to lexis.com subscribers.
By LexisNexis Tort Center Staff TRENTON, N.J. -- (AP) The roller coaster ride for Merck & Co. shareholders and employees is on another speedy downhill run. In barely a week, Merck has suffered a stunning streak of setbacks, including federal regulators rejecting two experimental drugs and publicly demanding the drugmaker clean
By LexisNexis Tort Center Staff SAN ANTONIO, Texas -- (AP) Those in possession of drug paraphernalia as part of a needle-exchange program can be prosecuted, the Texas Attorney General's Office said Monday, clearing the way for a case against three activists who passed out clean syringes. Continue reading >>
By LexisNexis Tort Center Staff NEW YORK -- (AP) A New York food company is recalling more than 286,000 pounds of meat and poultry because it might be contaminated with the bacteria Listeria monocytogenes. Full version available to lexis.com subscribers.
By LexisNexis Tort Center Staff CHICAGO -- (AP) Insulin pumps are used by tens of thousands of teenagers worldwide with Type 1 diabetes, but they can be risky and have been linked to injuries and even deaths, a review by federal regulators finds. Full version available to lexis.com subscribers
By LexisNexis Tort Center Staff CHICAGO -- (AP) American children take anti-psychotic medicines at about six times the rate of children in the United Kingdom, according to a comparison based on a new U.K. study. Full version available to lexis.com subscribers.
By LexisNexis Tort Center Staff CHICAGO -- (AP) The top U.S. Environmental Protection Agency administrator in the Midwest resigned Thursday amid internal fights over dioxin contamination near Dow Chemical Co.'s world headquarters in Michigan, according to a published report. Full version available to lexis.com subscribers.
By LexisNexis Tort Center Staff WASHINGTON, D.C. -- (AP) The medical device industry's chief advocacy group spent $666,550 lobbying the federal government in the first quarter of the year. Full version available to lexis.com subscribers.
By LexisNexis Tort Center Staff BEIJING -- (AP) China's food exports to Japan, a key market, plunged 30 percent in February, hurt by a scare over poisoned Chinese-made dumplings, according to data reported Friday. Full version available to lexis.com subscribers.
By LexisNexis Tort Center Staff CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. -- (AP) The owner of an Indian reservation smoke shop that prosecutors claim is a major supplier of black market cigarettes was convicted of racketeering conspiracy Thursday, but acquitted of charges that he waged a campaign of arson and murder to protect his multimillion dollar business. Continue reading >>
By LexisNexis Tort Center Staff WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Environmental Protection Agency today announced it is taking steps to revise the nation’s air quality standards for lead for the first time in 30 years, and is seeking your comment.
The EPA proposal recommends tightening the primary standard to protect public health by 80 to 93 percent, revising the existing standard of 1.5 micrograms per cubic meter of air to a level within the range of 0.10 to 0.30 micrograms per cubic meter. The agency is ta
By LexisNexis Tort Center Staff CLEVELAND — Ulmer & Berne LLP, which is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year, announced the addition of Linda S. Glassman and Camille D. Kuri to the firm’s Product Liability Group and its Asbestos Subgroup.
Product liability, toxic tort, asbestos and silica comprise Glassman’s practice concentrations. She has experience in defending asbestos personal injury claims in depositions on behalf of product manufacturers, distributors, suppliers and professi
By LexisNexis Tort Center Staff CLEVELAND — Ulmer & Berne LLP has announced that Brad A. Sobolewski has joined its Business Litigation Group.
Sobolewski has experience in many areas of litigation, including complex business and commercial, product liability and toxic torts. He has represented clients in state and federal courts throughout the United States. Before joining Ulmer & Berne, Sobolewski was an attorney with Jones Day.
Sobolewski is a member of the American Bar Association
By LexisNexis Tort Center Staff CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Barbara D. Beck, Ph.D., DABT, FATS, a Principal of Gradient Corp., is president-elect of the Academy of Toxicological Sciences, the leading international organization for the certification of toxicologists.
Academy fellows are chosen based on education, professional experience, demonstrated achievement, proven ability and scientific expertise. Beck is an expert in toxicology and in health risk assessment for environmental chemicals, especially metals and
By LexisNexis Tort Center Staff CHICAGO — The international law firm Greenberg Traurig LLP has announced that Daniel Rubinstein has joined its Chicago office as a shareholder in the Litigation and White Collar Criminal Defense Practices. Rubinstein joins the firm after spending more than seven years as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in both Los Angeles and Chicago, and three years as a state prosecutor in California.
Most recently, Rubinstein was an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illino
By LexisNexis Tort Center Staff LOS ANGELES — The Motor Press Guild (MPG), America's largest professional automotive media association, has announced that two of California's most prominent lemon law attorneys will square off and explain what the lemon law is, how it works and how it affects the automotive industry.
The event begins Tuesday, May 6, with a social at 11:30 a.m. and lunch at noon at The Proud Bird Restaurant, 11022 Aviation Blvd., Los Angeles (phone: (310) 670-3093) |