In-house counsel for:
- medical device companies
- pharmaceutical companies
- biotech companies
- health care organizations
Attorneys practicing in:
- pharmaceuticals
- drug and medical devices
- products liability
- mass tort
- complex and multidistrict litigation
- healthcare
Drug & Medical Device Litigation Conference News
Recent news:
- Wyeth v. Levine Supreme Court preemption cases scheduled for oral arguments
- Congress seeks to overhaul the FDA and give the agency more powers
- Qui tam off-label suits not being met favorably by courts.
- Pennsylvania court rules that a brand name manufacture can be liable to plaintiffs who purchases drugs manufactured by a third party
- Congress threatens to abolish the preemption defense
- NJ Supreme Court rejects certification of a medical monitoring class in coxx2 litigation
Topics at the 2008 Drug & Medical Device Litigation conference will include:
- Assessing the influence of Congress and the 2008 election on product liability litigation
- Managing outside counsel fees and controlling discovery costs
- Understanding how jurors perceive the drug and device industries and how to use that knowledge in devising litigation strategies
- Preparing corporate witnesses for litigation
The 2008 conference will feature faculty from these industry leaders:
AGA Medical, Alcon, Allergan, Bausch & Lomb, Bayer, Boston Scientific, Cardinal Health, EMD Serono, Johnson & Johnson, Medtronic, Novartis, Novo Nordisk, Pfizer, Roche, Schering-Plough, Shire, St. Jude Medical, Stryker, Wyeth
Notable speakers will include:
Gerald Masoudi, Judge Mark E. Fuller, Judge Harry D. Leinenweber, Judge Charles R. Wolle, Judge Donovan W. Frank, Judge Janis Graham Jack, Judge Marcia S. Krieger, Judge John R. Tunheim, Judge Mark I. Bernstein