Exactech, a manufacturer of knee, ankle and hip implant devices, has issued a series of product recalls that have resulted in a number of lawsuits being filed. In June 2021, the company wrote to healthcare professionals, notifying them of concerns it had with the...
Data breach class action lawsuits involving two health care organizations have sparked new filings in federal court. There are currently 11 cases filed in federal courts in California and Washington against MCG Health, LLC (MCG). A separate hacking incident against...
On June 10, 2022, a motion to transfer pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1407 was filed with the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML). Titled In Re: Acetaminophen- ASD/ADHD Product Liability Litigation, the motion seeks to transfer 19 cases for coordination of...
On June 23, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ordered JUUL Labs Inc. to stop selling its e-cigarettes and vaping products in the United States. According to the FDA website: “…the (FDA) issued marketing denial orders (MDOs) to JUUL Labs Inc. for all of their...
On June 21, the Supreme Court of the United States thwarted German chemical and pharmaceutical giant Bayer AG’s efforts to shut down tens of thousands of lawsuits involving its herbicide product, Roundup. The Court refused without comment to hear the company’s appeal...
As a result of new science and ongoing research, on June 15 the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued revised health guidelines regarding acceptable levels of PFAS that are much stricter than current ones. They conclude that, since the new levels determined to...
On May 15, 2022, the Nashville-based Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) Executive Committee published a response to the sexual abuse allegations that had been made against “child molesters and other abusers who were in the pulpit or employed as church staff.” The...
At a hearing held on April 29, 2022, a six-member panel of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in New York was asked by lawyers representing OxyContin manufacturer Purdue Pharma to approve the bankruptcy plan submitted earlier in the year, currently estimated to be...
The Motion to Transfer cases pending against Abbott Laboratories involving injuries allegedly caused by its infant formula was heard at the March 31, 2022 meeting of the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML). Abbott, with support from Mead Johnson &...
On February 22, 2022, patients of Logan Health Medical Center (formerly Kalispell Regional Healthcare) were notified that some of their personal information may have been subject to a hack on November 18, 2021. The medical center became aware of the breach on November...
