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Merck & Co. v. Reynolds

Civil Procedure, Drugs & Biotech, Securities Law
In a 2003 securities fraud class action alleging that Merck & Co. knowingly misrepresented the heart-attack risks associated with its drug Vioxx,...

ALZA Corp. v. ANDRX Pharm., LLC.

Drugs & Biotech, Health Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
In plaintiff's patent infringement suit, involving methods for treating ADHD through a methylphenidate drug dosage that has an ascending release rate...

US v. Birbragher

Criminal Law & Procedure, Drugs & Biotech, Sentencing
Defendant's drug conspiracy conviction and sentence are affirmed where: 1) it was well settled that 18 U.S.C. section 841 applied to defendant, as the...

Novo Nordisk A/S v. Caraco Pharm. Labs., Ltd.

Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
In an action brought pursuant to the Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act of 1984, as amended by the Medicare Prescription Drug...

PhotoMedex, Inc. v. Irwin

Drugs & Biotech, False Advertising, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an action involving Lanham Act claims for misleading advertising and California state law claims for false advertising and unfair competition,...

Doe v. Sec'y of Health & Human Serv.

Administrative Law, Drugs & Biotech, Government Law, Health Law
The decision of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims upholding the special master's denial of compensation, on the ground that the claimants failed to...

Colwell v. Rite Aid Corp.

Civil Rights, Drugs & Biotech, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) action claiming constructive discharge based on plaintiff's partial blindness, summary judgment for...

Yorkey v. Diab

Drugs & Biotech, Health Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
In an appeal involving patent and patent application claiming inventions for measuring the concentration of oxygen in blood, a decision of the Board...

Guinn v. AstraZeneca Pharms. LLP

Drugs & Biotech, Evidence, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In an action claiming that plaintiff's use of defendant's prescription drug Seroquel caused her to develop diabetes, summary judgment for defendant is...

HEARING COMPONENTS, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SHURE INC., Defendant-Cross Appellant.

Civil Procedure, Drugs & Biotech, Health Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent infringement action involving patents related to hearing aid ear piece devices, district court's judgment is affirmed in part, reversed in...