Pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers face relentless and costly waves of product liability claims across U.S. federal and state courts, spanning individual suits, consolidated multidistrict litigation and coordinated proceedings, multi-plaintiff actions, and class actions. As this complex area of litigation continues to expand-often into more treacherous and plaintiff-friendly venues-the stakes for getting strategy right, early and often, have never been higher. The third editio...

Thousands of lawsuits continue to be filed in federal and state courts each year to seek recovery from manufacturers of pharmaceuticals and medical devices. These lawsuits include individual actions, actions consolidated into federal multidistrict litigation, multi-plaintiff cases, and class actions. As drug and device litigation remains as active as ever, companies that develop new drugs and devices continue to face significant and often costly product liability litigation in the United S...

Self-Help Guides to the Law™ explain the law in clear, concise terms to a popular audience of non-lawyers. Summarizing the key areas of the law with which readers are most likely to come into contact, the Guides broadly outline the statutes and cases that govern landlord-tenant relations, personal injury, contracts, family law, criminal law and constitutional law and procedure.With detailed references to sources for readers wishing to delve deeper, the Guides

Florida Affirmative Defenses and Procedural Objections with Forms guides lawyers on evaluating, selecting, pleading, and contending with affirmative defenses and procedural objections in Florida state civil cases. The book surveys nearly 90 affirmative defenses and all of the Rule 1.140(b), Florida Rules of Civil Procedure, motions, along with other defensive motions and procedural objections. Discussion of the defenses include information on elements, notable authority, jury inst...

Passing the Uniform Bar Examination requires mastering hundreds of rules, studying countless cases, memorizing myriad tests and becoming proficient in their deployment. Selecting the right study tool is critical to success.This guide to passing the Uniform Bar Exam is an essential resource on any law student’s bookshelf. Packed with concise overviews of black letter law, it is ideal for bar exam mastery. It covers nearly 1,000 key cases frequently tested on the Multistate Bar Exami...

Self-Help Guides to the Law™ explain the law in clear, concise terms to a popular audience of non-lawyers. Summarizing the key areas of the law with which readers are most likely to come into contact, the Guides broadly outline the statutes and cases that govern landlord-tenant relations, personal injury, contracts, family law, criminal law and constitutional law and procedure.With detailed references to sources for readers wishing to delve deeper, the Guides

Written for New Mexico employers, the second edition of the New Mexico Employment Law Desk Reference is a valuable tool for anyone wanting to know about New Mexicospecific employment laws. It covers everything from worker classification to at-will employment, from employment contracts to employment-law torts. Learn about the New Mexico Human Rights Act, New Mexico Wage and Hour, and child labor laws. Find information on workers compensation, unemployment compensation, and the New Mexico Oc...

Health Care Fraud: Enforcement and Compliance is the most complete, essential and up-to-date guide for criminal and civil lawyers, law enforcement officials, health care providers and anyone interested in the health care industry. You'll find discussion of: the latest anti-fraud initiatives from Congress, enforcement agencies and the private bar; advice on criminal law and procedures that health care lawyers cannot afford to ignore; and point-by-point analysis of key decis...

Four Volume SetAn authoritative, in-depth study of issues in products liability litigation, this comprehensive treatise traces the law of products liability from its roots in contract and tort to its development into the challenging, complex modern law of the subject.Practically organized and clearly written, the treatise provides detailed descriptions of case law governing:what constitutes a producta general definition of products, followed by an in...

In the wake of highly publicized corporate shake-ups, internal investigations have gained national prominence and established themselves as an important tool of management. This trend offers stimulating and challenging opportunities to lawyers, both inside and outside counsel, retained to conduct internal investigations. However, this delicate and complex task carries potential traps and pitfalls for those involved. Internal Corporate Investigations, Fourth Edition, guides you thr...

Mold: Medical and Legal Elements provides a primer covering medical and legal issues involved in mold litigation. A physician attorney who has been a senior public health official and expert witness and a trial attorney wrote this book. His experiences have provided him with unusual insights into the interplay between the medical and legal elements of mold litigation. These insights will provide interesting reading to attorneys dealing with this area of law. Unique features of this book in...

Take the law into your own handsDo you have legal questions at home or work or as part of law-related coursework? Legal Research is the go-to book when you need the right answers fast. You’ll learn simple research methods and standard legal writing styles that will help you quickly and efficiently:locate statutes, regulations, and case lawensure your research is current, andorganize results into a legal memorandum for scho...