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Medical Devices

[03/20] GlaxoSmithKline reduces stake in Quest
[03/20] Inverness to buy ACON test unit for $200 million
[03/16] C.R. Bard CEO pay increases 9 percent in 2008

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Personal Injury

[03/23] Advocates want AG to probe NY group home fire
[03/23] NJ officials ID woman found wandering mall in 1994
[03/23] Controllers not part of Mont. crash investigation

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Product Liability

[03/23] Judge orders FDA to let 17-year-olds use pill
[03/20] Private inspections of food companies seen as weak
[03/19] Gilead cystic fibrosis drug faces hurdle in Europe

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Top Headlines

[03/23] Judge orders FDA to let 17-year-olds use pill
[03/23] Geithner to outline financial reg plan Thursday
[03/23] Trustee lawyer says Madoff assets reach $1B mark

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Case Summaries

Injury & Tort Law

[03/20] Am. Trucking Assoc. v. Los Angeles
In an action to enjoin the implementation of mandatory concession agreements for drayage trucking services as preempted by the FAA Act, denial of a preliminary injunction is reversed, where the agreements were "related to a price, route or service" of a motor carrier.

[03/20] Paulsen v. CNF Inc.
In an ERISA action for unpaid retirement benefits, the dismissal of the complaint is affirmed in part, where Plaintiff-Employees' claims did not fall within ERISA's civil enforcement provisions, but reversed in part, where Defendant-Auditor may have owed a duty of care to Plaintiff-Employees as third-party beneficiaries.

[03/20] Acumed LLC v. Advanced Surgical Servs., Inc
In a dispute over a sales contract, district court's judgment is reversed where: 1) the district court erred in not granting defendant's motion for judgment as a matter of law on plaintiff's tortious interference with contractual relationships claim as the jury did not find that defendant's conduct constituted fraudulent misrepresentation; and 2) compensatory and punitive damages against defendant and grant of an injunction in plaintiff's favor should not have been awarded. Judgment is affirmed where the district court properly ruled against defendant on evidentiary issues, attorneys' fees, judgment as a matter of law on defendant's counterclaims, summary judgment on the groundless litigation claim, and order holding defendant in contempt of court.

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