Category: Industry Trends

St. Jude Eon and Eon Mini IPG Recall St. Jude Medical’s Eon and Eon Mini are battery-powered implantable pulse generators (IPGs) used to manage severe pain. The devices, often implanted into patients with chronic back pain, send electrical impulses that stimulate the spinal cord. As […]

About 6 years ago we got into the trademark business.  We did so to secure and protect what we consider  valuable branding elements. One of the first trademarks we received was “Get a Lawyer.  Get it Done” which was, and still is, being used by […]

A couple of weeks ago, Google engineer Matt Cutts tweeted the following: Minor weather report; small upcoming Google algo change will reduce low-quality “exact-match” domains in search results.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are currently investigating a multi-state outbreak of fungal meningitis affecting patients who received contaminated batches of epidural steroid injections in their spines. Multiple deaths have been attributed to the […]

During our September cj conference, we brought everyone up to speed on our philosophy and processes concerning disclaimers and the advertising rules.   Among ethics lawyers the advertising rules are sometimes affectionately referred to as the “The Magic 7s”…because in most states they’re found in Section […]

Yaz Update Bayer AG recently told stockholders it has already paid out more than $400 million to settle drug liability claims regarding birth control pills Yaz and Yasmin. Industry financial experts say the company might ultimately end up paying amounts five or six times higher […]

We have had a major, but positive, change occur in the search engine world.

With social media, customers have more power than ever to make their voices heard. That power was made apparent by the response to Progressive Insurance’s actions after one of its policyholders—24-year-old Katie Fisher—was killed in a car accident. Instead of compensating the victim’s family for […]

Developments in the Tort World U.S. District Judge David Herndon has refused a Defense motion to dismiss Pradaxa bleeding and hemorrhaging lawsuits currently pending in U.S. District Court, Southern District of Illinois. The Pradaxa MDL will proceed.

Upcoming Group Campaigns Stryker hip implant commercials slated to begin at the end of July.