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Martin Calhoun Secures Series of Victories for Novartis in the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals

Aug 25, 2011

The Sixth Circuit issued a series of opinions in favor of Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation in the ongoing Aredia/Zometa MDL proceedings.

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Martin Calhoun and Eric Lasker Secure Victory for Novartis in Sixth Circuit Iqbal/Twombly decision

Aug 24, 2011

In Patterson v. NPC, the Sixth Circuit affirmed the granting of a motion to dismiss in a case in which the plaintiff's complaint failed to allege whether she had received name-brand Aredia or the generic version of the drug. The court held that the complaint's "and/or" language only alleged that the plaintiff may have received the name-brand drug and such a pleading failed to satisfy the standard elucidated by the Supreme Court in Twombly and Iqbal.

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William Robinson Named President of the American Bar Association

Aug 22, 2011

Frost Brown Todd is proud to announce attorney Wm. T. (Bill) Robinson III has been named president of the American Bar Association (ABA).

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George Lieberman Achieved Trial Victory on Behalf of the Narragansett Bay Commission

Aug 22, 2011

Vetter and White is pleased to report that its partner George E. Lieberman achieved a recent trial victory on behalf of Vetter & White’s client, the Narragansett Bay Commission, a public corporation. NBC, as part of its implementation of an overflow sewer project aimed at protecting the Narragansett Bay from contamination, exercised its statutory power to take a real property interest in and to a privately owned commercial property.

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Bruce Raymond Wins Big For Deere - Unanimous CT Supreme Court Overturns Judgment

Aug 22, 2011

In Metropolitan v. Deere and Co., the Connecticut Supreme Court unanimously reversed a 2008 trial court judgment for the plaintiff and ordered that judgment enter in favor of Deere & Co. (decision to be officially released on 8-16-11). In doing so, the Supreme Court upheld its function to administer civil justice and also clarified the law of products liability by narrowing the applicability of the malfunction theory in Connecticut product liability cases.

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