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Louisiana's new AG probes Foti's last-stand lawsuits
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2008/03/04 13:50
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pFCC General Counsel Feder Leaves for Law Firm
Louisiana Attorney General Buddy Caldwell could be ready to ditch some of the more curious cases he inherited from his predecessor./ppFormer attorney general Charles Foti, unseated by Caldwell last November, issued a flurry of lawsuits in his final days on the job, LNL reported last month. In two cases he teamed up with campaign-donor lawyers to file big class-action suits. /ppThere has been documented curious official behavior on the part of the previous AG's office that has not gone unnoticed, Caldwell stated in a report./ppAnother case left for Caldwell was against Foti, accusing the former AG of illegally contracting the same lawyers to represent Louisiana in another big lawsuit. Four law firms working on two of Foti's suits donated $13,500 to his unsuccessful re-election campaign last year, that report notes./ppAttorneys from New Orleans firms Dugan Law Firm and Murray Law Firm - both of which gave Foti's campaign $5,000 - are listed as plaintiffs in two of the suits. /ppOn the flip side, Foti has also been accused of violating state law by not gaining official approval to contract with private lawyers in a lawsuit against re-constructor Road Home. The case was filed by major insurers including State Farm.
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Former Court justice Baldwin joins Pittsburgh law firm
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2008/03/04 12:40
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| pCynthia Baldwin, who served as a justice on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court from 2006 until January, has joined law firm a href=http://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/related_content.html?topic=Duane%20Morris%20LLPstrongfont color=#000000Duane Morris LLP/font/strong/a's Pittsburgh office as a partner in the trial practice group and appellate litigation sub practice group. /ppPrior to her appointment to the commonwealth's highest court, Baldwin spent 16 years as a judge in various divisions of the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas. /ppDuane Morris, based in Philadelphia, opened its Pittsburgh office in 2003. /p!-- Send us your comments More Latest News Buttons -- |
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Schmidt Clark, LLP Announces Trasylol Website
Legal Focuses |
2008/03/04 12:39
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Schmidt amp; Clark, LLP, a nationally recognized drug litigation law firm has announced today that it has recently added additional content to its a href=http://www.schmidtandclark.com/Trasylol-Recall/font color=#3259b2Trasylol recall website/font/a.
Trasylol has been marketed by Bayer for 14 years. Bayer marketed it aggressively until it was used in approximately 1/3 of all cardiac bypass surgeries. In the last two years, Trasylol has been linked to kidney or renal failure, heart attacks, strokes and approximately 22,000 deaths.
At the heart of current and pending litigation surrounding a href=http://www.schmidtandclark.com/Trasylol/font color=#3259b2Trasylol side effects/font/a, is the fact that Bayer was aware of the potential problems over two years ago. A study connecting Trasylol and serious side effects was presented in January 2006, but the drug was not recalled until November 2007. Bayer failed to present their research to the FDA in their September 2006 meeting. The chairman of that FDA advisory panel, Dr. William Hiatt, said that he would have voted for a Trasylol recall back in 2006 if Bayer had not withheld the data from their study.
Michael E. Schmidt, Managing Partner of Schmidt amp; Clark, LLP has noticed an alarming number of inquiries to the firm related to Trasylol. Mr. Schmidt stated, “Our firm has substantial expertise in the areas drug litigation. As a result, we have received a number of inquiries from heart bypass surgery patients claiming serious or life-threatening side effects including death, kidney or renal failure, heart attacks, and strokes.”
Schmidt amp; Clark, LLP represents a number of Trasylol recall victims and continues to be contacted by victims of Trasylol on a frequent basis.
If you or a loved one has been the victim of a Trasylol induced side effect, the firm suggests that you visit their Trasylol website. The site includes detailed lawsuit information, news and more.
About Schmidt amp; Clark, LLP
Schmidt amp; Clark, LLP focuses on helping individuals and families. The firm has built a reputation for success, and represents their clients in group and individual lawsuits nationwide.
Although Schmidt amp; Clark, LLP is national in scope, they level the playing field for their clients by providing them with access to a level of professional legal representation previously available only to large corporations, while still providing personal attention to each client.
For more information on Schmidt amp; Clark, LLP or Trasylol lawsuits, please visit: a href=http://www.schmidtandclark.com/Trasylol/font color=#3259b2http://www.schmidtandclark.com/Trasylol//font/a or call toll free 24 hrs/day (866) 588-0600. |
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Law firm sues 'Juiced' publisher Judith Regan
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2008/03/03 19:27
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| Former book publishing powerhouse Judith Regan was sued Monday for legal fees by the firm that prepared her lawsuit against HarperCollins LLC after the publishing company fired her.p class=inside-copyIn court papers, Dreier LLP says Regan reneged on a retainer agreement she signed and then fired the law firm in a transparent and calculated effort to avoid paying petitioners the agreed upon fee./pp class=inside-copyAfter Dreier prepared and filed the lawsuit, court papers say, Regan hired Los Angeles lawyer Bertram Fields to negotiate a settlement with HarperCollins. The terms were not disclosed./pp class=inside-copyAfter the settlement was final, Regan fired Dreier and refused to pay the firm, court papers say./pp class=inside-copyThe lawsuit names Fields as a defendant and accuses him of tortious interference with the business relationship between Dreier and Regan./p |
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N.Y. man guilty of killing family, burning home
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2008/03/03 19:26
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| A Dutchess County jury Saturday convicted Charles Gilleo Jr. on 30 of 31 murder charges in the Jan. 19, 2007, shootings of Manuel and Tina Morey and the stabbing and bludgeoning of their three boys in their Fishkill home.p class=inside-copyThe jury's verdicts capped more than 37 hours of deliberations over a four-and-a-half days in the Dutchess County Courthouse, in Poughkeepsie./pp class=inside-copyGilleo, 33, of Hopewell Junction, N.Y., also was convicted on five counts of armed robbery, two counts of conspiracy, one count of perjury and two counts of arson./pp class=inside-copyA co-defendant, 30-year-old Mark Serrano, was convicted last year on 31 first- and second-degree murder charges, in addition to arson, robbery, conspiracy and perjury charges./pp class=inside-copyGilleo and Serrano were accused of going to the Morey home on Route 82 in Fishkill and robbing Manuel and Tina of cash and cocaine, killing all five members of the family and setting fire to their house and car in an attempt to cover up the crimes./p |
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Venezuelan pleads guilty in suitcase scandal
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2008/03/03 19:25
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| A Venezuelan pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge in the alleged cover-up of a plot to smuggle $800,000 into Argentina to fund a presidential election campaign, officials said on Monday.span id=midArticle_byline/spanspan id=midArticle_0/spanpCarlos Kauffmann, 35, was one of five men accused of acting on behalf of Venezuela's anti-U.S. government in a case that touched off corruption allegations in Argentina and diplomatic tensions between the Washington, Caracas and Buenos Aires./pspan id=midArticle_1/spanpKauffmann entered a guilty plea on Friday to a charge of conspiring to act as an agent of Venezuela without registering with the U.S. government and could face five years in prison. He agreed to cooperate with prosecutors, according to a plea agreement released by the U.S. Attorney's Office in Miami./p |
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