Introduction
News and Updates
Riegel v. Medtronic Is Bad Medicine. Preempting Lawsuits Diminishes Safety by James Ronca, Anapol, Schwartz, Weiss, Cohan, Feldman & Smalley. March 2008
Arbitration a growing trend in health care. Doctors say it will hold down medical costs, but patients say they fear giving up the right to sue. Philly.com 10-Feb-08 Re: Health Care
Anapol Schwartz Attorney Representing Trasylol(R) Victims Ronca, who is one of the chairs of the national Trasylol(R) litigation, and represents a dozen families and victims (see Trasylol(R) lawsuit) and a recent wrongful death complaint (filed in Philadelphia), argues this study reinforces inherent problems in the FDA's screening process and opens the floodgates for additional litigation. Published 20-Feb-08 in Forbes
What's Ailing Bayer? Jim Ronca, a partner at Philadelphia personal injury law firm Anapol Schwartz, who is currently handling several Trasylol cases, says his firm has been inundated with calls from potential plaintiffs. "This drug has been used in at least one-third of all cardiac surgery in the U.S.," Published in Business Week 27-Feb-08
Pharmaceutical Litigation
Lawrence R. Cohan, Esquire
"Elevator and Escalator Accident Reconstruction and Litigation"
Joel D. Feldman, Esquire
"Discovery of Expert’s Financial"
Dara Lovitz, Esquire
PA TLA Auto Law Practice Tips Seminar
"So You’ve Been Removed"
Joel D. Feldman, Esquire
Pennsylvania Bar Institute
"Auto Law Tactics"
Kevin R. Marciano, Esquire
Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association
"Natural Resource Damage Claims"
Lawrence R. Cohan, Esquire
Villanova Law School
Dara Lovitz Appointed Legal Chair for Pennsylvania Chapter of the Sierra Club
Harris Martin Publishing's Vioxx Litigation Conference
Sol H. Weiss, Esquire
"Workers' Compensation for Professional Athletes."
Nathanial P. Ehrlich, Esquire
Miriam Benton Barish named Partner
Adam Green joins Securities Litigation Practice
Vioxx Withdrawn From the Worldwide Market
"Minimum Standards in the Construction Industry"
James A. Keating, Esquire
"Alcohol in Civil Cases"
Kevin R. Marciano, Esquire
Pennsylvania Bar Institute
Robert Surh joins Anapol Schwartz' Class Actions and Mass Tort Practice
Alan Schwartz Attorney named Diplomat of National Board of Trial Advocates
"Tort Law Update"
Joel D. Feldman, Esquire
Pennsylvania Bar Institute
"Veterinary Malpractice Overview"
Dara Lovitz, Esq.
for the PBI Third Annual Animal Law eminar 2006
"Mock Trial of a Dog Bite Case"
Dara Lovitz, Esq. performed as defendant's counsel
PBI Third Annual Animal Law Seminar
"Kelo: A Poem for the Condemned" was published in the Philadelphia Business Journal, Marc 31, 2006.
Dara Lovitz, Esq.