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View All » R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. v. FDA On January 30, 2012, WLF urged the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to uphold a preliminary injunction halting implementation of the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) plan to force tobacco manufacturers to surrender 50% of the front and... More Case Detail Prevor v. Food and Drug Administration. On January 19, 2012, WLF filed a brief in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, urging it to prevent FDA from adopting new product classification rules that could cause numerous medical products previously classified as devices to be... More Case Detail Philip Morris USA, Inc. v. Campbell On January 17, 2012, WLF filed a brief in the U.S. Supreme Court, urging it to review a Florida state court decision that prevents the nation’s major cigarette manufacturers from defending themselves against charges that they acted wrongfully in... More Case Detail Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Funds v. Amgen, Inc. On December 28, 2011, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reaffirmed its holding that plaintiffs bringing a securities fraud claim are entitled to class-action status even in the absence of evidence that “the market” actually relied on... More Case Detail View All » Health Warnings On Consumer Products: Why Scarier Is Not Better By Dr. Patrick Basham and Dr. John C. Luik, founding director and senior fellow, respectively, of the Democracy Institute. More Publication Detail... ON THE MERITS: Wyeth , Inc. et al. v. Weeks Featuring Douglas Hallward-Driemeier, a partner with the law firm Ropes & Gray LLP, and Michael L. Murphy, a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of the law firm Bailey & Glasser LLP. More Publication Detail... State Court Endorses Use Of Equitable Powers To Reduce Asbestos Suit Double-Dipping By Mark A. Behrens and Cary Silverman, attorneys in the Washington, DC-based Public Policy Group of Shook, Hardy, & Bacon L.L.P. More Publication Detail... Compelled Speech And The First Amendment: Neutral Fact Or Government Opinion? By Charles M. English, a Principal in the Washington, D.C. office of the law firm Ober Kaler, where he chairs the Food & Agriculture Group. More Publication Detail... View All » January 13, 2012 Medical Device Liability When reprocessed medical devices injure, who is liable?   View All » October 26, 2011 | 10:00 A.M. Liability & Exclusion Without Intent: Managing to Survive Under the Responsible Corporate Officer Doctrine Mark T. Calloway, Alston & Bird LLP Brian Stimson, Alston & Bird LLP   View All » February 07, 2012 | 9:30 A.M. High Court Halftime: The October 2011 Term At Midpoint The Honorable Dick Thornburgh Carter Phillips Douglas Hallward-Driemeier Cory Andrews, Washington Legal Foundation   View All » July 18, 2011 Government Can't Cure Our Ills

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