July, 2009Colchicine (marketed as Colcrys)
Audience: Rheumatological healthcare professionals
FDA notified healthcare professionals of the approval of the first single-ingredient oral colchicine product, Colcrys, for the treatment of familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) and acute gout…
Salt Lake City Law Firm Indicted on Immigration Fraud
A federal grand jury indicted a Salt Lake City law firm on immigration fraud in the largest fraud case of its kind in Utah history. The unsealed indictment alleged that the firm allowed thousands of false visas for workers at Utah companies from July 2005 to June 2009. An investigation that started 18 months ago finally came to a head when officials arrested Attorney James H. Alcala, two of his partners, and five employees of Alcala Law Firm. PC. The …
Continue →Web Talk Show Host Employs First Amendment Defense
Hal Turner, the Web talk show host and blogger who said three federal appellate judges “deserved to be killed,” may use a First Amendment defense in his trial. Turner appeared in federal court on Tuesday and pled not guilty to all charges. At his bond hearing, defense attorney Michael Orozco said that Turney was not a threat to the community and added that 47-yeary-old Turner had served as an FBI informant from 2002 through January 2007. According to Orozco, Turner …
Continue →Former Guess CEO Loses Big in Defamation Lawsuit
Former Guess. Inc. Chief Executive Officer George Marciano was ordered to pay over $370 million to five former employees of Guess in a defamation suit filed after they were accused of stealing millions in artwork and funds. From Fraud to a Defamation Suit Marciano originally sued for embezzlement and fraud in 2007, accusing his former employees of stealing e-mails and other personal information and conspiring to sell art and wine from his collection. Marciano inflated the amount stolen from $60 …
Continue →FDA: Stronger Warning for HPV Vaccine
According to the Oncology Nursing News, the information pertaining to syncope in the “Warnings and Precautions” section of the label for Gardasil has been modified and strengthened by Merck & Co. at the request of the FDA. The Gardasil vaccine is designed to protect against cervical, vulvar, and vaginal cancers caused by human papillomavirus (HPV) types 16 and 18 and genital warts caused by HPV types 6 and 11. Syncope has been in Gardasil’s labeling for healthcare providers and patients …
Continue →Spine Surgeon Paid to Consult for Medtronic Inc.
Tough questions from Senator Charles Grassley, R-Iowa have been directed towards Medtronic Inc. who compensated a top spine surgeon at the University of Minnesota more than $1 million for consulting. The investigation points out the financial conflicts in medicine. Recently, Medtronic, Inc. admitted that it had paid a doctor an estimated $800,000 for consulting work to a doctor who altered results of a study for one of the company’s popular products. In a July 24 letter, Senator Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, …
Continue →Chicago Man Files Medical Malpractice Lawsuit
On July 28, 2009, a man claims doctors operated on the wrong knee during replacement surgery at a west suburban hospital filed a medical malpractice lawsuit seeking damages. The plaintiff filed the suit in Cook County Circuit Court against Dr. Scott A. Seymore, surgical assistant Lukasz Sidorowicz and the Orthopaedic Associates of Riverside for the May 6, 2008 botched right-knee operation that left him with cartilage damage to his left knee. The plaintiff was admitted to MacNeal Hospital in Berwyn …
Continue →LexisNexis® Legal News Podcast for July 29, 2009
Two executives of a company that makes bone cement enter guilty pleas, and, a Texas judge says the SEC failed to allege a misappropriation theory of insider trading. Hear these and other stories from LexisNexis® Mealey’s™ Emerging Securities, Asbestos and Emerging Drugs & Medical Devices Reports. Copyright© 2009 LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. For the latest litigation news headlines, visit www.lexisnexis.com/mealeys.
Steam Dietary Supplement
Audience: Consumers, pharmacists
Nutracoastal Trading LLC and FDA notified healthcare professionals and consumers of a nationwide recall of the company’s dietary supplement product sold under the name Steam. Lab analysis by FDA found that the…
Madoff Gives Details of Fraud
With Bernard Madoff sentenced and sitting in a jail cell, the mastermind of a Ponzi scheme on July 28, 2009 finally opened up about how he defrauded so many individuals. A lawyer for victims of Bernard Madoff’s Ponzi scheme says the financier told him during a 4 1/2-hour prison interview plenty of details about the fraud, including how it took place and how securities regulators missed catching him. The victims’ lawyer said he planned to use what he learned from …
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