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Camp Lejeune Water Contamination Linked to Birth Defects and Cancer

By Wendy Fleishman of Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP posted in environmental contamination on Monday, December 9, 2013.

From the early 1950's through 1985, marines and their families living at the main family housing areas of Tarawa Terrace and Hadnot Point at United States Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in North Carolina drank and bathed in water contaminated with toxins linked to cancer and birth defects.

From the early 1950's through 1985, marines and their families living at the main family housing areas of Tarawa Terrace and Hadnot Point at United States Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in North Carolina drank and bathed in water contaminated with toxins linked to cancer and birth defects.

DePuy Hip Recall Settlement Summary

By Stephen Cassidy of Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP posted in medical devices and products on Wednesday, November 20, 2013.

On November 19, 2013, Johnson & Johnson announced its agreement to pay at least $2.5 billion to resolve thousands of defective DePuy ASR hip implant lawsuits.

Johnson & Johnson DePuy Hip Recall Settlement Summarized

hipimplant.jpgThe ASR XL Acetabular and ASR Hip Resurfacing system hip are all-metal, also called metal-on-metal, artificial hip implants manufactured by DePuy Orthopaedics, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson. Close to 40,000 patients in the U.S. received a DePuy ASR hip implant from its introduction to the market in August 2005 through August 2010, when DePuy issued a recalled for the device.

Government and Manufacturers Slow to Respond to Manifest Tylenol Risks

By Stephen Cassidy of Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP posted in Injuries on Friday, November 8, 2013.

Lawsuits are growing against the Johnson & Johnson Tylenol manufacturer McNeil for liver damage injuries alleged to have been caused by acetaminophen (Tylenol's active ingredient).

bluepills.jpgLawsuits are growing against the Johnson & Johnson Tylenol manufacturer McNeil for liver damage injuries alleged to have been caused by acetaminophen (Tylenol's active ingredient). Businessweek notes that the suits accuse the company of making "conscious decisions not to redesign, re-label, warn, or inform the unsuspecting consuming public" about the dangers of the drug.

Metal Hip Recall Litigation Update

By Stephen Cassidy of Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP posted in Injuries on Wednesday, September 4, 2013.

In January 2013, the FDA proposed a new rule requiring manufacturers to demonstrate the safety of all-metal hip implants before they could continue to sell these medical devices.

hipimplant.jpgIn January 2013, the FDA proposed a new rule requiring manufacturers to demonstrate the safety of all-metal hip implants before they could continue to sell these medical devices. This proposal attempted to close a loophole that has allowed manufacturers to sell medical devices without first testing them; heretofore, manufacturers merely had to prove that a similar device was already on the market.

Nurse Charges Vaginal Mesh Manufacturer Put Profits Over Safety

By Stephen Cassidy of Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP posted in Injuries on Friday, August 16, 2013.

Bloomberg News reports that the first federal lawsuit involving faulty vaginal mesh products charges that the C.R. Bard Inc. used plastic in its Avaulta vaginal inserts that carried a warning against permanent implantation in humans -- but used that plastic in its inserts anyway.

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