Seattle Post-Intelligencer, "Best Buy accused of discrimination"

          Six former and current employees of Best Buy Co. Inc. sued the electronics retailer Thursday, alleging the company has purposefully excluded women and minorities from top-paying jobs as part of a sales culture catering to white men. More...

Associated Press, "Cardiologist Criticizes Merck [Vioxx] Behavior"

          A prominent cardiologist testifying against Merck & Co. accused the drugmaker Saturday of engaging in scientific misconduct, suppressing clinical evidence and stifling medical discourse as it promoted the painkiller [Vioxx]. More...

New Book Published on Legal Efforts to Compensate Victims of the Holocaust

South China Morning Post, "China Eastern Airlines crash families may wait years for result in lawsuit"

          Family members of 21 people killed in last year's China Eastern Airlines plane crash in Baotou, Inner Mongolia, will probably have to wait at least two years for a result in their civil compensation suit lodged in a US state court. More...

Families of Victims of 2004 China Eastern Airlines File Suit In California Court

Lieff Cabraser announced today that families who lost loved ones in the November 21, 2004 crash of a China Eastern Airlines plane in Baotou, Inner Mongolia, have filed suit in California state court. The litigation represents one of the first times that Chinese nationals have sued foreign companies in an American court. “This lawsuit seeks to ensure that the rights of Chinese nationals can be protected, even against large North American companies,” said Robert J. Nelson, a partner at Lieff Cabraser. For more information, click here.

FDA Issues New Warnings on Risks of Ortho Evra Birth Control Patch

The FDA today approved a revised patient label for the Ortho Evra contraceptive patch stating that "this product exposes women to higher levels of estrogen than most birth control pills." The new bolded warning specifically states that women who use Ortho Evra are exposed to about 60 percent more total estrogen in their blood than if they were taking a typical birth control pill. Estrogen medication carries the risk of life-threatening blood clots and strokes. To learn more about litigation involving the Ortho Evra patch, please visit www.orthoevrasideeffectslawsuit.com.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer, "Voters resist efforts to change malpractice system"

          A record-setting spending blitz couldn't persuade voters to overhaul Washington's medical malpractice system, and trial lawyers and doctors looked to the Legislature for another round in their bitter battle. Voters rejected the state medical association's attempt to limit jury awards and lawyer's fees in malpractice cases Tuesday. A rival measure supported by trial lawyers that focused on problem doctors fared no better. More...

Baltimore Sun, "Donning safety gear, walking to work site part of shift, court says"

          The Supreme Court ruled yesterday that companies must pay plant workers for the time it takes to change into protective clothing and safety gear and walk to their workstations in a case some experts said may have implications across several occupations. More...

Bay Area Civil Rights Group Honors Kelly M. Dermody with "Living the Dream" Award

October 27, 2005, San Francisco, CA -- The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights (LCCR) of the San Francisco Bay Area honored Lieff Cabraser partner Kelly Dermody for her "outstanding leadership, extraordinary vision and unwavering commitment" to the LCCR. Ms. Dermody has been a board member of the LCCR since 1998 and co-chair since 2003. The LCCR is devoted to advancing the rights of people of color, poor people, and immigrants and refugees.

In its annual list of the plaintiffs' firms "doing the most to shape the law," the National Law Journal selected Lieff Cabraser as one of the nation's top 12 plaintiffs' firms. Lieff Cabraser was also a member of the National Law Journal's Plaintiffs' "Hot List" in 2004 and 2003, and is one of only five plaintiffs' firms in the nation to receive this award each of the last three years. To learn more about our firm, click here.

Los Angeles Times, "Judge Grants Class-Action Status for Suit Against FedEx"

A federal judge in San Francisco on Wednesday certified a class-action discrimination lawsuit targeting FedEx Corp. amid allegations that the delivery service paid thousands of current and former minority employees less than their white counterparts, skipped them for promotions and gave minorities poor work evaluations. More...

New York Law Journal, "N.Y. Judge Certifies Antitrust Class Action Against Microsoft"

          A Manhattan judge has certified a class action suit against Microsoft Corp. on behalf of consumers who charge they were harmed by the software maker's anti-competitive conduct. More...

The Recorder, "Attorney General trumpets energy-scam settlement"

          It may not have stopped pestilence, war, famine or death, but -- if you believe Attorney General Bill Lockyer -- a settlement announced Monday between power users and energy company Reliant reaches biblical proportions nonetheless. "Reliant was one of the four horsemen of the Apocalypse," said Lockyer, according to a statement from his office trumpeting the deal, worth about $450 million. It was reached between Reliant and a group of plaintiffs that includes the state, several California utilities and ratepayers in California, Washington and Oregon. More...

Nashville Business Journal Selects Kathryn E. Barnett As “Best of the Bar”

Nashville, TN -- In its review of the top attorneys in Nashville and the surrounding region, the Nashville Business Journal selected Lieff Cabraser partner Kathryn E. Barnett. Ms. Barnett was one of just eleven attorneys named in the “Litigation” category. The Journal noted that Ms. Barnett “is one of the few true trial lawyers among a generation of lawyers that know how to litigate, but rarely get to try a case.”

Society for Human Resource Management, "Huge Employment Cases Are Bigger, Scarier Than Ever"

          What's very big, very scary and extinct? If you guessed employment law class actions, you would be wrong. And some systemic discrimination and wage and hour cases are bigger and scarier than ever. More...

Lieff Cabraser Attorneys Named Northern California Super Lawyers

In its annual survey of attorneys who have obtained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement, Law & Politics selected six Lieff Cabraser attorneys from our San Francisco office as Super Lawyers. The Lieff Cabraser attorneys designated 2005 Northern California Super Lawyers were William Bernstein, Elizabeth J. Cabraser, Kelly M. Dermody, Richard M. Heimann, Robert L. Lieff, and Robert J. Nelson. Ms. Cabraser was also honored as Top 100 Northern California Super Lawyer and as one of the Top 50 Female Northern California Super Lawyers.

San Francisco Chronicle, "California consumers notch win [on Class Action Suits]"

          Thanks to a recent California Supreme Court ruling, consumers statewide now have more clout than they used to. But don't kick yourself if you didn't know this.
          "I'm not sure why this got so little attention," commented Arthur Bryant, executive director of Trial Lawyers for Public Justice, which helped argue the case before the state Supreme Court. "Maybe everyone was too distracted at the time by the Karl Rove thing." Whatever the reason, here's what California consumers need to know: More...

Nashville City Paper, "Downtown lures law firm"

          The Nashville office of Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP is moving from West End Avenue to downtown's One Nashville Place building at the northeast corner of Fourth Avenue North and Commerce Street. More...

Nashville Post, "Lieff Cabraser moves downtown"

          Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, a San Francisco-based plaintiffs law firm, has moved its Nashville office downtown from West End. It is now located at One Nashville Place, having relocated from 3319 West End Avenue. More...

Business Wire (Press Release), "18 Southern California Welders File Mass Tort Lawsuits for Injuries Caused by Exposure to Welding Fumes"

          Eighteen welding rod workers filed a mass tort lawsuit today in Los Angeles Superior Court against Airco Inc., Caterpillar, Inc., General Electric Company and more than 55 other named defendants claiming that they suffered serious neurological injuries as a consequence of exposure to welding fumes containing manganese, a substance medically recognized as toxic to the human central nervous system. More...
                   
To read the full press release, click here.

The New York Times, "Cardiologist Testifies Vioxx Contributed to Man's Death"

          The painkiller Vioxx probably led to the death of Robert Ernst, a cardiologist told jurors on Monday in the first Vioxx lawsuit to reach trial. More...

For more information about Vioxx dangers and Lieff Cabraser's lawsuits against Merck, please visit our companion website, Vioxx Legal Resources.com.

The Detroit News, "Danger Under the Hood; A little girl dies; attention turns to a faulty Ford part; More than 500 fires reported in pickups, SUVs; probe centers on cruise-control switch"

     The noise woke Tanika Washington just before dawn, a sound like heavy raindrops beating on the roof.
     But when she sat up in bed, she realized it was the crackling of fire.
     "I think something's burning," she said to her husband, Juan. "I think the house is on fire." More...
         
To read the full article on the Detroit News website, click here.

For more information on vehicle fires and this case in particular, please visit our stand-alone website covering vehicle dangers, defects and injuries, www.usautoinjurylaw.com.

Associated Press, "Lawsuit blames father's death on defibrillator"

          The family of an elderly man who died when the heart defibrillator implanted in his chest allegedly failed is suing the device's maker and wants to expand the suit to thousands of patients nationwide. More...

For more information on the Guidant defibrillator recalls and Guidant lawsuits, click here to visit our Personal Injury Lawyer America website Guidant page.

New York Times, "Study says malpractice payouts aren't rising"

          When Mike Kreidler was an optometrist in Olympia, Wash., he railed against trial lawyers. He believed that aggressive trial lawyers were the reason he faced rising insurance premiums. Dr. Kreidler, now in his second term as Washington State's insurance commissioner, has changed his mind. He has decided that the problem is not the lawyers - although they have contributed - but also the insurance companies. "I came full circle," he said. "I started out with a strong bias against trial lawyers and lawsuits, and now I see the trade-off and I have both sides, the trial lawyers and the insurance companies, mad at me." More...

Associated Press, "Judge Denies Request for Delay in Vioxx Trial"

          A judge on Tuesday declined to postpone the first wrongful-death trial related to the painkiller Vioxx but said he would check questionnaires filled out by potential jurors for evidence that they were biased by pretrial publicity. More...

For more information about the Vioxx case and Vioxx lawsuits, please visit our stand-alone Vioxx website, Vioxx Legal Resources.com.

Associated Press, "Merck to Seek Delay in First Vioxx Case"

          Merck & Co. wants to delay the first wrongful death trial over its pain reliever Vioxx, arguing that it cannot receive a fair trial if the Texas case begins next week as scheduled. More...
        
For more information about the Vioxx case and Vioxx lawsuits, please visit our stand-alone Vioxx website, Vioxx Legal Resources.com.

Associated Press, "Guidant defibrillator recall becomes more urgent"

Associated Press, "FDA gives heart implant recall highest warning -- not urging removal of Guidant devices; patients should contact doctors"

          A malfunction in some of the Guidant Corp. defibrillators recalled last month could cause serious injury or death, the government said Friday [July 1, 2005] in classifying 20,000 of the devices as the most urgent type of recalls. More...

To learn more about the Guidant recall and defective and dangerous product lawsuits against Guidant, click here to visit Lieff Cabraser's companion website, Personal Injury Lawyer.com.

Court Orders Consumer Fraud Suit Over Nature Guard Shingles to Proceed to Trial

Ceres, California -- Judge William A. Mayhew of Stanislaus Superior Court ordered today that a lawsuit against Louisiana-Pacific Corporation alleging that its Nature Guard shingles are defective and that it defrauded homeowners will proceed to trial as a class action. Plaintiffs seek as damages the cost of replacing all of the roofs, estimated to be approximately $100 million, plus punitive damages. “We are pleased by the Court's ruling, and look forward to putting our case in front of a jury and finally getting some relief for these homeowners” said Lieff Cabraser partner Jonathan D. Selbin.

Los Angeles Times, "SUVs Improve in Rollover Ratings; Regulators credit the popularity of 'crossover' vehicles, which have lower centers of gravity"

          Car manufacturers are doing a better job designing sport utility vehicles to resist rollover accidents, U.S. safety regulators said Wednesday. More...

For more information on automotive safety and vehicle lawsuits, please click here to visit Lieff Cabraser's vehicle safety website.

The Recorder, "Faulty Defibrillator Opens Guidant to Enormous Lawsuits -- Again"

          There's nothing like a short circuit inside thousands of people's chest cavities to jumpstart plaintiff lawyers and shock the heart of a corporate defendant. More...

For more information on this case, please click here to visit Lieff Cabraser's Personal Injury Law website.

Guidant Recalls More Than 38,000 Cardiac Defibrillators; Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Guidant for Alleged Faulty Device

Guidant Corporation announced today that it is voluntarily recalling more than 38,000 of its cardiac defibrillators implanted in patients because of potential malfunctions in the devices. Lieff Cabraser serves as co-counsel in a class action lawsuit filed in early June on behalf of a proposed nationwide class of patients implanted with Guidant cardiodefibrillators. Guidant patients who wish to learn more about the recall and the lawsuit should click here.

National Law Journal, "Integrity agreements could spark litigation"

          On July 1, 2003, medical device maker Guidant Corp. pledged its commitment to comply with a tough corporate integrity agreement after it admitted to 10 felonies and paid a record $92 million for covering up thousands of cases in which its aortic stent malfunctioned. More...

For more information on this case, please click here to visit Lieff Cabraser's Personal Injury Law website.

Daily Journal Names Lieff Cabraser Attorney As Top California Securities Litigator

The Daily Journal recognized Elizabeth J. Cabraser as one of California's Top 30 Securities Litigators. Commenting on securities fraud lawsuits, Ms. Cabraser observed, "These cases are more necessary than ever to restore confidence in the integrity of our capital markets."

Contra Costa Times, "Nonprofit hospitals to detail charity care"

          Raising questions about the non-profit status of 10 hospitals and hospital systems, including Northern California's largest chain, Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, sent a letter this week requesting information about their charity care. Grassley said he is conducting the inquiry because he wants to explore whether these hospitals deserve their tax-exempt status. The letter outlines 46 questions, many concerning the hospitals' charity care policies. More...

The New York Times, "Clothes Supplier Joining in Suit Against Federated"

          Nick DeLeo has a complaint, one he says is shared by many suppliers of clothing. Department stores, he says, take all kinds of unauthorized deductions from suppliers' payments - and he has decided to sue Federated Department Stores, America's largest department store chain, to prove it. Mr. DeLeo, a former clothing maker who is now a real estate developer in California, said yesterday that he was trying to join a class-action suit filed last year against Federated, accusing the chain of taking unauthorized deductions. More...

Los Angeles Times, "Farmers Insurance Ordered to Pay $52.5 Million in Suit"

          A federal judge has told Farmers Insurance Group Inc., the third-largest U.S. home and auto insurer, to pay $52.5 million to claims adjusters who say they were denied overtime pay. U.S. District Judge Robert E. Jones in Portland, Ore., ruled Monday that Farmers, a unit of Zurich Financial Services of Zurich, Switzerland, must pay damages averaging about $50,000 to each of the 1,039 adjusters in seven states. More...

$52.5 Million in Judgments Entered Against Farmers Insurance Exchange for Overtime Pay Claims

Judgments totaling $52,498,388 have been entered in the United States District Court for the District of Oregon against Farmers Insurance Exchange for failing to pay overtime wages to its claims representatives in several states. Learn more at www.farmersovertime.com.

The Daily Journal, "Staffers Share $24 Million Overtime-Pay Accord"

          About 30,000 employees at an El Segundo technology company will share $24 million under an overtime-pay settlement tentatively approved by the courts.
          The class-action agreement, one of the state's largest payouts in an overtime lawsuit, won preliminary approval Thursday from U.S. District Judge George P. Schiavelli in Los Angeles. More...

San Jose Business Journal, "CSC to pay $24M to settle landmark overtime suit"

         Computer Sciences Corp. agreed to put $24 million into a fund to pay some 30,000 current and former employees overtime they were denied. More...

Note: Lieff Cabraser served as co-counsel for the workers. Please click here to learn more about the settlement.

Settlement Reached in Overtime Pay Class Action Lawsuit Against Fortune 500 Company

Lieff Cabraser, with co-counsel, announced today that U.S. District Court Judge George P. Schiavelli of the Central District of California granted preliminary approval to a $24 million settlement of an overtime pay class action lawsuit against Computer Sciences Corporation. Plaintiffs charged that the global IT conglomerate had a common practice of refusing to pay overtime compensation to its computer maintenance and service workers. Learn more...

Nashville Scene, "Death on TV: What a deposition of Nashville's medical examiner reveals"

          Next month, Nashville medical examiner Dr. Bruce Levy is scheduled to go to trial in a lawsuit over whether he acted appropriately by allowing a reality television show to tape close-up footage of his autopsy of a naked and battered Francis Reidy III, a 21-year-old man killed in Nashville after stepping into traffic. A second trial, involving a case in which a woman's partially nude and decomposing body was filmed on her stained mattress, goes to trial in August. More...

San Francisco Chronicle, "Getting on the bus is half the story: Inequity in funding discriminates against AC Transit riders, plaintiffs claim in suit"

          When Sylvia Darensburg started riding AC Transit buses from her East Oakland home a quarter-century ago, the fare was 50 cents and the routes linked her to other cities. Now, rides cost $1.50, routes have been shortened or abandoned, and more cuts are in the offing as the system faces shortfalls of $8 million to $10 million a year. More...

Los Angles Times, "Suit Alleges Bay Area Transit Agency Runs an 'Unequal System"

          Minority bus riders and community groups from Alameda and Contra Costa counties filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday accusing the Bay Area's Metropolitan Transportation Commission of maintaining a "separate and unequal transit system" that favors white suburban commuters. More...

Bay Area Bus Riders File Federal Civil Rights Lawsuit

Lieff Cabraser, with co-counsel, announced today the filing of a federal civil rights lawsuit charging that the Bay Area's Metropolitan Transportation Commission maintains a system that discriminates against poor transit riders of color. According to Lieff Cabraser partners, "The Bay Area has two 'separate and unequal' transit systems: an expanding state of the art rail system, Caltrain and BART, for predominantly white, relatively affluent communities and a shrinking bus system, AC Transit, for low-income people of color." Learn more...

Court Grants Final Approval to Settlement of Discrimination Suit Against Abercrombie & Fitch

U.S. District Court Judge Susan Illston granted final approval to settlement of a nationwide class action lawsuit that alleged Abercrombie & Fitch discriminated against employees and job applicants of color. Effective immediately, the clothing retailer must make changes in its recruitment, hiring, job assignment, training, and promotion of employees at Abercrombie & Fitch, Hollister, and Abercrombie Kids. A court appointed monitor will regularly evaluate and report on Abercrombie’s compliance with the Consent Decree. To learn more, please visit www.afjustice.com.

The New York Times, "Sex-Discrimination Lawsuit Filed Against Smith Barney"

          Four women filed suit against Smith Barney on Thursday, contending that as employees they were denied business opportunities because of sex discrimination. More...

Women Employees Sue Smith Barney for Sex Discrimination

Four female financial consultants filed a national class action lawsuit today in federal court in San Francisco, charging sex discrimination at Smith Barney, the retail brokerage arm of Citigroup, which is the nation’s largest financial institution. The lawsuit charges that Smith Barney has engaged in a pattern and practice of gender discrimination against its female financial consultants in account distribution, sales support, compensation, and other terms and conditions of employment throughout the company. "This action has been brought to remedy a culture of hostility toward equal opportunity at Smith Barney," stated Lieff Cabraser partner Kelly M. Dermody. To learn more, please visit Gender Lawsuit Against Smith Barney.com.

Associated Press, "Lawsuit claims Smith Barney discriminates against women"

          Four female financial consultants sued Citigroup Inc.'s Smith Barney division on Thursday, accusing the brokerage firm of systematically denying equal opportunities to its women employees. More...

San Francisco Chronicle, "Lawyers size up new law; Both sides ponder effect of new federal class-action act"

          Business groups rejoiced when a sweeping change in the rules governing class-action suits was signed by President Bush over the protests of opponents who warned that the new law would seriously erode consumer protections. But in California, the Class Action Fairness Act may not turn out to be a guaranteed advantage for all company defendants or a crushing blow for plaintiff groups that sue for alleged wrongdoing, lawyers say. More...

National Law Journal, "New overtime rules bring suits"

          The government's recent attempt to reduce overtime lawsuits has thrown the doors wide open for still more litigation, according to labor attorneys across the country who argue that the seven-month-old federal overtime laws are roiling the workplace. More...

New York Times, "False Diagnosis: State Tort Systems Not Responsible for Insurance Premium Increases"

          Medical malpractice litigation reform is a high priority for President Bush, who contends that juries are running amok, multimillion-dollar settlements are on the rise and greedy trial lawyers are filing frivolous suits. The results, Mr. Bush and others argue, include skyrocketing insurance prices, abandoned medical practices, defensive medicine and a crisis of access to care. Their proposed solution: caps on jury awards to patients and on lawyers' contingent fees. More...

Crain's Report, "A bigger burden for trial lawyers"

          A new federal law will create a docket full of headaches for trial attorneys by steering more class-action suits to federal courts. The law, dubbed the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005, will make it harder for trial attorneys to file nationwide suits and seek big-dollar damages. It will also expose many attorneys to unfamiliar and complex legal venues that impose tougher standards than those in state courts. More...

Ten Voters on FDA Panel Backing Pain Medication Had Industry Ties

The New York Times reported that 10 of the 32 persons on an FDA advisory panel who endorsed continued marketing of the pain pills Bextra and Vioxx had consulted in recent years for the drugs' makers. If the 10 advisers had not cast their votes, the committee would have voted 12 to 8 that Bextra should be withdrawn and 14 to 8 that Vioxx should not return to the market. To learn more about the dangers of these drugs and the legal rights of injured patients, please visit Vioxx Legal Resources.com.

Atlanta Journal-Constitution, "For cruelty, malpractice cap tops all"

          Last week, members of the Georgia General Assembly came perilously close to committing the most serious act of legislative malpractice seen in the Capitol in years. And that deed may have been only delayed, not averted. For years, a pitched battle has been fought out in the Legislature between doctors and lawyers over changes in malpractice law. And although the issue does not cleave strictly along partisan lines, the issue has been turned into a crusade at the national level by the Republican Party. More...

Idaho Statesman, "Nation doesn't need another law on frivolous suits"

          Idaho's two U.S. representatives are co-sponsoring two bills aimed at stopping frivolous lawsuits. The measures are not aimed at real problems but at trial lawyers -- who happen to be major contributors to Democratic candidates. The bills sound good, but ultimately are themselves frivolous. Congress has more important work to do. More...

Wells Fargo Sued for Overtime Wages

In a class action lawsuit filed in federal court in San Francisco, Jasmin Gerlach, a former bank employee, alleges Wells Fargo unlawfully characterizes business systems employees as exempt from laws requiring that workers be paid overtime. To learn more about this case, visit www.wfovertimelawsuit.com.

Baltimore Sun, "Libby Asbestos Ideally Suited to Injure and Kill, Worthless for Other Uses; A particularly lethal asbestos"

          The asbestos inhaled by residents of Libby, Montana, was never good for much -- not for strengthening concrete, soundproofing buildings or insulating boilers, brake pads or clutches. More...

St. Louis Post-Dispatch, "40 States Urged to Indict W.R. Grace; Health Danger to Millions; 5 persons in one home contract Meso from Zonolite"

          The federal indictment announced Monday against W.R. Grace & Co. should be used as a blueprint for criminal investigations in at least 40 other states -- including Missouri -- where Grace operated, public health and worker safety leaders said. More...

Daily Orange (Syracuse University Newspaper), "Minority groups sue Abercrombie for $40 million"

          Katie Hollenbeck strolled the corridors of Carousel Mall trying to decide where she would like to apply for a new job. The junior graphic arts major walked into the Abercrombie & Fitch store, took one look at the female employees behind the counter and walked out. "They were all tall, skinny white girls, and I didn't feel appropriate for the job," she said. The intimidation that Hollenbeck, and many others feel, when walking into the retail-clothing store may not last for long. Abercrombie is about to undergo a major image change that won't drop the gorgeous models from the payroll, but will work to end alleged discrimination by hiring more female and minority employees. More...

Bloomberg News, "Wyeth in Settlement Talks Over Diet Drugs"

          Wyeth, which set aside $16.6 billion to resolve diet-drug lawsuits, said yesterday that it was in settlement talks with lawyers for people who have rejected its attempts to resolve remaining claims over heart damage caused by the fen-phen diet combination. More...

San Francisco Chronicle, "Studies confirm arthritis drugs raise heart attack risk"

          Two studies released Monday have turned up new evidence that all of the popular arthritis painkillers known as COX-2 inhibitors may put users at greater risk of heart attacks and strokes. More...

San Francisco Chronicle, "Spitzer wants $750 million, apology from Marsh & McLennan"

          New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer is seeking a $750 million settlement from insurance broker Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc. to settle his bid-rigging and price-fixing charges, according to a report published Friday. More...

Times Wire Reports, "Celebrex Ads Were Misleading, FDA Says"

          Advertisements for the arthritis drug Celebrex were misleading and unsubstantiated, overstating the pain reliever's benefits and understating the risks, the Food and Drug Administration said. More...

Dow Jones Newswires, "FDA Warns Pfizer About Celebrex, Bextra Ads"

          The Food and Drug Administration warned Pfizer Inc. that it left out risk information and made unsubstantiated effectiveness claims in advertisements for its painkillers Celebrex and Bextra. More...

Reuters, "GM Recalls Over 98,000 Trucks"

          General Motors Corp. is recalling more than 98,000 pickups, vans and sport utility vehicles because of a potential problem with their power steering and braking systems, federal safety regulators said on Tuesday. More...

Wall Street Journal, "Wyeth Agrees to Revise Accord To Hasten Diet-Drug Claims"

          Wyeth agreed to revise a U.S. class-action settlement that could speed resolution of thousands of pending diet-drug claims against the company and bring years of litigation closer to an end. More...

Associated Press, "Lupron Settlement Notification Program Is Scheduled to Begin"

          Consumers, insurers and health benefit plans are expected to share $150 million in compensation to settle lawsuits alleging drug companies fraudulently promoted the prescription medication Lupron. More...

San Francisco Chronicle, "Pharmaceutical industry offers greater transparency on drug trials"

          The pharmaceutical industry made a commitment Thursday to publish more data about clinical drug trials, amid growing questions about the safety of many leading companies' medicines. More...