The most conservative United States Supreme Court in nearly a century recently continued its assault on the constitutional rights of ordinary citizens harmed by corporate wrongdoing. In the case of AT&T v. Concepcion, the Supreme Court told corporations that they could write into the fine print of most any contract, […]
Monthly Archives: July 2011
Supreme Court Ruling Favors Generic Drug Manufacturers Granting Immunity From Failure to Warn
The United States Supreme Court ruled in favor of generic drug manufacturers in PLIVA, Inc. v. Mensing, holding that federal drug regulations applicable to generic drug manufacturers bar the plaintiffs’ state-law failure to warn claims. The Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision, held that manufacturers of generic drugs cannot be […]