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Too Little Too Late? Researchers Conclude Metal on Metal Hip Replacements Should Not Be Used.
Monday, March 12, 2012 12:00 AM
 
Metal on Metal Should Not Be Implanted...
 
Metal on Metal Hip Implants an “uncontrolled experiment exposing millions of patients to an unknown risk”.
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:00 AM
 
Metal on Metal Implant Experiment...
 
When They Fire the CEO, Settlements Soon Follow.
Friday, February 24, 2012 12:00 AM
 
J. & J. Chief to Resign One Role...
 
Internal Email Confirms DePuy Knew of High ASR Failure Rate Long Before Recall.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012 12:00 AM
 
Johnson & Johnson Knew DePuy Hip Was Flawed...
 
DePuy Continued to Sell Hip Resurfacing Device Abroad Despite Receiving Non-Approval Letter from the FDA and Now Refuses to Answer Questions
Tuesday, February 14, 2012 12:00 AM
 
DePuy Refuses to Answer Questions...
 
Johnson & Johnson Sets Aside $3 Billion to Deal with Hip Recall Claims, with Eventual Costs Still Unknown
Wednesday, January 25, 2012 12:00 AM
 
$3 Billion Set Aside For Hip Claims...
 
DePuy Ignored Doctors' Concerns and Registry Data Showing Problems with the ASR
Tuesday, December 20, 2011 12:00 AM
 
DePuy Ignored ASR Problems...
 
After Hip Recall, Legislators Propose Bill Requiring More Monitoring of Implants
Thursday, December 15, 2011 12:00 AM
 
Hip Recall Bill...
 
Metal on Metal hip resurfacing also a disaster for patients
Thursday, October 20, 2011 12:00 AM
 
Hip Surgery Option Loses Key Backer...
 
Metal On Metal Hips Now Turning Into Health Nightmare for Tens of Thousands
Saturday, October 01, 2011 12:00 AM
 
Metal on Metal Hips Failing...
 
New York Times reports DePuy ASR hips now failing at very high rates
Thursday, September 15, 2011 12:00 AM
 
NYT Reports ASR Hips Failing ...
 
DePuy ASR complaints to the government skyrocket in 2011
Tuesday, August 23, 2011 12:00 AM
 
Hip Implant Complaints Surge...
 
Consolidated lawsuits, Senate committee look at DePuy hip implant recall
Friday, April 22, 2011 12:00 AM
 
Consolidated lawsuits, Senate committee look at DePuy hip implant recall....
 
Will Johnson & Johnson Recalls Change the Firm's Reputation?
Sunday, January 16, 2011 12:00 AM
 
Can Johnson & Johnson Get Its Act Together?...
 
Faulty DePuy Artificial Hip Points to Broken Implant System
Saturday, December 18, 2010 12:00 AM
 
The Implants Loophole...
 
Patients sue maker of recalled hip replacement device
Thursday, September 23, 2010 12:00 AM
 
Patients sue maker of recalled hip replacement device...
 
Johnson & Johnson Sued Over Hip-Replacement Devices Recalled in August
Friday, September 03, 2010 12:00 AM
 
Johnson & Johnson Sued Over Hip-Replacement Devices Recalled in August...
 
Hip Replacement Recall By Depuy Orthopaedics Is Big News
Tuesday, August 31, 2010 12:00 AM
 
Hip Replacement Recall By Depuy Orthopaedics Is Big News...
 
Two Hip Replacement Implants Recalled
Thursday, August 26, 2010 12:00 AM
 
ASR Hip Replacement Recall...
 
Johnson & Johnson Recalls Hip Implants
Thursday, August 26, 2010 12:00 AM
 
J. and J. Recalls Hip Implants...
 
DePuy Orthopedics Recalls ASR Hip Implants
Thursday, August 26, 2010 12:00 AM
 
DePuy Orthopedics recalls ASR hip implants...
 
Maker Drops Hip Device, Then Warns of Failures
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 12:00 AM
 
Maker Drops Hip Device, Then Warns of Failures...
 
Thursday's Three Burning Legal Questions
Wednesday, May 16, 2012 8:50 PM
 
Here are today's three burning legal questions, along with the answers provided by the blogosphere. 1) Question: Here are the important pieces of what I am calling "Operation Rob a Local Internet Cafe." Please let me know if I have forgotten anything: Visit an Internet cafe and hang around inconspicuously using its computers, checking Facebook, etc.; after browsing the Web for a bit, go to the cashier to pay for my usage time and assault the man at the register; demand all the money in the register; get the money and escape on a stolen motorcycle. Foolproof, right? Answer: You forgot to add "Log out of my Facebook account," which is key. (Digital Trends, Two men rob Internet cafe, forget to log out of Facebook prior to robbery) 2) Question: I am a police officer. We caught a man trying to steal a $20,000 diamond, and he tried to hide the evidence by swallowing it! That was several days ago, and while he has had several bowel movements in that time, the diamond has not yet seen the light of day if you know what I'm saying (don't ask how I know this). We can only hold the alleged thief...
 
Gay Judge Candidate Rejected by Va. House Due to 'Advocacy' for Gay Rights
Wednesday, May 16, 2012 3:18 PM
 
I am a native Marylander but I have lived in the Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C., for almost two decades. I like it here quite a bit, but Virginia is quirky in that it is sharply divided in pretty much every way between the D.C. suburbs in Northern Virginia and everywhere else. As I observed here, Once you travel 100 miles south of D.C. and hit Richmond, you enter old-school Virginia -- the Virginia that makes you realize that you are in a state that was a full-blown part of the Confederate States of America. Day-to-day, the cultural differences between Northern Virginia and the rest of the state are not really visible as those worlds don't collide much. But there are periodic flare-ups that serve as reminders of the state's deep conservative streak, such as Tuesday when the Virginia House of Delegates rejected Tracy Thorne-Begland, who is openly gay, for a judgeship in Richmond. The Washington Post reports that Thorne-Begland is a Richmond prosecutor who previously challenged the military’s "don't ask, don't tell" policy, has advocated for gay marriage and is raising twins with his partner. Thorne-Begland's opponents argued that they voted against him not because he was gay, but...
 
Wednesday's Three Burning Legal Questions
Tuesday, May 15, 2012 7:28 PM
 
Here are today's three burning legal questions, along with the answers provided by the blogosphere. 1) Question: I was at the local park and some dude started complaining that I was making too much noise and keeping his friend from sleeping. Then he picked up a pooper scooper and began swinging it at me, so I picked up my own pooper scooper to defend myself and engaged in a pooper scooper duel for about 30 minutes. Are you kidding me?? This has to be some kind of crime, right? Pooper scoopers can hurt! Answer: It must be some crime, you are right, but the blawgosphere seems to have no record of any prior "assault and battery by pooper scooper." (Seattle PI, En garde: 2 battle with pooper scoopers in Seattle park) 2) Question: I saw in your recent post that the woman who gave in to her boyfriend's request to put his penis in a hot hair iron was not guilty of assault because he asked for it. Similarly, my friend is begging me to shoot him in his own leg because he wants to know "how it feels." Can I shoot him without getting in trouble with the law?...
 
Things You Can't Do on a Plane: Vol. 18
Tuesday, May 15, 2012 3:19 PM
 
You might think that after Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6, Volume 7, Volume 8, Volume 9, Volume 10, Volume 11, Volume 12, Volume 13, Volume 14, Volume 15, Volume 16 and Volume 17 of Things You Can't Do on a Plane, that we'd have exhausted the list of things you can't do on a plane. Nope! The list grows daily. Here are three more things I've recently learned that you cannot do on a plane: Attempt to smuggle 49 live reptiles in your luggage on an international flight. Passengers may not pack 31 spiny-tailed lizards and 18 geckos into their suitcase. This is true even if the passenger claims the reptiles are his "personal food supply" and offers to bite off the head of one to prove it. CONSEQUENCE: The passenger will face a fine of several thousand euros for transporting protected animals. The reptiles will be taken to a local veterinarian to be cared for. Attempt to sneak 115 "oven-ready iguanas" into the United States from Mexico. Passengers may not attempt to bring a cooler into the U.S. filled with 159 pounds of the beheaded, skinned, and deboned bodies of 115 green...
 
Life is an Open-Book Test ... Unless You are a Juror
Monday, May 14, 2012 3:20 PM
 
I've heard it said that "Life is an open-book test," and I believe that this has become even more true as the Internet, Google, smartphones and other fundamental features of the digital age have become ubiquitous. In the year 2012, when you want to understand something, or define something, or test something, or check someone's background, you typically have instant access to the tools you'd need to do so. If you are truly interested, you will take the 10 seconds needed to get an answer or to learn how you can get an answer... unless you are serving on a jury. If you are serving on a jury, however, the normal rules of life in the 21st century no longer apply, and you must get each and every scrap of information needed to do your job directly from the proceedings in the courtroom so that your ultimate verdict is determined solely by the evidence. Need to look up what a key word means? Too bad -- -put that cell phone down!! The Palm Beach Post has an interesting article on the rise of "juror mischief," i.e., jurors who revert to the "open book" mentality that governs most of their lives...
 
Monday's Three Burning Legal Questions
Monday, May 14, 2012 2:28 PM
 
Here are today's three burning legal questions, along with the answers provided by the blogosphere. 1) Question: I'm just minding my own business, walking down the street and doing some texting in my home town of Fort Lee, N.J. Why are the police eyeing me so much? Answer: Because you are committing the offense of TWW. The scourge that is "Texting While Walking" will now carry with it an $85 fine in the town of Fort Lee. (CBS News, Texting while walking banned in N.J. town) 2) Question: I'm enjoying a strawberry Fruit Roll-Up. They are made with real fruit -- Did you know that? It says so right on the label. How many grams of strawberries are in a strawberry Fruit Roll-Up, anyway? Answer: There are a total of 0.0 grams of strawberries in a strawberry Fruit Roll-Up. But there are some "pears from concentrate" in there, if that makes you feel any better. (Consumerist, General Mills Must Defend Claim That Fruit Roll-Ups Are "Made With Real Fruit") 3) Question: I live in Manhattan and have a child ready to start kindergarten. I just received a letter telling me the public elementary school that my child should be attending...
 
In Which I Win Rudy Giuliani's Yankees Tickets
Friday, May 11, 2012 3:32 PM
 
Bracewell & Giuliani's Basis Points blog is holding a haiku contest, with the winning entry receiving Rudy Giuliani’s "primo" Yankees seats (second row directly behind home plate) plus a gourmet meal in the Legends Club for the Yankees' May 23 game against the Kansas City Royals. Before you start breaking out your award-winning lines of haiku from high school, you should know that the haiku that will win these tickets must be Yogi Berra-related: But here’s the curveball. We don’t want just any haiku. We want one that is clever, well-written and relates to Yogi Berra in some fashion, such as his career, a quote attributed to him, or a made-up quote for him (written, of course, in five-seven-five syllable haiku structure). Here is my entry. I look forward to seeing you all at the Legends Club in New York on May 23! Why I Love Being a Baseball Manager I cannot tell you What you don't already know You don't know nothing
 
Friday's Three Burning Legal Questions
Friday, May 11, 2012 3:26 PM
 
Here are today's three burning legal questions, along with the answers provided by the blogosphere. 1) Question: Some loser cut my bike lock with bolt cutters and stole my bike. I was looking on Craigslist for a new one when I saw my stolen bike being offered for sale! Can I just meet up with the thief, pretend to take my stolen bike for a test ride, and never come back? Answer: It belongs to you, so yes, although the police advise citizens against trying to recover stolen property on their own. (NBC Washington, Vigilante Bicyclist Gets His Stolen Bike Back) (via The Consumerist) 2) Question: I saw your post explaining that there are limits on what you can name your baby (e.g., "Toilet Queen" is not permitted), but how about on name changes for adults? Can I change my name to Tyrannosaurus Rex? Answer: No problem. (FOX News, Nebraska man changes name to Tyrannosaurus Rex) 3) Question: I feel like the judge's law clerk -- not the judge -- is doing all the work and making all of the decisions in the federal race discrimination case I brought. Can I file a "Motion for Disclosure of Chamber of Papers"...
 
Monson Trial Ends in Conviction and With No Additional Lawyers Stabbed With Pencils
Thursday, May 10, 2012 3:17 PM
 
The trial of Joshua Monson ended Wednesday when he was convicted by a jury of first-degree murder. Also of significance -- particularly to the lawyer representing him in the trial -- Monson was stymied from stabbing a fourth lawyer with a pencil. On three separate prior occasions in court, Monson had stabbed his (soon-to-be former) lawyer with a pencil. Detecting a trend, the court in Monson's murder trial imposed stringent security measures for the trial, which thankfully proved to be effective. As discussed here, the court overseeing Monson's trial required this "Hannibal Lecter of stabbing lawyers with pencils" to be seated at a separate table from his attorney, strapped to a chair with one hand additionally restrained, and wearing "an electric stun cuff that corrections officers can activate if he gets out of line." The Herald reports that the courtroom furniture was also rearranged in such a way as to keep the restraints out of the sight of jurors. The Herald also notes what must have been a harrowing moment just before the jury's verdict was read, when Monson reached out to shake his attorney's hand and thank him. This final exchange proved to be stab-free, as a corrections officer...
 
Thursday's Three Burning Legal Questions
Wednesday, May 09, 2012 8:47 PM
 
Here are today's three burning legal questions, along with the answers provided by the blogosphere. 1) Question: Our high school wants to display the Ten Commandments but the local American Civil Liberties Union is now making a huge stink about it. What can we do? Answer: Have you considered just displaying six of the Ten Commandments? (The Blaze, Judge suggests 10 Commandments be reduced to 6) 2) Question: Unbeknownst to me, my evil wife, with whom I am in a domestic dispute, concealed the hardware of a .40 caliber gun, a magazine loaded with two rounds of ammunition and a firing pin within a Mickey Mouse stuffed animal. The Mickey Mouse was in my carry-on baggage as I tried to board a flight and the TSA found it, along with the gun and everything else. Is this going to be a problem? Answer: No, and in fact you won't even miss your flight. Just tell the TSA that you didn't know about the gun and that it is your wife's fault. They'll be cool with that and send you on your way. (CBS News, Family dispute behind big airport security scare?) 3) Question: Some guy just pulled a gun on...
 
 
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