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Arbitration award can’t be vacated on ‘judicially created’
grounds, says Eleventh Circuit
A consumer cannot overturn an arbitration award against him or her on nonstatutory grounds, the Eleventh Circuit has ruled. The court held that under a 2008 Supreme Court decision, “the judicially created grounds for vacatur we have recognized in our prior precedent are no longer valid.”
DOJ cracks down on pharmaceutical manufacturers
In the latest in a string of settlements between the Justice Department and drug and device makers, Novartis agreed to pay more than $72 million to resolve civil allegations that it marketed its cystic fibrosis drug TOBI off label. Some lawyers and patient advocates question whether the penalties being assessed by the government go far enough to deter wrongdoing.
Lawyer conducts testing for E. coli, calls for increased oversight
Seattle lawyer Bill Marler has taken food safety into his own hands: A lab he hired to test ground beef from grocery stores in six states for E. coli found the bacteria in a California store, leading to a company recall. The lab is also testing for other, unregulated bacteria strains, which Marler has petitioned food-safety regulators to deem adulterants. |