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Law
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USA v Eli Lilley (U.S. Dist. Ct., E.D. Penn., Jan. 15, 2009) - Drug maker Eli Lilly and Company pled guilty to off label marketing of its antipsychotic drug Zyprexa, and agreed to pay $1.415 billion to settle state and federal claims and end a federal criminal probe. Although Zyprexa was FDA approved for treating schizophrenia and certain types of bipolar disorder, Lilly admitted marketing the drug for other unapproved uses like the treatment of dementia. Link takes you to DOJ press release.
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Citizens For Responsibility & Ethics in Washington V. Executive Office of The President, et al. (U.S. Dist. Ct., D.C. Dist., January 15, 2009) - A federal magistrate ruled that the White House must comply with a court order to preserve all e-mails under President George W. Bush's administration from March 2003 through October 2005, and that this ruling applies to all federal agencies subject to the Federal Records Act or Presidential Records Act.
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Roland Burris et.al. v Jesse White (Illinois Supreme Court, January 9, 2009) - The Court held that Ronald Burris' appointment to the U.S. Senate by the now impeached Illinois' governor Rod Blagojevich is valid. The Court ruled that Burris' requested judicial action to force the Illinois Secretary of State to affix the state seal on the form used by Blagojevic was unnecessary, as the appointment already satisfies Illinois law.
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Pearson V Chung (D.C. Ct. of Appeals, Dec. 18, 2008) - Whilst the world's financial markets teeter, and the prospect of unemployment and poverty is all around, an appeals court is asked to decide an attorney's claim for $54 million over a pair of missing pants. Yes - that's right, missing pants. In upholding the trial judge's decision, the three-judge panel concluded that Roy Pearson, Jr.'s argument that a "Same Day Service" sign was a false statement unless "Same Day Service" was always and automatically provided "frankly defies logic." |
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Articles
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Events
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Feb. 3 - 5 2009 (KS): |
IAAI Kansas Mid-West Regional Seminar Programs include: "Fire Investigator Safety" presented by Mike Donahue, CFEI on "Updating the Information on the New 921", presented by: Randy Watson, "Fire Investigation Following Flashover" presented by: Steve Carmen.
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Feb. 26-28 2009 (CA): |
Diverse Disciplines, Common Concerns Forensic Expert Witness Association annual conference. Billed as an educational conference, which is being presented by some of the most watched legal and judicial minds in the country, that will enhance professionalism and objectivity for experts in all disciplines.
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