Trial Lawyers Hit The Big Time

What’s with the trial lawyers? They are getting some serious ink over at Pharmalot. Pharmalot’s got a new posting up every couple days for the trial lawyers. Here’s his list for the month of August:

• Worried About Preemption? There’s a Petition (8/26/08)
• FDA Rule Shields Pharma From Lawsuits? (8/22/08)
• What Preemption? Device Lawsuit Can Proceed (8/18/2008)
• The Right to Sue: A Case Against Preemption (8/15/2008)
• Levine Files Preemption Brief With Supreme Court (8/8/2008)
• Biogen Loses Preemption Argument in Tysabri Case (8/7/2008)
  

And those are just the preemption stories. That doesn’t even count all the general lawsuit stories like:

• US Counties Can Sue Pharma Over Medicaid Pricing (8/28/08)
• Court Excludes Plaintiffs’ Expert In Accutane Trial (8/27/08)
• Sue Me: Pfizer Consolidates Some Legal Work (8/20/08)
• New Rule Forces Pharma To Disclose Lawsuit Costs (8/8/08)

Looks like the trial lawyers have a brilliant PR team!