News

• Botox maker sues FDA over off-label promotion ban
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• Massachusetts high court allows smokers' medical monitoring claim against Philip Morris
  Courtney L. Davenport
• Federal agencies to study LASIK complications
  Courtney L. Davenport

Verdicts & Settlements

Industrial Products & Equipment

• Steelworker develops mesothelioma after exposure to asbestos-containing gaskets
• Worker suffers facial fractures, brain injury in pneumatic hammer accident

Tobacco

• Survivors of longtime smoker who died of lung cancer recover against tobacco company

Decisions

Drugs

• Warning claim against generic drug manufacturer is not preempted

Industrial Products & Equipment

• Supplier of brake linings is not strictly liable for worker's mesothelioma, but may be liable in negligence

Articles

• Halloween face makeup found to contain lead
• Study suggests statins may help prevent flu deaths
• Thermoplasty may be approved as first nondrug asthma treatment
• Taser International issues stun gun advisory to police agencies

Agency Actions

• New drug treatment approved for leukemia
• CPSC announces proposed rulemaking on hazards of recreational off-highway vehicles
• FDA allows emergency use of investigational drug to combat H1N1
• CPSC officials meet with counterparts in China to discuss drywall issues

Recalls

• Computer AC adapters
• Ice cream
• Insulin syringes
• Roman shades
• Small school buses