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  The birth control pills, Yasmin and Yaz, and the generic form, ocella, are under fire as 10,000 lawsuits have been filed against the German pharmaceutical company Bayer, and the generic drug makers, Barr Laboratories and Teva Pharmaceuticals. The medications are linked to higher rates of blood clots that caused personal injuries and have killed people. In this Lawyers.com podcast, reporter Matt Plessner speaks with Michael London. He’s the plaintiffs’ co-lead counsel in the multi-district litigation and a partner at …

  Watch this news video if you or anyone you know is on a blood thinner. It could provide life saving information. Pradaxa, an anticoagulant medication, helps prevent blood clots and strokes. It’s often used with people who have irregular heartbeats. But more than 500 people from around the country have reported to the F.D.A. bleeding deaths involving Pradaxa. Mikal Watts is the lead counsel in the multi-district litigation of 300 plaintiffs suing the drug maker, a German manufacturer, Boehringer …

It’s called “tort reform.” The state of Mississippi limits the amount juries can award people for pain and suffering in personal injuries to $1 million. A federal appeals court recently upheld this cap. Lisa Learmonth was injured in a car crash with a Sears Roebuck van. A trial judge lowered the jury’s damages, limiting her non-economic losses (those beyond hospital bills and lost earning capacity) to $1 million, based on Mississippi’s cap on damages. On appeal to the 5th Circuit, …

A 47-year-old woman who suffered injuries from a vaginal mesh device that made her life a “living hell” won an $11 million verdict this week. The case is the first of thousands of cases set for trial against Johnson & Johnson and other makers of the devices. Linda Gross, who lives in South Dakota, had the Johnson & Johnson Prolift mesh product implanted in 2006 to deal with sagging organs. Vaginal mesh and sling products are advertised as a way …

  After an uneasy conversation with a Burger King employee, a sheriff’s officer in Vancouver, Wash., opened his burger to find a Whopper of nasty ingredients. In this Newsbreak, Lawyers.com Editor-in-Chief Larry Bodine tells what happened when a food services worker spit on a customer’s sandwich. The officer sensed something was wrong and sure enough discovered he purchased a Whopper served not just with cheese but with an extra helping of spite. The sheriff’s deputy took the burger into a …