A new study conducted by researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, an affiliate of Harvard Medical School, has found that the number of medical malpractice claims paid by physicians have substantially decreased over the last two decades. However, the payout amounts…
Last week, Barry Cadden, the owner of a Massachusetts compounding pharmacy, was acquitted of 25 counts of second-degree murder stemming from a 2012 meningitis outbreak caused by contaminated drugs that his company had sold. The outbreak swept panic throughout the…
The massive Taxotere multi-district litigation (“MDL”) arises out of a breast cancer chemotherapy drug, which plaintiffs claim has caused the undisclosed side-effect of permanent baldness. As is common in many large-scale pharmaceutical cases, the Taxotere case involves hundreds of claims,…
Class actions may be brought for a variety of reasons, from plaintiffs who have been injured by pharmaceutical drugs, defective products, or asbestos poisoning to those non-physical injuries such as workplace discrimination. The class action mechanism is a cornerstone of…
Since the death of Justice Antonin Scalia last year, the vacancy in the United States Supreme Court has been a contentious topic of debate. With the Court essentially split, with four conservative and four liberal justices currently sitting on the…
On January 31st, five days before the New England Patriots’ late-game Super Bowl win over the Atlanta Falcons, a former San Francisco 49ers cheerleader filed a federal lawsuit against the National Football League. Identified only as an anonymous “Jane Doe,”…
Lawyers increasingly rely on expert witnesses in drugs liability cases, toxic torts cases, criminal cases, and immigration cases. However, an increased reliance on expert witness by immigration asylum attorneys can feel like a catch-22 for some asylum applicants. Although an…
Within the past two decades the prevalence of obesity in the United States has risen dramatically, enough to classify the occurrence as an epidemic.5 Obesity is attributed to 300,000 annual deaths and is associated with a long list of health…
Each year, The Expert Institute offers two scholarships to deserving students pursuing degrees in law as well as healthcare. In 2016, we saw hundreds of applicants for both our annual Legal Blog Post Writing Contest as well as our Healthcare and…
Due to the specialized nature of expert witnesses, attorneys may be find themselves in situations where they need to hire an expert witness who doesn’t live or work nearby. While experts usually charge set hourly fees for relevant tasks such…