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PRESS RELEASE: Bernstein Liebhard LLP, a nationwide law firm representing clients with metal-on-metal hip implants, is pleased to report that on April 25, 2012, the European Parliament’s Environment and Public Health Committee unanimously passed a resolution seeking to create a medical implant ...

PRESS RELEASE: Bernstein Liebhard LLP, a New York law firm nationally recognized for its consumer protection and mass tort practices, reports that on May 10, 2012, the Honorable David A. Katz, who is overseeing In re: DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc. ASR Hip Implant Products Liability Litigation (“MDL ...

PRESS RELEASE: Bernstein Liebhard LLP reports on a May 9, 2012 metal hip replacement warning issued by Health Canada, the Canadian national health regulatory agency, cautioning patients about potential metal hip implant side effects. Health Canada warned patients to be aware of the following sign...

PRESS RELEASE: Bernstein Liebhard LLP reports on a new U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) analysis published on May 9, 2012 that cautions against long term use of Fosamax due to its uncertain benefits and the possibility of bisphosphonate complications. The FDA review, published in The...

PRESS RELEASE: Bernstein Liebhard LLP, a New York law firm nationally recognized for its consumer protection and mass tort practices, reports that the Honorable James E. Kinkeade, who is overseeing In re: DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc. Pinnacle Hip Implant Products Liability Litigation (“MDL No. 2244...

PRESS RELEASE: Bernstein Liebhard LLP, a New York law firm nationally recognized for its consumer protection and mass tort practices, reports on the results of a 2011 survey conducted by the Union of Concerned Scientists (“UCS”) that showed that workers in the U.S. Food and Drug Administratio...

PRESS RELEASE: Bernstein Liebhard LLP, a New York law firm nationally recognized for its consumer protection and mass tort practices, reports on the continued debate over metal hip safety, originally raised in an investigation conducted by the British Medical Journal (“BMJ”) published on Febr...

On April 12, 2012, DePuy representatives wrote a letter of criticism in response to a British Medical Journal (“BMJ”) study published on February 28, 2012 questioning the safety of metal hip replacements. The BMJ hip study concluded that DePuy knew the potential dangers associated with its metal...

PRESS RELEASE: Bernstein Liebhard LLP, a New York law firm nationally recognized for its consumer protection and mass tort practices, is currently evaluating lawsuits on behalf of individuals who used the NuvaRing contraceptive device and suffered side effects such as blood clots, pulmonary embol...

PRESS RELEASE: Bernstein Liebhard LLP reports that a series of depositions of DePuy Orthopaedic executives as well as one of the developers of the recalled hip replacement systems were recently noticed in In re: DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc. ASR Hip Implant Products Liability Litigation (“MDL No. 21...