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PRESS RELEASE: Bernstein Liebhard LLP reports on calls for an investigation into the manner in which the DePuy ASR hip recall was handled by the Health Services Executive (“HSE”), the Irish equivalent of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.*  On November 16, 2011, Fine Gael TD Catherine By...

PRESS RELEASE: Bernstein Liebhard LLP is proud to share an interview that Partner Felecia L. Stern recently gave to Art Buono, the co-author of Lawyers.com on the DePuy ASR hip recall litigation.  Since the DePuy ASR artificial hip recall  was initiated in August 2010, lawyers at the Firm have ...

PRESS RELEASE: Bernstein Liebhard LLP is pleased to announce that the firm has been included in the inaugural edition of Benchmark Plaintiff 2012: The Definitive Guide to America’s Leading Plaintiff Firms & Attorneys.  Bernstein Liebhard has been recommended as one of the top litigation fi...

PRESS RELEASE: Bernstein Liebhard LLP reports on Johnson & Johnson’s Third Quarter Earnings Report, which was filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on November 8, 2011.*  The quarterly earnings report details various legal proceedings the Company is currently defending, di...

PRESS RELEASE: Bernstein Liebhard LLP reports that the federal ASR hip replacement lawsuits are steadily rising, with an average of 20 new cases filed daily in the multidistrict litigation, In re: DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc. ASR Hip Implant Products Liability Litigation (“MDL No. 2197”).*  Acco...

PRESS RELEASE: New York, NY November 11, 2011 Bernstein Liebhard LLP reports on an October 19, 2011 study released by the California Technology Assessment Forum (“CTAF”), which found that metal-on-metal hip resurfacing is not as safe and effective as a traditional hip replacement.*  In 20...

PRESS RELEASE: Bernstein Liebhard LLP reports that the Honorable Carol E. Higbee, who is overseeing the consolidated transvaginal mesh lawsuits, In re Pelvic Mesh/Gynecare Litigation (No. 006339-10 (NJ. Super. Ct.)), pending in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Atlantic County, set a trial date o...

PRESS RELEASE: Bernstein Liebhard LLP reports that the Honorable Carol E. Higbee, who is overseeing the consolidated Fosamax lawsuits, In re: Fosamax Litigation (No. 282 NJ. Super. Ct.) pending in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Atlantic County, issued a Case Management Order regarding four Fo...

PRESS RELEASE: Bernstein Liebhard LLP reports on a new study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, which found that the orthopedic implant industry scaled back payments to orthopedic surgeons after settling a lawsuit in 2007 with the Department of Justice for $311 million.*  The lawsui...

PRESS RELEASE: Bernstein Liebhard LLP reports that on October 26, 2011, the Honorable David A. Katz, who is overseeing In re DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc. Hip Implant Liability Litigation (“MDL No. 2197”), issued an order scheduling a status conference with a committee of lawyers appointed by the ...