Former Medtronic worker sues company, police over arrest in bomb threat hoax
January 29, 2015 by Brad Perriello
A former Medtronic employee is suing police, the city of Brooklyn Park, Minn., and the company itself for allegedly implicating him in a pair of hoax bomb threats phoned in to Medtronic 2 years ago.
Chia Doua Yang alleges that a pair of supervisors fingered him as a suspect during the police investigation of the January 2013 bomb threats, leading to his arrest and detention for 2 nights, according to Yang’s complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for Minnesota. Read more
Plaintiffs to J&J on fraud claims: Prove it
January 29, 2015 by Brad Perriello
Allegations made by Johnson & Johnson about a campaign of telephone solicitation aimed at generating more lawsuits over its pelvic mesh products aren’t backed by any proof, the plaintiffs argued last week, saying the company’s move to force the plaintiffs to prove they have valid claims is just a delaying tactic.
The company wants Judge Joseph Goodwin, who’s overseeing the multi-district litigation that covers 10s of thousands of product liability lawsuits, to force plaintiffs to prove that they have a legitimate claim, according to court documents. And it wants Goodwin to force the plaintiffs’ lawyers to testify under oath and in front of the judge “to determine who may be profiting from the unethical and illegal direct solicitation of women and whether further investigation of others is warranted,” according to the documents. Read more
Supremes send patent cases back to appeals court
January 26, 2015 by MassDevice
The U.S. Supreme Court today sent 3 patent cases, including 1 dispute over Shire’s Lialda drug, back to a lower court for further proceedings in light of a ruling the justices issued last week.
All 3 cases will now be reconsidered by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Read more