Minnesota-based medical device company Medtronic has agreed to pay $9.9 million to the federal government in order to settle allegations arising under the False Claims Act – a federal statute designed to incentivize integrity and undermine the efforts of those fraudulently submitting invoices for payment under government contracts. The False... Read more »

The ongoing litigation involving Stryker hip replacements expanded significantly late last month as five new lawsuits were filed in New Jersey state court. The plaintiffs are asserting that Stryker failed to warn patients that a certain coating applied to the outside of the device could lead to severe metal toxicity in... Read more »

With 2,000 Mirena IUD lawsuits pending across the country, plaintiffs are anxiously awaiting their day in court against Bayer Healthcare. Some sixteen cases have been given the green light for early trial dates. These so-called bellwether trials, chosen from 800 cases pending in New Jersey state court, will help gauge how juries... Read more »

Research recently presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons has shed new light on the reasons behind a large proportion of surgical revision procedures in patients who have previously undergone total knee replacements. The study was undertaken in an effort to explain the increase in... Read more »