Hour 1
Public Health and Medical Professionals for Transparency Versus Pfizer
This nonprofit, made up of public health professionals, medical professionals, scientists, and journalists exists solely to obtain and disseminate the data relied upon by the FDA to license COVID-19 vaccines. The organization takes no position on the data other than that it should be made publicly available to allow independent experts to conduct their own review and analyses. Any data received will be made public on this website.
https://phmpt.org/
The court documents are here.
https://phmpt.org/court-documents/
INSTEAD OF FDA’S REQUESTED 500 PAGES PER MONTH, COURT ORDERS FDA TO PRODUCE PFIZER COVID-19 DATA AT RATE OF 55,000 PAGES PER MONTH!
On behalf of a client, my firm requested that the FDA produce all the data submitted by Pfizer to license its Covid-19 vaccine. The FDA asked the Court for permission to only be required to produce at a rate of 500 pages per month, which would have taken over 75 years to produce all the documents.
https://aaronsiri.substack.com/p/instead-of-fdas-requested-500-pages
The Informed Consent Action Network
With your help, we can continue to win pivotal lawsuits, reach new audiences and bring important information to the public, free of charge. This historic effort is not possible without your generosity. Join our quest, and donate today.
https://www.icandecide.org/ican-get-informed/
2021 Updates to Ediscovery for Defendants Cheat Sheet
It’s been a while (since mid-2020) since we last updated our cheat sheet devoted to ediscovery for defendants. That’s because, unlike most of our other cheat sheets and scorecards, cases involving defense discovery of plaintiffs’ social media can be found in a wide variety of non-drug/device contexts – other personal injury, employment, civil rights, anything where a plaintiff’s personal conduct could be relevant.
https://www.druganddevicelawblog.com/2021/12/2021-updates-to-ediscovery-for-defendants-cheat-sheet.html#page=1
Hour 2
5200 Enterprises Ltd. v. City of New York
In the early 1900s, New York City used a Brooklyn powerhouse to provide electricity for its trolley system. In 1940, the City took ownership of the power plant and removed a smokestack, placed it in the building’s basement, on top of a mechanical system that was insulated with friable asbestos-containing material, and buried it under a concrete slab. Enterprises acquired the property in 1986. An asbestos inspection by the city revealed that the property was contaminated with PCBs. The property was placed on New York’s Registry of Inactive Hazardous Waste Disposal Sites, rendering it effectively worthless.
https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/ca11/20-13753/20-13753-2022-01-05.html
Hyde v. City of Wilcox
Officers deployed their Tasers multiple times, then tackled Hyde. After Hyde was in a restraint chair, Pralgo again used his Taser. Callahan-English used her arms to force Hyde’s head into a restraint hold. Minutes later Hyde rolled his head back, gasping for air, as officers passed by. He stopped breathing. Officers tried to revive him. Days later, Hyde died. Hyde’s causes of death included blunt force injuries, kidney damage caused by muscle breakdown, enlarged heart, and coronary artery atherosclerosis.
https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/ca9/21-15142/21-15142-2022-01-06.html
Emmanuel Worship Center v. City of Petersburg
The City of Petersburg brought an action against the Emmanuel Worship Center and its trustees (collectively, EWC) for delinquent taxes. The circuit court found that EWC owed the City for delinquent real estate taxes and then issued a decree of sale. EWC paid to redeem its property and then filed a bill of review seeking reversal or modification of the decree of sale and an award of the amounts it had paid to the City, arguing that it was constitutionally exempt from paying real estate taxes because the property was owned and used exclusively for religious purposes.
https://law.justia.com/cases/virginia/supreme-court/2022/201322.html
Tennessee Non-Profits File Amicus Brief in Coral Ridge Ministries SCOTUS Petition Against Amazon
The Family Action Council of Tennessee Inc. (FACT) and Constitutional Government Defense Fund (CGDF) have weighed in on the case against the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) for defamation and against Amazon.com Inc. and the AmazonSmile Foundation for religious discrimination.
Plaintiff Coral Ridge Ministries Media sued the defendants after AmazonSmile denied its application for donation eligibility, owing to Coral Ridge’s placement on the SPLC’s “Hate Map,” which geographically depicts entities characterized as hate groups, and in this case, Coral Ridge as anti-LGBTQ.
Lakes v. U.S. Bank Trust
A homeowners’ association foreclosed its lien on the subject property. The property was eventually transferred to Appellant by deed expressly providing that Appellant’s interest was subject to any claims, encumbrances, or liens. U.S. Bank Trust, the assignee of the first deed of trust, sought to quiet title.
https://law.justia.com/cases/nevada/supreme-court/2021/79324.html
Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Ezekiel 4:9 Manufacturer for Misleading Protein Claims
“Ezekiel 4:9” food products, such as breads and cereals, that claim “7g plant-based protein per serving”
“to determine the amount of essential amino acids that the food contains and then combine that into a discount factor score based on humans’ ability to digest the amino acid profile,”
“only 40-50% of the protein from those sources will be digested and available to humans.”
From the Complaint
Merck Sued over Shingles Vaccine
Picture Of Disbarment
we have considered that, following entry of this Court’s order of interim suspension in September 2020, the Court has twice found respondent guilty of criminal contempt of court for holding himself out as an attorney, practicing law, and accepting legal fees from clients in disregard of the lawful mandates set forth in the order of interim suspension. Accordingly, we conclude that respondent should be disbarred.
https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/legal_profession/2021/12/the-new-york-appellate-division-for-the-fourth-judicial-department-in-august-2020-the-grievance-committee-filed-a-petition.html
Judge slams Davis Wright for failing to mention settled, adverse caselaw, orders $40K in sanctions
“Had the defense not cobbled together a quick brief, the court was prepared to issue a completely illegal order based on the law as presented by the hospital; law the court later learned to be a fiction,” McShane said.
Hutcheson and Davis Wright “essentially argue that although in hindsight they could have done more to alert the court of binding, contrary precedent, their actions are not sanctionable because they were merely arguing for an ‘extension’ of existing caselaw and were unable to identify any case ‘on all fours’ with the underlying facts here,” McShane wrote. “This explanation is meritless.”
https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/judge-slams-davis-wright-for-failing-to-mention-longstanding-settled-case-law-orders-40k-sanction/
The Conspirators: The Proud Boys and Oath Keepers on Jan. 6
Of the more than 700 individuals who have been charged with federal crimes stemming from the Jan. 6 Capitol Riot, only about 40 have been accused of “conspiracy”—meaning that they are accused of planning and coordinating with others in advance to commit crimes on that date. Of the 40 conspiracy defendants, the vast majority are either Oath Keepers or Proud Boys.
https://www.lawfareblog.com/conspirators-proud-boys-and-oath-keepers-jan-6
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