Saturday, June 12, 2010

2008 Federal ENHANCE/Vytorin® Securities/ERISA Cases: Handling Expert Reports And Testimony


As regular readers know, in December 2009, the very-able Judge Cavanaugh previously ordered that all remaining unsettled federal securities putative class actions be coordinated, for the purpose of expediting discovery [some additional background].

. . . .for the purpose of pre-trial discovery only. . . . these matters will be coordinated. . . .

Yesterday, the various parties agreed as to how they would handle expert witnesses reports, and the taking of discovery depositions -- again, to expedite getting through the roughly 5.5 million pages of discovery-documents, while quizzing these respective experts -- on both sides. Note that the agreement hastens the day when Ex-CEO Fred Hassan, and Ex-EVP Carrie S. Cox will be sworn in, and seated in a deposition room. That's a good thing -- here's a bit of the proposed order:



And here are the cases to which this agreement applies:



5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Originally, your mission of shinning a spot light on toe-scum like Hassan and Cox to bloggish justice or reporting on the presumed legal justice has been delightful to many people watching this blog. We have all applauded your actions and love you posts to the S-P follies, deceit and all out lies.

However, you have taken the subjects like illegal aliens, health/death reform and Merck(non legacy S-P) issues into the realm of your reporting has deluded your voice. Your original S-P message spilling over into Merck seems to look like a witch hunt now paid for by Pfizer. The graphics are what give it away. It has also weakened your message and clouded many of us that don’t see or don’t “believe in” your hard leftwing political views.

Dare I suggest purifying yourself at this point?

condor said...

That's very useful commentary, Anonymous.

I actually think pretty highly of most of what Merck does -- but I am going to "call 'em as I see 'em."

I think if people find it interesting, they'll keep coming -- and, actually my traffic is up quite a bit, post merger (since November 2009).

So, I'll probably write what interests me, either way -- with, or without traffic.

Sincerely, I invite you to do the same. Don't read the "off-topic" ones, if they don't suit you.

As to purifying -- I undertake a daily spiritual practice that will remain private -- that is enough purifying, for me. I won't go so far as to suggest, though it might be fair for me to do so, that -- as Georg Christoph Lichtenberg wrote:

"A [blog] is like a mirror: If an ass were to peer into it, one cannot expect that an apostle will peer back out. . . ."

Seriously -- do feel free not to look into this mirror.

Namaste, to all the Infinite in you.

condor said...

I apologize -- I take the immediately above back -- I could have (more charitably) simply said:

"What?! This isn't FREE enough for ya'??"

Namaste

Anonymous said...

Concerning Ezetimibe/Simvastatin:
Have you heard of this small German study published in the "European Heart Journal"?

http://eurheartj.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2010/06/01/eurheartj.ehq181.abstract

It suggests a scientific reason why Ezetimibe may lower LDL cholesterol, yet fail to prevent atherosclerosis.

Condor said...

Thanks Anonymous! --

I plan to post on this, once it is out from behind the early-release (subscription only) firewall.

Very grateful to you [in DC?]!

Namaste