Defective medical devices present serious risks for patients. Just how big—and how severe—is the problem? Consider this from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA): “Each year, the FDA receives ...

Somewhat surprisingly, the end of 2019 provided two decisions regarding defective certifications, including one from the Federal Circuit. The first case, Kirlin Builders, LLC, ASBCA No. 61901, reminds ...

Defective viruses, thought for decades to be essentially garbage unrelated to the transmission of a virus, now appear able to play a much more important role in the spread of disease, biologists show.

In the past decade the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has collected 5.4 million ‘adverse event’ reports which included 1.7 million injuries and almost 83,000 deaths and nearly half a million ...

Previously, Northern Irish citizens received only six years of protection relating to defective buildings, but this Act extends that period to 15 or 30 years depending on the circumstances. The Act ...