The gateway matter began with Howsam’s claim that the Dean Witter, Inc. misrepresented attributes of interests she bought in four limited partnerships between 1986 and 1994. Howsam’s claim is subject to arbitration and she has decided to use the National Association of Securities Dealers arbitration process which states that no dispute over six years old may be arbitrated. The plaintiff filed with the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals to appeal the District Court decision that Howsam has the right to arbitrate and determine the applicable statute of limitations.…
The Defendant, in turn, has filed a countersuit against The Company on the grounds of wrongful termination. Information about the termination was given to The Defendant after she reported that she would be requiring additional time off due to high-risk factors related to her…
M.S. is a 35-year-old female who came into urgent care at Kaiser Permanente Riverside. She presented with a sore ankle that was causing her problems after accidently twisting it by missing a step in going down a set of stairs. The only prior medical history that M.S. has is a history of asthma that is currently managed with appropriate medications. Even though she has a history of asthma, she reports smoking cigarettes and often drinks alcohol. She also reported not having a very healthy diet. Upon examination of M.S. ankle, it is concluded that she minors sprained. During normal examination, her vitals signs are obtained which showed a respiratory rate of 16, pulse of 100, temperature 97.2OF, blood pressure of 151/91, pulse oximetry of 99%. Since it was noted that her blood pressure and heart rate where both high, it is assessed on the opposite arm and it showed a blood pressure…
In recent years, there has been an expansion of product development activities for colorectal cancer through a number of new public-private partnerships (PPPs). However, there is a lack of credible drug leads to feed the development pipeline of these PPPs and there is a great need for new drug discovery initiatives to produce such leads. There is a need to go beyond lead discovery and identify drug candidates that can be further developed.…
The Medicines Company Case Write-Up: Terence Cho, Felipe Duarte, Aleks Loiko, Robert Shaw, and James Wang…
As Chief Justice Berger states in Dynamic Law, regarding the precedent of the United States v. Dotterweich, in which the CEOs of a corporation put the public at risk with his decisions to ‘cut corners’ in production of pharmaceuticals “the accused, if he does not will the violation, usually is in a position to prevent it” (Berger, as cited in Kubasek et al., 2011, p. 161), and the same can be said both for Defendant Matt as well as Defendant Ian in this…
Plaintiff sought relief in the form of appointment to the position she was denied, back pay, costs and attorney's fees, front pay, and punitive and liquidated damages.…
Per your request, our legal team, courtesy of Legal Eagles, LLP, wishes to advise you regarding your tentative legal action against Mechanics National Bank (“National Bank”). As you alleged, National Bank was negligent in their failure to remove a lien on your Lagoon Beach property. Our legal team has assessed this and other concerns of your case. Outlined throughout this correspondence are conclusions we have made and recommendations we wish you consider.…
PROCEDURAL POSTURE: Plaintiff appealed a judgment from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington in favor of defendants on claims for misappropriation of trade secrets under Wash. Rev. Code § 19.108.010(4), and violation of the Washington Consumer Protection Act, Wash. Rev. Code § 19.86.020.…
AstraZeneca is constantly trying to develop new medicines. These medicines must be tested and researched before being put on the market for human use. National and international laws dictate how to record information and data collected and this is one of the goals set forth by AstraZeneca. In order to be in compliance AstraZeneca must follow guidelines for recording data and they must maintain transparency when reporting the collected information. Failure to do so results in fines, loss of funding and grants, and possibly being shut down.…
Past History: Smokes ½ a pack of cigarettes per day (since she was a teenager)…
In the book “Leaving Dirty Jersey” by James Salant (2007, the main character is a drug addict. Like most drug addicts, he has committed several crimes. Possession of methamphetamine and heroin, sales manufacture of methamphetamine and heroin, grand theft, auto fraud, assault, and battery are al violations. And can be serious felony or misdemeanor offense according to the California Penal Code. James, as a young teenager, often felt ignored by his psychologist parents. Hi troublesome older brother, Hoe, was always involved in some mishap. All that affection deficiency led James to start experimenting with drugs. He first started experiencing LSD, ecstasy and heroin which all are illegal. It is a bit odd that James resided in Priceton, New Jersey in an upper middle class home. Society would think someone raised in that sort of upbringing would turn out well educated but James is the complete contrary to that belief . In fact, because his family had money he was able to afford all those drugs and also because his family would barely pay attention to him it caused him t commit excessive amount of crimes. D I think James Salant committed crimes? Yes I sure do think so. Drug addicts commit crimes purposely in order to get money to buy drugs. Their addictions drives them to commit heinour criminal acts. After failed treatments, Jimmy meets Luke and Wendy, who are addicts as well. However, their drug of choice is methamphetamine. They introduce the crystal meth world in Riverside, Ca to Jimmy. Ames not only becomes addicted to it but he also begins selling it. Which all are criminal acts. According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administrations National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 23.5 million persons aged 12 or older need treatment for an illicit drug or alcohol abuse problem in 2009.” James and all his drug addict friends need some sort of drug treatment. Do I think James and his friends are criminals? Yes I do think so because he did illegal…
Although this article was published in 1992, it provided me with an abundance of facts for the history of litigation and how it exploded into such a large industry…
This specific business was unquestionably captivated in immoral research performance. This is a pharmaceutical corporation that operated with a university professor that supplied the required research linked to the medication of flu (Dominick & Wimmer, 2010). Throughout the course of their agreement, the professor was requested to maintain the research information secretly and not to divulge any information to other people. The business did not want the professor to divulge information because the company was holding back important information, thus arbitrating the company as unethical. The pharmaceutical company wanted to ensure that the company received high rates, regardless if the investigation was accurate at the rate of shared interests.…
Optimization was performed using Excel to determine what production/distribution allocation would minimize the overall cost while accounting for fixed and variable cost of production, as well as transportation and import costs. My particular optimization determined that Japan should be idled on production of both chemicals while Germany (Europe) should be idled on production of Relax. The following shows the amount of each chemical that each region should make as well as plant capacity in millions of kg.…