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Healthcare/Hospital Law

Oct. 5, 2006

Louisiana Vioxx Suits Highlight the Dangers of Litigation Public Relations

FORUM COLUMN - By Grant Kaiser - When judges request that counsel not speak to the press, as Judge Eldon Fallon did before the fourth federal Vioxx trial in New Orleans on Sept. 18, they do so to adhere to rules of professional responsibility and to keep the parties from trying their cases in the media.


Forum Column

By Grant Kaiser

     
      When judges request that counsel not speak to the press, as Judge Eldon Fallon did before the fourth federal Vioxx trial in New Orleans on Sept. 18, they do so to adhere to rules of professional responsibility and to keep the parties from trying their cases in the media. The purpose is to insulate the process from the effects of what is referred to in v...

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