- Jason Edward Ochs
- September 11, 2019
Last month an Oklahoma judge ordered pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson to pay $572 million for their part in the opioid epidemic that has spread throughout this country like wild fire. The decision stemmed and rested on the Court’s finding…
- Jason Edward Ochs
- September 9, 2019
The recent arrest and death of the supposed billionaire Jeffrey Epstein has renewed the spotlight on a dark and unpleasant secret that communities do not wish to discuss, unless its about communities other than their own. This is the underground,…
- Jason Edward Ochs
- September 5, 2019
On August 30, 2019 the FDA issued a press release advising the public to avoid purchasing generic and/or bootlegged vape devices. See the release here. The announcement comes on the heels of more than 200 reported lung disease cases that are…
- Jason Edward Ochs
- August 27, 2019
Earlier this week, the New York Times reported that the first death linked to vaping had been reported in the United States. Read the article here. The report occurred on the heels of multiple young adults and teenagers having been…
- Jason Edward Ochs
- August 8, 2019
This week eight teenagers in Wisconsin were admitted to the hospital for suffering severe lung disease believed to be linked to e-cigarettes. Shortly after the news story broke, Illinois also announced that they had minors admitted to the emergency room…
- Jason Edward Ochs
- July 25, 2019
Yesterday, after years of reports connecting textured breast implants to a rare form of cancer known as anaplastic large-cell lymphoma, the FDA finally issued a world-wide recall of the implants. I emphasize the word “finally” because I want to know what…
- Jason Edward Ochs
- July 20, 2019
Sometimes as lawyers we forget that the rest of the world knows far less than we do about the litigations we deal with on a daily basis. One such example is the Roundup litigation. The case stems from non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma,…
- Jason Edward Ochs
- June 4, 2019
The Mesothelioma frontier continues to build against Johnson & Johnson and their talculm-powder based products. Late last week a New York State Jury awarded a woman diagnosed with mesothelioma, who contended that her disease was related to her years of…
- Jason Edward Ochs
- June 3, 2019
The Supreme Court’s decision in Merck v. Albrecht recently published on May 20, 2019 was almost immediately lauded by Merck and defense counsel alike as a “huge win” for pharmaceutical companies. Such is hardly the case, and in truth, the…
- Jason Edward Ochs
- May 31, 2019
Over the past six weeks I have thoroughly enjoyed CNN’s new program Chasing Life with Sanjay Gupta. For those who haven’t seen it, the premise of the show, as Dr. Gupta states from the outset, is to find the secrets…
