- Jason Edward Ochs
- January 10, 2018
Last Month, the California Supreme Court issued a controversial ruling that will allow drug manufacturers to be held liable for generic versions of the same drug manufactured by another company, even if they have sold the rights to the drug…
- Jason Edward Ochs
- October 29, 2017
Across the world, people were fascinated and confused by Flight 370, the Malaysian Airlines Boeing 777 that seemingly vanished in October of 2014. The plane itself, all 239 passengers, the crew, and the piolet, Zaharie Ahmad Shah, disappeared when it…
- Jason Edward Ochs
- October 27, 2017
After nearly four weeks from the tragic events that left 59 people dead and scores of individuals scarred for life both physically and emotionally, the questions are beginning to surface about liability. At the center of this inquiry lies the…
- Jason Edward Ochs
- October 17, 2017
On September 27, 2017 I presented before the Wyoming County Attorney’s Association on the opioid crisis and the impact same was having on Wyoming. The opioid crisis is the worst public health crisis of our generation; far outpacing smoking. Since 2015 approximately 25…
- Jason Edward Ochs
- October 15, 2017
In a bombshell report early this October, the New York Times released an article exposing over three decades of sexual misconduct by Hollywood mega-producer, Harvey Weinstein. As a result, I am taking a brief detour from our usual “product safety”…
- Jason Edward Ochs
- October 2, 2017
Farming communities are divided over the use of Monsanto’s newest and high-profile product. Dicamba is a genetically-modified soybean that is resistant to pesticides. The seed is meant to be used in conjunction with Monsanto weed-killers, such as RoundUp, to allow…
- Jason Edward Ochs
- September 26, 2017
A number of cases over the past decade regarding the Ford F150, F250, and F350 forces potential and current customers to ask themselves a serious question: Can my truck withstand the force of a rollover accident? Many may assume when…
- Jason Edward Ochs
- September 20, 2017
In a warning letter sent to Pfizer Inc., the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) threatened potential legal action over their negligent manufacturing of the emergency allergy treatment, EpiPen. The letter was drafted due to violations of “good manufacturing practices” at…
- Jason Edward Ochs
- September 12, 2017
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a recall for nearly 500,000 pacemakers manufactured by St. Jude Medical (SJM), a subsidiary of Abbott. Pacemakers are implanted in one’s chest to control strange heart rhythms. In an effort to avoid…
- Jason Edward Ochs
- August 31, 2017
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has declared that those without a gallbladder should not use the drug, Viberzi. The medication is used to treat Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) with diarrhea. IBS is essentially the contracting of the large intestine,…
