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Article

Publication Date

9-5-2011

Abstract

The U.S. Supreme Court ruling in PLIVA Inc. v. Mensing will immunize generic drug manufacturers facing failure-to-warn claims from state-law liability, and may also have implications for preemption jurisprudence more generally, says attorney Brian Wolfman and co-author Dena Feldman in this BNA Insight. The authors analyze the ruling, and offer their views on the questions that PLIVA raises about the ongoing vitality of the presumption against preemption, the standard for determining ‘‘impossibility’’ preemption, and the propriety of deference to an agency’s views on preemption.

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Reproduced with permission from Product Safety & Liability Reporter, 39 PSLR 972 (Sept. 5, 2011). Copyright 2011 by The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. (800-372-1033) http://www.bna.com

Publication Citation

39 Prod. Safety & Liab. Rep. (BNA), at 972-982 (Sept. 5, 2011)

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