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U.S. Third Circuit Rejects Claims of Preemption and Allows Fosamax Cases to Proceed
In 2022, over 500 plaintiffs filed a case alleging that Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., a drug manufacturing company, failed to provide adequate warnings that one of their drugs increased the risk of atypical femoral fractures….By: Fishman Haygood LLP
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BCM One Files Official Notice of Data Breach
On January 2, 2025, BCM One Inc. filed a notice of data breach with the Attorney General of Massachusetts after discovering that the company was the recent victim of what appears to have been a cyberattack. In this notice, BCM One explains that the incident resulted in an unauthorized party being able to access consumers’…
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South Korea Fails to Detain Impeached President in Standoff at His Home
Blocked by bodyguards, officials retreated after several hours without serving a court warrant to hold President Yoon Suk Yeol for questioning on insurrection charges.
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South Korea’s Dueling Protests
A standoff between the impeached president’s security team and officials seeking to detain him was echoed on the streets outside the presidential residence.
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A Long Fight to Keep a Closer Eye on Madrasas Unravels in Pakistan
In a deal with Islamist parties, Pakistan is abandoning a requirement that religious seminaries, long seen by Western officials as a potential threat, register with the government.
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Saudi Arabia and U.A.E. Tread Cautiously With Syria’s New Leaders
The two Mideast powerhouses have been trying to block the rise of Islamist groups in the region for two decades. The rebel takeover in Damascus will test that approach.
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European Ministers Visit Syria to Strengthen Ties With New Government
Top diplomats from Germany and France went to Damascus on behalf of the European Union. It’s the first such trip in years, part of a flurry of Western outreach.
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Film Independent President Josh Welsh Dies at 62
I am saddened to hear of the passing of Josh Welsh, the longtime president of Film Independent, and on behalf of all of us at RogerEbert.com we offer our deepest condolences to his wife Bonnie and his daughter Isla. He was only 62 years old when he passed away on New Year’s Eve, December 31,…
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This Tiny Fish’s Mistaken Identity Halted a Dam’s Construction
Scientists say the snail darter, whose endangered species status delayed the building of a dam in Tennessee in the 1970s, is a genetic match of a different fish.
