Betting on Justice: Borrowing to sue

By Binyamin Appelbaum and Ben Hallman

Large banks, hedge funds and private investors hungry for new and lucrative opportunities are bankrolling other people’s lawsuits, pumping h

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Misconduct and punishment

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Methodology, The Team for Harmful Error

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IMPACT: Influential N.Y. ethics panel cautions lawyers on dealings with lawsuit funding companies

By Ben Hallman

Excerpts from this story referencing "University of California, Los Angeles":

"… the states that have followed. Stephen C. Yeazell, a law professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, and a leading historian of the civil justice system, said the trend was l …"

Painkiller trial raises questions for FDA, Pfizer

By Shannon Brownlee and Jeanne Lenzer

In February 2005, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) called a three-day hearing to review the risks of three painkillers known as C

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Drug makers' dime funds Congressional travel

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More big money from pharmaceutical lobby in 2008

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Checkbook politics

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"… m,” agreed Dr. Jerome Hoffman, an expert in clinical epidemiology at the University of California, Los Angeles. In the case of Celebrex, he said, there isn’t any evidence of greater p …"