Two West Virginia attorneys want a federal court in the state to block a new law restricting what lawyers can say in advertisements seeking clients who allegedly have been injured by drugs or medical devices.
Steven Recht and Stephen New asked the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia Wednesday for an order declaring the Prevention of Deceptive Lawsuit Advertising and Solicitation Practices Regarding the Use of Medications Act violates their First Amendment rights.
Alesha Bailey, a woman who says she wouldn’t have known about her potential claims against the maker of the diabetes drug Invokana if ...
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