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The Teitel Firm

Whenever medicine and law converge, Dr. Teitel can help.  He practiced medicine for years as a board certified surgeon, founded and served as CEO of medical device companies, and has been a lawyer since 2002.  … Read More...

Regulatory & FDA Law

The FDA places heavy regulatory burdens on medical device manufacturers and pharma.  Dr. Teitel has broad experience with medical devices from … Read More

General Counsel

Small and early stage medical device companies and health care entities like smaller hospitals, medical practices, and surgicenters have substantial … Read More

Emerging Legal Issues

Google Worker Secrecy Agreements to face California Labor Lawsuit

San Francisco, CA On September 21 the California Court of Appeals ruled that Google and Adecco USA, Inc., a staffing company, must face allegations that the confidentiality agreements required of all [...]

C.R. Bard Hernia Mesh Trial Gets the Green Light

Santa Clara, CA Federal hernia mesh lawsuits filed against C.R. Bard are proceeding with the first bellwhether trial scheduled for January 2021 (it was postponed due to COVID), despite numerous effort [...]

Bayer’s Bumps over Mosanto’s Roundup Litigation

Santa Clara, CA Bayer stated on its website in June 2020 that it will make a total payment of $10.1 billion to $10.9 billion to resolve current and address potential future Roundup Litigation. The $10 [...]

OSF Church Plan Participants Settle for “ERISA Lite”

Benton, IL Participants in the OSF Plans have agreed to settle an ERISA lawsuit, against OSF Healthcare System and related parties, which challenged the plan’s status a church plan. The settlement wil [...]

California Farmworkers Compensated for Unpaid Rest Breaks

San Joaquin, CA A group of farmworkers have finally been compensated after a California appeals court rejected their unpaid rest breaks--twice. The farm laborers first filed their California labor law [...]

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