The Teitel Firm

Where Medicine and Law Converge

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

The Obstacle Course to Bayer Monsanto’s Roundup Settlements

Santa Clara, CA Almost 43,000 plaintiffs claiming that Bayer’s Monsanto Roundup weed killer caused their non-Hodgkin's lymphoma have been told by their attorneys that several obstacles must be ov [...]

E-Cigarette Toxic Vape Ban Less Than Meets the Eye, Critics Say

Washington, DC Effective February 6, a change in FDA policy banned sales of fruit, mint and dessert-flavored vape pods that were reportedly intended to attract teens. The effectiveness of this ban in [...]

Judge to Uber on AB5: That Means You, Too, and Now

Los Angeles, CA On February 10, the District Court for the Central District of California denied a motion for injunction that would halt enforcement of California’s Gig Worker Law against Uber and Pos [...]

Discrimination Pervasive Despite California Labor Law

Sacramento, CA California has always been at the forefront of protecting individuals from workplace discrimination and employment laws. Despite the California labor law, within some groups, discrimina [...]

3M Earplug Lawsuits Filed by Veterans Mounting

Maplewood, MN As of January 2020, approximately 1,000 defective earplug lawsuits, filed by over 2,000 U.S. veterans were transferred to the MDL court in Florida. All plaintiffs claim that 3M, the manu [...]

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