Beginning in 2026, alcohol sold in Ireland will be legally required to bear cancer warning labels. The move has sparked fierce opposition from alcohol businesses worldwide, but it is also inspiring a push in some other countries to pursue similar measures. nyti.ms/4aL9MxK

It’s been a year since we first released our reporting on Supreme Court justices, specifically Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito, receiving extravagant gifts from billionaire GOP donors.

Here’s what we found and what’s happened since:

As your students submit their seminar papers, please remind them about the opportunity to submit those papers for the 4th Annual ASLME Anti-Racism Writing Competition. Open to grad students in any discipline! Deadline is July 1.

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America’s billionaires are $1.2 trillion richer than last year: The Countries With The Most Billionaires 2024 forbes.com/sites/devinsea…

TLDR of the Cass Review:

'we disregarded nearly all studies because they weren't double blinded controlled studies. We also stopped reviewing newer studies released in the last two years. As a result, we were left with very little evidence.'

This is an impossible standard.

Very pleased to report that under the new U.S. News ranking methodology my article improved in quality by 5 slots.

#Satire

In Italy, research finds that the use of either e-cigarettes or HTPs predicts starting conventional cigarette smoking among people who never smoked & relapse among people who used to smoke. bit.ly/3IwvZ6A Silvano Martin McKee 🇺🇦 Giuseppe Gorini Alessandra Lugo

Session 4A, Thursday 6/6/2024 from 1:15 - 2:30pm

Immunity Through Bankruptcy for the Sackler Family papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf… (coauthored work with Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD Utah Law)

Sackler PR firm tries to bully two law profs into taking down a manuscript that says true things about the Sackler criminal empire:

Most cancer drugs granted accelerated approval did not demonstrate benefit in overall survival or quality of life within 5 years of accelerated approval. ja.ma/3J3zZMi #AACR24

Viewpoint by @MedLawDan and Christopher Peterson discusses an upcoming US Supreme Court case that could result in the termination of the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which protects the financial well-being of consumers. ja.ma/3xzTauo

Hope folks around West Virginia who are following the #opioid litigation can join us next week for a wide-ranging discussion put together by 𝐖𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐕𝐢𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐚 𝐋𝐚𝐰 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰.

cc: Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD

NEW: Christopher Peterson and I write in JAMA Health Forum on the Supreme Court case that could gut the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (@CFPB).

I’ll break it down. 🧵 (1/17)

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