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: Sentencing Law and PolicyDucan Fanfan loses appeal seeking greater crack sentence reduction
By Douglas A. Berman
Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on March 04, 2009 (boomark / email).
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Loses Appeal, Will Pay Millions
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$5.5 MIllion Settlement
Landlord loses Class Action
Cipro
The FDA is seeking to add black box warnings of the risk of tendon rupture associated with Cipro and Levaquin.
The ruptures can involve Achilles tendon, shoulder, hand, bicep or thumb tendons, and is especially increased in patients older than 60, or people who have received kidney, heart or lung transplants, as well as people on steroid therapy...

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