Wake Up Call: Lawsuit on Viagra Looks Doomed After Judge Rejects Experts

In today’s column, President Trump set his legal team for his impending Senate impeachment trial, and McDermott Will & Emery grabbed a team of four King & Spalding energy regulatory lawyers. Michael Avenatti’s back in jail, and one of Harvey Weinstein’s lawyers says #MeToo is “dangerous” for basic rights.

• Leading off, a California federal judge threw out plaintiffs experts in a suit that alleges Viagra contributes to skin cancer. The ruling, likely to scuttle the multidistrict litigation targeting the erectile dysfunction treatment, is a win for Viagra maker Pfizer Inc. and its lawyer, DLA Piper partner Loren Brown, global co-chairman ...