Mark Lanier
Mark Lanier
William Mark Lanieris an American trial lawyer. In October 2012, Mr. Lanier was awarded the coveted Clarence Darrow Award. In 2015, Mark Lanier was named the 2015 Trial Lawyer of the Year by The National Trial Lawyers and The Trial Lawyer magazine during the Trial Lawyers Summit in Miami...
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My message to Merck is that I'm just warming up.
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Merck should come to the table and accept responsibility.
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Merck is still going to try and fight the next several cases and try to pull the next couple of wins out of a hat, so that Merck can say this was a bizarre coincidence,
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From Merck's victories, I've leaned that you must tie their lawyers to the truth. They specialize in mudslinging.
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I felt like we had truth and the jury was paying attention. They had a very tough case to defend. The documents are very difficult for Merck.
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We want to pick a jury that will pay attention to the evidence and hold Merck to the truth. This case is really about whether drug companies have to tell the truth to the public, and Merck failed to do that.
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We've had an incredibly attentive jury. They're sharp, they understand the case and that bodes well for us.
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It's gonna be 4:30 on a Friday. That gives the wet cement of what they've listened to time to dry.
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It will at least preclude lawyers like me from saying they've resolved to never settle any,
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We have a right to know. They ought to tell us the good, the bad and the ugly.
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What a jury is going to get is A, Merck fudged on the details. B, the fudge was in their favor. C, it was on purpose. D, Merck lied about fudging, or at least covered it up. And E, the most prestigious medical journal in the United States of America has called their hand on it and said this is unethical and wrong.
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Our studies have indicated this thing plays well right across the line. Everybody needs to trust in the medical system. The only way we can trust in it is if companies are telling the truth.
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There was no evidence he had a sample box.
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This lawyer didn't make marketing and Merck's deceptions on science the center of the case, ... And that was a mistake because that's the most compelling part.