Over the past few months, federal lawmakers have drafted legislation that, if approved, will speed up the review and approval process for new pharmaceutical and medical devices. Called the "21st Century Cures Act" (the Act) by the U.S. House of Representatives, the...

The Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects citizens from unreasonable searches and seizures. For a lot of folks, their first experience with their Fourth Amendment rights will come behind the wheel of car when they’ve been pulled over by the police for suspicion...

Recently, I wrote about the epidemic of painkiller abuse and overdoses that leave 46 people dead every day in the United States. While many of the individuals who abuse prescription painkillers are drug addicts simply looking for a high, thousands of patients wind...

In a recent unanimous decision, the Georgia Supreme Court issued what could be a dramatic blow to the state’s “implied consent” law. The concept of that law is that by applying for and receiving a Georgia driver’s license, you’ve already given your “implied...