On September 7, the AEI Liability Project will be hosting a panel on the recent Ernst v. Merck case (Aug. 22, Aug. 19 and links therein) and its implications for pharmaceutical regulation and the justice system. I'll be speaking, along with Jack Calfee of AEI; Dan Troy, former chief counsel of the FDA and currently at Sidley & Austin; and Evan Schaeffer, who, along with co-counsel from other firms, has a plaintiffs-side docket of Vioxx cases from his Madison County base.