Osborn Law PC represents persons who have taken Aredia or Zometa (manufactured by Novartis) or Fosamax (manufactured by Merck) or Actonel (manufactured by Procter & Gamble) and suffer from osteonecrosis of the jaw, or ONJ. The lawsuits allege that Novartis, Merck and Procter & Gamble failed to warn consumers about this potential side effect, which is painful, disfiguring and can require jaw replacement surgery. For more details about the lawsuits against Novartis, log on to:

A lawsuit has been filed by the Postal Inspectors of the United States Postal Service alleging that the Postal Services has failed to pay them overtime as required by the Fair Labor Standards Act. The case is pending in federal court in Los Angeles, California. Originally dismissed by the District Court, the dismissal was reversed by the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on August 27, 2007. For more details on this lawsuit, log on to:

Osborn Law PC has filed suit against Pfizer alleging that the company failed to pay overtime to its pharmaceutical representatives. The lawsuit is pending in federal court in New York.

Our Firm represents current and former truck drivers/delivery men of Affinity Logistics. The drivers contend that Affinity misclassified them as independent contractors, instead of employees, so that the company could avoid paying employee benefits and could require the drivers to pay all of the expenses associated with their work, like uniforms, worker’s compensation insurance, truck leases and fuel. The suit is pending in federal court in San Diego, California. On June 5, 2008, Judge Semmartino ruled that the drivers may be employess, not independent contractors, setting the stage for a trial on this issue.

The Firm has filed separate lawsuits against Cynosure and Sanofi-Aventis alleging that these companies sent out millions of facsimiles in violation of a federal statute that prohibits mass faxing to persons who have not consented to receive such faxes. The Cynosure case is pending in state court in Massachusetts; the Sanofi-Aventis case is pending in state court in Pennsylvania.