Judge Gonzalo P. Curiel in the Southern District of California has been in the national spotlight since then-candidate Donald Trump questioned his impartiality in the then-pending Trump University lawsuits. While now-President Trump might not number among his admirers, we like Judge Curiel’s recent contribution to Premarket Approval (PMA) preemption, where he recently dismissed with prejudice all of plaintiffs’ claims in Weaver v. Ethicon, Inc., No. 16CV257-GPC(BGS), 2017 WL 680725 (S.D. Cal. Feb. 21, 2017).

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