Lithium-Ion Batteries: A Practitioner's Primer

Law360, New York (November 7, 2016, 5:23 PM EST) -- Rechargeable lithium-ion batteries are a paradox. The very traits that make them so attractive to industry and consumers also make them vulnerable to product liability claims. They are extremely lightweight, but store an incredible amount of energy. Their design is very simple, yet it is excruciatingly complex to perform a failure analysis on them. Lithium is an "unstable" element, yet lithium-ion batteries are very reliable and stable — and there is no actual lithium metal in the batteries. They have been around for more than 25 years, but have only recently received attention for product liability claims....

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