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Product Liability
Product Liability Law360 provides breaking news and analysis on product liability law. Coverage includes tort-related lawsuits and class actions, multidistrict litigation, product recalls, and product safety enforcement, as well as related policy developments.
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Latest News in Product Liability
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January 15, 2019
Kasowitz Tells DC Circ. That Chem Cos. Hid Dangers
Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP told the D.C. Circuit on Monday that a lower court got it wrong when it tossed the firm's suit accusing four chemical companies of violating the Toxic Substances Control Act by failing to tell the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency about a chemical's alleged danger.
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January 15, 2019
Purdue Brass Pinned Opioid Crisis On Addicts, Mass. AG Says
A court filing by Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey on Tuesday revealed new information about the inner workings of Purdue Pharma and its controlling Sackler family as they marketed OxyContin over the past two decades, including harsh statements by executives that point to a strategy of blaming drug users for addiction to the painkiller.
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January 15, 2019
Insurer Wants Out Of Covering Depomed In Opioid Litigation
Navigators Specialty Insurance Co. has asked a California federal court to affirm that it doesn't have to defend or indemnify Depomed Inc.'s successor in more than three dozen suits over the drugmaker's role in the opioid crisis, saying the policies don't cover opioid-related injuries and "allegedly intentional wrongdoing."
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January 15, 2019
Gottlieb Says 400 FDA Staff Back On Inspections
The head of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday said on Twitter that 400 agency staff members are being called back from furlough to carry out high-risk inspections for food, drugs and medical devices.
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January 15, 2019
Lewis Brisbois Lands Segal McCambridge Team In Philly
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP is significantly beefing up the ranks of its Philadelphia-area office with a team of eight attorneys, including a new co-chair and co-vice chair for its life sciences practice, brought on board from Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney Ltd.
Areas of Coverage
- LITIGATION
- Lawsuits over potentially unsafe, hazardous, or defective products, including drugs and medical devices, food and beverage products, dietary supplements, and other consumer goods
- Product-related class actions and multidistrict litigation
- Liability suits over drugs and medical devices, including off-label marketing, false advertising, and failure-to-warn claims
- Tobacco-related litigation
- Auto defect suits
- Toxic torts, including asbestos-related litigation
- Personal injury and wrongful death suits involving major organizations and events
- Alien Tort Statute cases
- AGENCIES
- U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration
- National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- State product safety regulators
- POLICY & REGULATION
- Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act
- CFederal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
- CProduct safety and consumer protection controls
- ENFORCEMENT
- Product recalls
- Food and drug safety actions
- Vehicle safety actions
- PROFILES
- Personnel moves
- Profiles of product liability practices
Readership
- Mass tort and product liability lawyers at top law firms
- Corporate counsel and compliance officers at Fortune 1000 companies
- Executives and attorneys at consumer goods companies
- Information experts at law firms, agencies, and companies
- Policymakers at federal and state agencies
- Judges and court staff across the U.S.
- Professors, students, and library staff at every accredited law school in the U.S.
- Attorney and law firm marketing professionals