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Product Liability - July, 2009

168 articles

• Judge In Scruggs Bribery Fiasco Pleads Guilty
• Food Safety Bill May Put Too Much On FDA's Plate
• EPA Reaches Deal With Disinfectant Maker
• Minn. Faults Engineering Firm For Bridge Collapse
• Obama Taps Former Lawmaker To Join CPSC
• Novartis Bests Defect Claims In Trileptal Suit
• Party Breaks Up In Shrimp Lovers' Costco Action
• Insurer's Class Action Over Trasylol Dismissed
• Pfizer Finalizes $75M Trovan Deal With Nigeria
• Abbott Yanks Potentially Lethal Coronary Catheters
• 1st Case To Go To Trial In Neurontin MDL Dropped
• Male Enhancement, Bodybuilding Products Recalled
• Suit Over VW Windows Sent To State Court
• Sens. Seek Help For Chinese Drywall Homeowners
• Q&A With Katten's Jonathan Edgar
• Chinese Drywall Exposure: Not Armageddon
• Food Safety Enhancement Act Shy 7 Votes In House
• FDA Says Bodybuilding Products Contain Steroids
• Citgo Ordered To Pay La. Workers Over Oil Spill
• Doctor Hides Ties To Medtronic At Senate Hearing
• FDA To List Mercury Dental Fillings As Moderate Risk
• PG&E, DOJ Reach $14.8M Deal Over Calif. Fire
• Insurer Seeks Distance From Birth Defects Suits
• Baby Formula Suit Against Abbott Survives
• Crawfish Buyers Seek Class Cert. In Bayer Action
• Jury Snubs Yacht Makers In Cracking Gel Coat Trial
• Pilkington Bests Insurers In Epic Coverage Spat
• Nissan Asks Court To Toss Tire System Class Action
• Merck's Bid To Block Expert Testimony Mostly Fails
• Consumers Claim Dell Notebooks Have Design Defect
• Suit Over Lead In Playtex Baby Bottle Coolers Tossed
• For Crocs, Escalator-Injury Suits Keep Coming
• Doe Run Can't Stay Hartford Indemnity Claims: Judge
• Q&A With Dickstein Shapiro's Peter Morgan
• Pfizer Sets $75M Trovan Deal In Stone
• Class Cert. Order Vacated In Chevron Asbestos Case
• Lilly Allowed To Keep Expert Out Of Prozac Death Suit
• Wyeth's 'Medical Ghostwriting' Docs To See Daylight
• Defendants Say Hot Fuel MDL A Public Policy Issue
• House Bill Calls For Truth In 'Trans Fat-Free' Labeling
• Plaintiffs Amend Class Actions In Lawn Mower MDL
• Yaz, Yasmin Plaintiffs Appeal To JPMDL
• No New Cooper Tire Trial After $1.5M Crash Verdict
• New Complaint Allowed In AstraZeneca Pain Med Suit
• Tainted Baby Formula Insurance Spat Won't Be Nixed
• Specter Calls To Lower Civil Pleading Standard
• 9th Circ. Backs Valdez Damages Plan
• Assessing Nanotechnology Risk — No Small Matter
• Digitek Judge Allows Contact With Actavis Workers
• Waffle Buyers Lose Class Certification Bid
• Chrysler Judge Lifts Stay For Talks In 2 Appeals
• Denny's Sued Over Sodium Content Disclosure
• Couple's Defective Crib Claims Put To Bed
• Q&A With Sheppard Mullin's Polly Towill
• Asbestos Group Denied Relief In CAA Suit V. St. Louis
• Jury Sides With Nissan In Rollover Lawsuit
• Case Over Lilly's Zyprexa Gets Booted For 2nd Time
• Litigators Leave DLA Piper For Philly-Based Firm
• Bottled Water Group Sues Over 'Poison' Canteen Ads
• FDA Warns Abbott About Marketing Of HIV Drug
• Hot Dogs Are The New Tobacco: Consumer Action
• Formula Maker Adds Claim In Tainted-Product Suit
• CPSC Issues Tracking-Label Guidance
• Fire Hazard Prompts Polaris To Yank ATVs
• Health Fund's Seroquel Complaint Booted
• Two Execs Plead Guilty In Bone Cement Deaths Case
• Chinese Drywall Litigation Heating Up
• Q&A With Faegre & Benson's Linda Svitak
• Arrowpoint Wants Others To Pitch In On Anco Defense
• CPSC Denies Lead Exclusion For Kids' Rhinestones
• Sherwin-Williams Wants $7M Lead Paint Verdict Nixed
• Claims Survive In Citrucel Suit
• Plaintiffs Win Again In Seroquel MDL Experts Fight
• NM Wins Bid To Return Seroquel Suit To State Court
• Investors Sue Caraco Over Plant Inspections, Raids
• Matrixx Hit With Shareholder Action Over Zicam
• Insurer Risks In Light Of Chrysler, GM Bankruptcies
• Travelers' Burden To Show Katrina Damages: Court
• Southern Union Unit Settles With Spill Victims
• Chrysler Can Seek Appeal Of $18M Judgment
• Young You Recalls Diet Pills Containing Sibutramine
• WCI Strikes Deal To Create Drywall Claimant Trust
• Chinese Drywall Plaintiffs Seek Class Certification
• Teva Yanks Tainted Lots Of Anesthetic Propofol
• Miss AG Warns Residents Over Chinese Drywall
• FDA Launches Safety Review Of Asthma Drug Xolair
• Farmers Slam Food Safety Bill In Congress
• The FDA's Approval Of Percocet And Vicodin
• Plaintiffs' Experts Nixed In Bausch ReNu Case
• Amazon Kindle Covers Cause Breakage, Suit Claims
• Q&A With Thompson & Knight's Joseph Pevsner
• Male Enhancement Pills Containing ED Drugs Recalled
• Chinese Drywall Claimants Challenge WCI Ch. 11 Plan
• Insurer Asks To Nix Claims In Drywall Coverage Spat
• AstraZeneca Wants Scope Narrowed In Seroquel MDL
• Merck, Schering-Plough End Vytorin Investigation
• Court Finds RJ Reynolds Violated Cartoon Ad Ban
• Device Makers Engaged In Off-Label Scheme: Suits
• Male Enhancement Pills With Tadalafil Face Recall
• Bayer Hit With Injury, Death Suits Over Yaz, Yasmin
• Appeal Set For Thwarted Seroquel Plaintiff
• FDA Requires Labeling Changes For Transplant Drugs
• Dosage Issue Spurs Recall Of Acetaminophen Drops
• Lead In Lead Pigment Not Design Defect: Wis. Court
• 3rd Circ. Affirms FDA Ban On Ephedrine Products
• Trasylol Plaintiffs Step Up Fight To See Bayer Report
• Off-Label Marketing Claims Against Schering Tossed
• Plaintiffs Seek OK For Honda Hybrid Settlement
• Travelers Must Fund Heparin Defense: Equity Firm
• Medtronic Pulls Insulin Infusion Sets
• Anadarko, Kerr-McGee Sued Over Tronox Spinoff
• Viagra MDL Judge Bars Expert From Daubert Hearing
• Class Cert. Sought For Ford Engine Action In Ky.
• Aspirin Marketing MDL Bears Down on Bayer
• CPSC Says Rhinestones Not Exempt Under CPSIA
• Obtaining Indemnity Through Effective Tender Letters
• CPSC Details Progress In Chinese Drywall Probe
• NJ Supplement Makers Sued Over Labels, Dirty Plant
• Chrysler Wants Continued Stay Of $55M Appeal
• US Docs Kept Back In ObTape Discovery Dispute
• Covidien Recalls Weak Batch Of Diagnostic Agent
• Is Wood The Next Asbestos? It Shouldn't Be
• General Dynamics To Face Asbestos Claims
• Q&A With Katten's Stephen Williamson
• Lawmakers Seek Info On Medtronic Adviser Probe
• An Eye On Mass Tort Litigation Insurance Coverage
• Q&A With Edwards Angell's Stephen Prignano
• Plainview Salmonella Recall Hits Dozens Of Brands
• Senate Bill Seeks To Fry Chinese Chicken Ban
• 2 Concrete Co. Managers Plead Guilty In Big Dig Case
• Zicam Lawsuits Pile Up In FDA Warning's Wake
• Children's Furniture Maker Recalls Nearly 1M Playpens
• 3rd Circ. Backs Carrier In Asbestos Coverage Battle
• Judge Lets TIG Withhold Some Data In AIU Suit
• FDA Sues Cheese Co. Over Contamination Issues
• Judge Denies Appeal, Stay Of GM Sale Order
• GM Tort Claimants Push For Appeal Of Sale Order
• Chantix Wrongful Death Suit Survives Bid To Toss
• American Home Prevails In Feud Over $19M Judgment
• FDA Hatches New Egg Safety Guidelines
• FDA Orders Stronger Warning For Propoxyphene
• Aurora Milk Plaintiffs Appeal Preemption Ruling
• DuPont Scores In $239M Delrin Liabilities Battle
• IPhone Purchaser Actions Consolidated In Calif.
• DuPont, Rohm & Haas Get OK For $1.3M Ky. Deals
• Seroquel Clinicians' Sexcapades Fair Game In MDL
• Tampering Worries Prompt Energy Drink Recall
• Cotton Gin Co. Not Covered For Moldy Bales: 8th Circ.
• Court Will Use Advisory Jury In FEMA Trailer MDL
• Perfect Storm: Law Firm Insolvencies, Jewel V. Boxer
• 1 Claim Remains In LG Toxic Fridge Case
• Guidant Judge Rejects 3rd Party Payor Claims Again
• Liberty Mutual Has Duty In Pella Suits: Judge
• Bridgestone Announces Faulty Tire Recall Extension
• Last Acculink Claim Against Abbott Nixed
• Pollution Clause Lets Venoco Insurer Off Hook: Court
• Expanded Discovery Allowed In Actavis Digitek MDL
• Wyeth Wins Sanctions Against Firm In Prempro MDL
• 7th Circ. Panel Revives Rolls-Royce Qui Tam Suit
• Seeking Early General Causation Determinations
• Ohio Court Says Law Bars Off-Label Abortion Pill Uses
• MySpace Found Not Liable For Sexual Assault
• Q&A With Kirkland & Ellis' Michael D. Jones
• Eli Lilly Wins Dismissal Of Another Zyprexa Case
• FDA Mandates Labels For Pfizer, GSK Smoker Drugs
• Chrysler Seeks To Clarify Lemon Law Provision
• CPSC Stays Lead-Level Enforcement For Kids' Bikes
• FDA Panel Pushes Acetaminophen Painkiller Ban