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Product Liability - July, 2012

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• Chevron Can't Shake Ecuador's $19B Enviro Judgment
• Concepcion Trumps CLRA Ban On Class Waivers: Calif. Court
• NYC Soda Ban Primed To Pop Off Nationwide
• FDA OKs System That Can Sense When Drugs Are Taken
• FDA Announces Biosimilar, Prescription Drug User Fees
• Enviros Seek To Lower FDA Mercury Standards For Seafood
• P&G Escapes Claims Of Zinc Poisoning From Denture Cream
• Grassley Calls For More Probes Of FDA Whistleblower 'Spying'
• $3M Nutella Settlement Goes Through After Atty Award Slashed
• 9th Circuit: Enlightening Product Liability Litigation
• Deli Meat Co. Pushes For $33M Judgment In Salmonella Suit
• Covidien Unit Sues Liberty Mutual For Asbestos Coverage
• Minor Oil Spill Could Mean Major Problems For Enbridge
• Judge Says Iran, Terror Groups Owe $6B For 9/11
• Girardi Sanctioned In Class Fight Over Lockheed Fees
• Rise In Salmonella Will Prod Obama On Stalled Food Regs
• Apax Sues Endo Over $1.2B Qualitest Deal
• Sen. Vows To Keep Heat On NHTSA Over Toyota Investigation
• Synthes Sued Over Death Allegedly Tied To Bone Cement Trials
• BAE Says Brake Defect FCA Suit Identifies No False Claims
• Asbestos Victim's Family Wins $3M From Mining Co.
• Hyundai Recalls 200K SUVs Tied To Air Bag Class Action Deal
• Takeaways From Avandia For Medicare Advantage Plans
• Insurer Says It Doesn't Owe San Diego In Gas Leak Suits
• Judge Lets Ariz. Utility Off Hook In Calif. Blackout Suit
• Calif. Rolls Out Expansive Rules For Greener Products
• Whirlpool, Maytag Settle Calif. Benzene Warning Suit
• Corin, Stryker Bid Adieu To Metal-On-Metal Implant Suit
• 1st Circ. Vacates $30M Attys' Fee Award In VW, Audi MDL
• DC Circ. Tobacco Ruling Lets Marketing Limits Go Forward
• Zicam Maker Coughs Up $4.5M to Settle Shareholder Action
• DC Circ. Orders HHS To Justify 12-Year Ban Of Purdue Execs
• FDA Lifts Ban On Dr. Reddy's Drugs From Mexican Plant
• High Court Asked To Hold Dow Liable For Watercraft Explosion
• Chevron Fine Ratcheted Up To $19B In Ecuador Enviro Case
• Judge Delays Final Judgment On Costco Hot Fuel Settlement
• Mazda Recalls 218K Tribute SUVs For Sticky Throttles
• ICSOP Sues Reinsurer For $2.6M To Cover Asbestos Deal
• TSCA Reform: A Step Forward?
• Pa. Court Sides With J&J In Risperdal Marketing Suit
• Calif. City's Sugary Drink Tax Measure May Face Legal Battles
• W.Va. Senator Floats Broad Coal Mine Safety Reforms
• Senate Sends Sequestration Transparency Act To President
• Air Force Findings Could Shield Lockheed In F-22 Defect Suit
• Insurer Says National Fire Owes $1.4M In Casino Defect Suit
• Safety Standard Is Key To Finding Chemical Law Compromise
• 9th Circ. Opts To Rehear Paraplegic's Medtronic Suit
• Ford Recalls 485,000 Escapes Over Sticky Throttles
• FDA Must Strengthen Food Recall Process, GAO Report Says
• FDA Drug Approvals Will Slow In 2012, Report Says
• 8th Circ. Revives Prempro Hormone Suits Against Wyeth
• Burlington Fined $1.5M Over Recalled Children's Outerwear
• US Steel Exits More Than 3K Suits In Asbestos MDL
• Nelson V. Matrixx Initiatives — Specificity In Complaints
• DOT Suit Over Pipeline Safety Must Be Filed Under APA: Judge
• CPSC Sues Buckyballs Maker Over Customer Injuries
• NJ Court Says Bogus Expert Opinions Doom Furnace Fire Suit
• Bard's Calif. Vaginal Mesh Loss Is No Crystal Ball For MDL
• Docs' Push To Limit Painkiller Prescriptions Faces Long Odds
• Patients Sue Staffing Co. Over Lab Tech With Hep C
• Calif. Appeals Court OKs Shot Cop's Suit Against Glock
• Pfizer's Chantix Warning Strong Enough, Judge Says
• CORRECTED: Pfizer Takes Fight Over $142M Neurontin Verdict To 1st Circ.
• AIG Hands Calif. City $1M To Quell Mudslide Claims
• Taiwan Paves Way For More US Beef Imports
• Chemical Safety Bill Advances In Senate
• Class Cert. Denied Again In Ford Engine Deception Suit
• Skinner Ch. 11 Must Convert To Ch. 7, 3rd Circ. Confirms
• Men, Makeup And Drugs
• Judge OKs Feds' Texting Charges Against Ex-BP Engineer
• Bloomberg's Sugary Drink Ban Will Trigger Suits
• Travelers Sues Cephalon Over $17M In Actiq Claims
• Safety Indicators Were Ignored Ahead Of Gulf Spill: Report
• GOP Spurns Chemical Safety Bill Ahead Of Markup
• No Expert Testimony Needed For Warranty Claim: NJ Court
• Roche's Accutane Warning Passes Muster In MDL
• Sanofi Warned By FDA Over Conditions In 2 Vaccine Plants
• EPA Steps Up Oversight Of Cadmium, Lead Substitutes
• FDA Staff Backs Broader Use Of Roche Eye Drug
• Electrolux Asks 3rd Circ. To Uphold Win In Fridge Fire Row
• Judge Rules FDA Can Regulate Stem Cell Treatment As Drug
• Dixon V. Ford: The Best Causation Opinion Of 2012
• FDA Must Comply With FOIA Request In Email Spying Suit
• 9/11 Wasn't Act Of War Under CERCLA, Building Owner Argues
• UK Court Nixes Howden's Appeal In Asbestos Coverage Suit
• W.Va. Supreme Court To Define Mine Inspection Liability
• $24M Tobacco Award Was Wrongly Capped, 2nd Circ. Hears
• Insurers Off Hook To Defend Formosa In PVC Pipe FCA Suit
• Cargill Recalls 30K Pounds Of Beef After Salmonella Outbreak
• Valve Co. Fights Utility's New Claims In 3rd Circ. Defect Suit
• Pa. Court Affirms $10M Prempro Judgment Against Pfizer
• Ford's Win In Freestar Fire Suit Affirmed By NJ Court
• OneBeacon Again Escapes NextG Suit Over Wildfire Probe
• Safety Watchdog Eyes Chrysler Jeeps, Dodge Rams For Defects
• Insurers Win Over 10th Circ. In E. Coli Coverage Fight
• Judge Skims Claims Off Dreyer's False Advertising Suit
• Mercedes Owners Say E-Class Leaks Gas
• The Role Of Manufacturers' Duties In Asbestos Litigation
• Insurance Co. Says It's Not Liable For Horse Deaths
• Texas Court Eases Reporting Deadline For Asbestos Suits
• Warranty, State Claims Pared In Porsche Cooling Tube MDL
• Nuns Sue Lead Co. Over Kids' Exposure In Peru
• NRC Blames Design Flaws For Calif. Nuclear Plant Leak
• Grassley Warns 6 Agencies Of Contractor Data Breach Threat
• Ex-NBA Coach Targets State Farm Over Weak Defense
• Brazilian Regulator Slams Chevron For 2011 Spill
• Report Faults FDA For Oversight Of Device Cybersecurity
• Judge Won't Split Claims In Electrolux Dryer Fire Suit
• MGM Can Demolish Hotel Despite Builder's Suit, Judge Says
• Indigenous Ecuadoreans Want Cut Of $18B Chevron Judgment
• Caltrans On Hook For Part Of $31.5M Dangerous Road Verdict
• A New View For Pharma Product Liability Litigation
• Hotel Owner Claims $4M In Damages From Faulty Shower Pans
• EU Regulator Backs UniQure's Glybera As First Gene Therapy
• Obesity Drug Approvals Foretell A Less Cautious FDA
• Toyota Can't Delay Key Sudden Acceleration Trial
• Anti-Painkiller Abuse Bill Might Inflate Cost Of Generics
• Ex-NFL Players Add Helmet Allegation To Concussion MDL
• Miss. High Court Upsets Worker's $8M Win In Silica Case
• Insurer Wins Fla. Drywall Coverage Row On Pollution Exclusion
• Bayer Beats Baycol FCA Suit
• Honda Recalls 320K Crossovers, Sedans Over Faulty Doors
• Texas Court Won't Let Eurocopter Off Hook For Fatal Crash
• Defeating Class Actions With Prudential Mootness
• Judge Won't Halt Calif.'s Force-Fed Foie Gras Sale Ban
• Biosimilars Makers See Gold Mine In EU Clinical Data
• Novartis Picks Up Win In Okla. Bone Drug Injury Suit
• Ark. Farmers Blast Liechtenstein Rice Co. Over Grain Quality
• 10th Circ. Upholds Dismissal Of Construction Coverage Row
• FDA Again Delays Nod For Novo Nordisk Long-Acting Insulin
• Minn. High Court Says Cirrus Isn't Liable For Plane Crash
• EU Regulator Issues New Safety Plan For Food Cos.
• House Votes To Force OMB To Reveal Sequestration Plans
• Dominican Republic Taps WTO In Australia Tobacco Logo Ban
• Coconut Water False Ad Class Bellyaching Silenced
• A Solution To Complex Problems In 30(b)(6) Depositions
• Feds Probe Sticky Throttles On Ford Escape, Mazda Tribute
• Builders Ask 5th Circ. To Rethink Ruling Dooming Coverage
• Salvaged USDA Produce Program Still Must Answer Critics
• FDA Bans BPA In Baby Bottles, Sippy Cups
• 4th Circ. Asks For W.Va. High Court's Help On Mine Deaths Suit
• Mazda Customers Lose Class Cert. In Defective Door Lock Suit
• Fireman's Fund Says Eagle's Asbestos Coverage Didn't Exist
• Fla. Man Admits To Selling Fake Diabetic Test Strips
• GOP Rep. Wants To Open CBO Numbers To More Scrutiny
• Texas Boutique Adds Locke Lord Product Liability Pro
• White House Under Fire For Delay On Food Safety Rules
• Hospira Yanks Cancer Drugs After Finding Flawed Vials
• Sierra Pacific Settles For Record $122.5M In Wildfire Case
• The FCA, Academic Fraud And Statistical Inference
• Nigeria Threatens Shell With $5B Fine For Oil Spill
• FDA Lawyers Gave Email 'Spying' Green Light, Reports Say
• Calif. Resort Beats Time-Share Owners' Class Cert. Bid
• Device Makers, Doctors Spar Over X-Ray Safety For Kids
• EU Plan To Release More Drug Data Could Spur More US Suits
• Navistar Takes EPA Rumble Over Rivals' Engines To DC Circ.
• FCA Recoveries On Steep Rise To Record Highs, Report Says
• FDA Approves Gilead Drug To Prevent HIV
• KBR, Halliburton Seek To Douse Toxic Burn Pit MDL
• Toy Maker Battat Fined Over Defect In Magnetic Building Sets
• Pipeline Co. Hit With Fine Over 4K-Gallon Oil Spill
• KBR Not Liable For Soldier's Electrocution, Judge Says (CORRECTED)
• 1st Circ. Says Boston Big Dig Fraudsters Don't Deserve Jail
• Ford Recalls 10K Newly Released Escapes
• J&J Beats MDL Over Defective Children's Drugs
• Ex-Sanofi Exec Named Head Of FDA Generics Office
• Boeing Faces $13.6M FAA Fine For Tank Instructions Delay
• FCA's First-To-File Rule — Mass. Weighs In
• A Comity Of Errors
• NYC Owes $5M On Top Of $625M 9/11 Settlement
• Asbestos-Saddled Specialty Products Submits 1st Ch. 11 Plan
• Cephalon Sues To Block Travelers' $17M Actiq Coverage Claim
• Jury Orders Fluor To Pay $19M For Scalding Iraq Contractor
• GOP Leader May Face Defiant DOT In Push For Toyota Probe
• GE Can't Keep House Fire Case In Federal Court
• Toyota's 1st Unintended-Acceleration Trial Delayed
• FDA Warns Of Listeria Potential In Cheese From NY Co.
• Nautilus Seeks To Duck Coverage In Reactor Defect Suit
• Livestock Antibiotic Rules Too Lax, Health Groups Say
• Partial Recount Ordered For Calif. Tobacco Tax Measure
• DynCorp Says US Drug Policy Bars Ecuadoreans' Herbicide Suit
• BP Can't Collect From Transocean Insurers, 5th Circ. Hears
• Using Plaintiff's Bankruptcy In A Product Liability Action
• Learjet Faulty Windshield Suit Sent To Mediation
• FDA Plans Genome Database For Deadly Foodborne Bacteria
• EPA Board Backs Mont. Asbestos Report Over Industry Fears
• Nissan Drivers Will Get 2nd Chance On Engine Safety Suit
• GSK Tells 3rd Circ. Avandia MDL Cases Can't Be Appealed
• Soldier Sues General Dynamics Over Gun Malfunction
• Caesars Dodges Wrongful Death Suit Over Worker's Cancer
• Nvidia Defect Class Action Mostly Dismissed
• Fed. Circ. Trims Investigation Rules In Vaccine Suits
• $38M Fine For Diet Claims Is Excessive, High Court Told
• BP To Pay $13M Over Safety Violations At Texas Refinery
• High Court Asked To Weigh Juries' Role In Punitive Damages
• GSK Settlement: Changing The Way Drug Cos. Do Business?
• House Panel Keeps Farm Bill Largely Intact After Hearing
• DOJ Develops A Taste For Deferred Prosecution Deals
• TASER Not Liable In Wrongful Death Case, 9th Circ. Says
• 2nd Circ. Affirms GM, Others Not Liable For Exhaust Injuries
• Carnival Sued Again Over Costa Concordia Wreck
• Judge Won't Certify Class In Toyota Highlander Defect Case
• Forceno Goggin Sued Over Amtrak Worker's FELA Injury Case
• Suit Says Infantino Child Carrier Caused Baby's Death
• Catlin Looks To Duck Coverage Of Faulty Crosswalk Suit
• Former Nissan Assistant GC Joins Hewitt Wolensky
• AstraZeneca Wins Seroquel Suit, But Court Punts Warning Issue
• GE Healthcare Recalls Ventilators Over Anesthesia Risks
• How A Texas Plaintiff Found A Way To Causation
• Ford Steers Out Of $27M Design Defect Suit In 8th Circ.
• Chevron's Opposing Counsel Sanctioned In Enviro Suit
• Stryker Recall Undercuts Key Defense For Implant Makers
• Barr Seeks To Use Mensing As Shield In Accutane MDL
• FDA Requires Smaller Egg Cos. To Follow Safety Rule
• Masimo Must Face FCA Claims That It Peddled Shoddy Devices
• Factory Mutual Wants $4.6M Ethanol Explosion Suit Tossed
• How They Won It: Lowenstein Breaks Ground With Schering Win
• NYC's Graphic Anti-Smoking Ads Stamped Out By 2nd Circ.
• Enbridge Slow To Fix Cracks In Mich. Pipeline, NTSB Says
• Dead Ends For Car Classes Under Calif. Consumer Laws
• Town Seeks Stay On Spectra Pipe Project Pending Enviro Studies
• State Insurance Law Doesn't Trump Int'l Pact, 4th Circ. Rules
• OSHA Finalizes Rules For CPSIA Whistleblower Complaints
• Obama Signs FDA User Fee Bill
• USDA Lacked Power To Make Almond Rule, DC Circ. Hears
• Animal Agriculture Groups Blast Report On Antibiotic Use
• US Can't Escape $326M Suit Over Fire Started By Marine
• Halliburton Seeks Ax Of Medical Monitoring Claim In Nuke Suit
• FDA Recalls Maquet Anesthesia Devices Over Ventilation Risk
• GM Insurers' Asbestos Suit On Hold In NY Pending Del. Case
• Abiding Dukes: Putative Classes Held To Higher Standards
• DSE Seeks Sanctions In Defective Grenade FCA Suit
• NY Regulator Steps In To Resolve 9/11 Coverage War
• Whole Foods Supplements Contain Lead, False Ads Suit Says
• Judge Delays Showdown Over Vicor's $50M Ericsson Payout
• Shook Hardy Product Liability Atty Rejoins From Altria
• Roche's Breast Cancer Drug Doesn't Make UK Watchdog's Cut
• 1st Circ. Stays $26M Drug Injury Award For Mutual's Appeal
• Chevron Must Give Back Ecuadorean Docs, Consultancy Says
• Insurer Sues Sensient To Duck Popcorn Flavoring Coverage
• Specialty Products Trustee Objects To More Asbestos Attys
• Insurers Spar Over Defending $23.5M Casino Remodel Suit
• Chemophobia Class Actions: Who Is Really 'Injured'?
• FDA Moves To Crack Down On Unapproved Oxycodone
• Asbestos Claimants Seek Sanctions Against Garlock
• Sen. Pushes Labeling Rule To Curb Infant Drug Withdrawal
• House Farm Bill Trims $35B, Extends Food Safety Programs
• Pa. Fracking Well Suffers 4,700-Gallon Acid Spill
• Suit Blames Offshore Oil Boat Collapse On Known Defect
• FDA Proposes New Premarket Approval For Some SWD Devices
• Cloned Meat, Milk As Safe As Traditional: EU Food Agency
• BP Ducks $2.6B Suit Over Canceled Post-Spill Dividend
• DOT Says US HazMat Rules Preempt State Tort Claims
• K&L Gates Hires Nutrition Law Partner For Brussels Office
• NFL Players Association Sues League Over 'Bountygate'
• Sierra Pacific Can't Hold Gov't To Account Over Fire Damages
• Food Co. Hid Trans Fat In Frozen Dinners, Suit Claims
• Fukushima Nuclear Disaster Was Man-Made, Report Finds
• Unmanned Aircraft: Filling US Airspace — And Courtrooms?
• Westchester, Anco Settle Asbestos Claims Coverage Suit
• Calif. Makes Another Attempt At Reining In Wildfire Damages
• Ex-Weitz Atty's Fraud Suit Nixed Over Foggy Claims
• FDA Unveils Long-Delayed Device Tracking Rule Proposal
• Calif. Driverless Vehicle Bill Cruises Ahead In Assembly
• Volvo To Pay $1.5M To Settle DOT Probe Over Late Recalls
• FDA May Amend Liver Damage Warnings For Acetaminophen
• FDA Outlines Approval Process For Medical Detection Systems
• The 9th Circuit's Surprising FDA Preemption Ruling
• How To Use Clinical-Trial Data In Court
• DaVita Inks $55 Million Settlement In Epogen FCA Suit
• Chubb Tells 5th Circ. Diet Aid Coverage Suit Is Time-Barred
• Nissan Escapes Suit Over Alleged Transmission Defects
• Meat Supplier Must Cover Sizzler In E. Coli Suit, Court Says
• McKesson Can't Duck Generic Darvocet Liability Claims
• Dukes, Concepcion Can't Undo Class Cert. In Insulation Suit
• Chinese Fishermen Sue ConocoPhillips Over 2011 Oil Spill
• PolyMedix Hid Drug's Flaws Before $20M Stock Deal, Suit Says
• Glaxo Handing Over Record $3B To Settle FCA Claims
• La. Jury Awards $12M To Mesothelioma Victim
• An Overview Of Congress' Sweeping FDA Reforms
• Dewey & LeBoeuf And The 'Unfinished Business' Doctrine