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Product Liability - November, 2013

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• Uponor Sheds Most Of Faulty Plumbing Parts Suit
• Power-Supply Component Maker Hit With $30M Faulty-Part Suit
• Partner Not A Third Party Under Policy, Wash. Supremes Say
• Co. Behind Largest US Beef Recall Pays $3M To End FCA Suit
• DNA Testing Co. Responds To FDA's Demand, Defends Product
• A 'Sea Change' For General Maritime Law Claims
• Drugmaker Wockhardt Faces Yet Another FDA Import Ban
• Judge Curtails LA Sriracha Plant Over Odor Complaints
• Developer Not Negligent In Fatal NY Crane Collapse
• OneBeacon Unit Must Turn Over Docs, Wash. Court Rules
• 3rd Circ. Revives Coverage Suit Against Seatbelt Maker
• Rite Aid Latest Target Of Glucosamine False Ad Litigation
• NYC Council Set To Push For E-Cig Indoor Smoking Ban
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Sidley's Sara Brody
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Morgan Lewis' Grace Speights
• $5.4M Judgment Over 1993 WTC Bombing To Be Revisited
• NHL Wields Formidable Defenses In Concussion Action
• $9.5B Chevron RICO Trial Finale Provides Little Closure
• EMA, Drug Giants Join Push To Reform Vaccine Monitoring
• BP's Tab Nears $5B In Deepwater Horizon Settlement
• BP Deal Objectors Drop Appeal, Say Attys Misled Them
• 9/11 Worker's Health Claims Were Too Late, 2nd Circ. Says
• Novartis Can't Apply NJ Punitives Cap In 3 Zometa Suits
• Sherwin-Williams Not Liable In $6M Fire Suit, Panel Says
• Travelers Says Claims Not Time-Barred In $47M Pfizer Suit
• NJ's New Authority On Class Action Offers Of Judgment
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Mayer Brown's Libby Raymond
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Reed Smith's Colleen Davies
• 10 Former NHL Stars Bring Class Action Over Brain Injuries
• Colo. Bad-Faith Law Said To Give Insureds Double Penalties
• FDA Scrutiny Looms For Unapproved Research Tests
• Pfizer Escapes FCA Suit Over Anti-Fungal Drug Promotions
• Chevron Disputes $9.5B Award Authorship In Final Testimony
• Canada OKs Production Of Genetically Modified Salmon
• Amy's Kitchen Wins Cane Juice Labeling Class Action
• Jones Day Adds Former AUSA, PL Pro In Cleveland
• DNA Testers On Notice As FDA Warns Wife Of Google's Brin
• Study Backs FDA's Graphic Tobacco Warnings, FDA Told
• Vitamin Shoppe Sues Seeger Weiss Over Class Action Site
• FDA Loosens Restrictions On GSK's Avandia
• Contractor Charged With Murder In Philly Building Collapse
• Pa. Justices OK Asbestos Claims Outside Workers' Comp Law
• Apple Sued Over Faulty 'Lightning' Cables For New Gadgets
• FDA, NRDC Agree on Triclosan Hand Sanitizer Deadlines
• Insurer Disputes Coverage For NECC-Linked Compounder
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Hogan Lovells' Janet McDavid
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: DLA Piper's Lisa Haile
• 4th Circ. Remands $5.5M Award In Taser Death Suit
• W.Va. High Court Upholds $93M Monsanto Agent Orange Deal
• Ford Says Consumers' Fuel Efficiency Claims Preempted
• Calif. Rolls Out Flammability Reforms To Curb Chemical Use
• Judge Backs Jury Finding In J&J Body Powder Cancer Suit
• Wis. Continues Pro-Insured Trend With Toxic Torts
• Exxon Forks Over $8M To NY In Oil Spill Settlement
• FDA Calls Out Amgen Over Misleading Anemia Drug Claims
• Taylor English Lands Bryan Cave Product Liability Pro
• ATK Nears Close Of Whistleblower's Faulty Bullets Suit
• EPA Says Court Can't Hear Bias Suit Over Pesticide Accord
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Norton Rose's Jane Smith
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Jones Day's Mary Ellen Powers
• State-Mandated Student Pro Bono Programs Are Inefficient
• Del. Justices OK Ruling To Exclude Expert In Birth Defect Case
• BP Asks 5th Circ. To Force Judge To Stop Deepwater Claims
• J&J Takes Innovative, If Pricey, Route To Ending Hip Suits
• Illegal Anti-GMO Labeling Campaign Grew, Wash. AG Says
• Transocean Policy Can Cover BP For Spill, Texas Court Told
• Angelcare Recalls Baby Monitors After Strangulation Deaths
• Fla. Court Upholds $30M Tobacco Award Despite Misgivings
• GOP Senators Want More Time, Analysis On Silica Rule
• Product Liability MVP: Kaye Scholer's Jeffrey Wagner
• FDA Rips 'Troubling' Drug Promo In Repeat Warning Letter
• Feds Halt Drilling Work For 5 Cos. Lacking Safety Plans
• Sturm Instant Coffee Class Action Grinds To A Halt
• 9th Circ. Won't Jump-Start Class Action Over Prius Defect
• Shook Hardy Litigation Pro Rejoins From Philip Morris
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Weil's Mindy Spector
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Hunton & Williams' Sandy Collins
• Major Retailers Need More Guidance On Recalls, CPSC Told
• Even $2.5B Can't Buy An End To J&J's Hip Troubles
• GNC Hit With Suit Linking Supplement To Hepatitis
• NJ High Court Won't Unify Insurers' Toilet Product Suits
• How Some Attorneys Succeed Where The 'Elite' Fail
• A Surprising Quirk Of Dietary Supplement Regulation
• BP Wants $10B Toxic Emissions Litigation Expedited
• 6th Circ. Sides With Liberty In Contractor Coverage Row
• Product Liability MVP: Jones Day's Stephanie Parker
• FDA Restricts Use Of 2 Astellas Heart Test Drugs
• Calif. Court Revives Home Depot Toxic Chemical Suit
• Lawmaker Pushes NCAA To Revamp Concussion Protocol
• Spanish Court Finds Grunenthal Liable In Thalidomide Case
• MoFo Wants To Drop Tea Co. For Not Paying Bills
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Morgan Lewis' Jami McKeon
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Sidley's Sara Gourley
• New College Football Class Demands NCAA Health Monitoring
• DOD Test Subjects Must Receive Warning Info, Judge Says
• Continental Loses Bid To Apply Chinese Laws To Crash MDL
• $25M Hydroxycut Settlement Denied In False Ad MDL
• Tampa Bay Drops Cracked-Reservoir Suit In 11th Circ.
• Recyclers Say NCR Should Cover Full $1B For River Cleanup
• Siemens Says $20M Faulty-Turbine Suit Doesn't Hold Up
• J&J Unit Hit With Suit Over Rheumatoid Arthritis Drug
• BP Says Deepwater Settlement Only Covers Matched Revenue
• John Edwards Opens Plaintiffs Firm With Former Partner
• Pa. High Court Nixes Appeal In Dow Chemical Spill Suit
• Product Liability MVP: Hollingsworth's Eric Lasker
• Donziger Has 'No Apologies' As $9.5B Chevron Trial Nears End
• NHTSA To Probe Tesla's Car Design
• Mapping The Divide Over Stream Of Commerce Doctrine
• DC Circ. Won't Release Bank Funds For Iran Terror Victims
• 2nd Sugary Drink Tax Floated In San Francisco
• Tobacco Cos. Urge Fla. Appeals Court To Move Engle Case
• 9th Circ. Upholds Dismissal Of Melatonin Brownie Claims
• Contractor Asks Pa. High Court To Save Injury-Suit Immunity
• BMS Says Use Of Private Attys In Miss. Plavix Case Is Illegal
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Miller Canfield's Megan Norris
• Expert Deposition Tips For Young Lawyers
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Buchanan's Wendy Newton
• J&J To Pay $2.5B To Settle Hip Implant Litigation
• Senate Approves Drug Compounding Reform Bill
• Product Liability MVP: Bowman And Brooke's Vincent Galvin
• Janssen Owes Family $10M In Topamax Suit, Jury Says
• USDA Official's Sudden Exit Pauses Food Safety Reforms
• Alito Slams NY Judge On Race-Based Class Counsel Decisions
• 3rd Circ. Affirms Plavix Injury Dismissals in NJ
• Donziger Denies Role As Mastermind Of $9.5B Chevron Ruling
• Sens. Propose To Extend FAA Fatigue Rules To Cargo Pilots
• US Agents Seize $2M In DMAA Supplements
• Supreme Court Roundup: 2012 To The Term Ahead
• 9 Firms Surge Onto GC All-Stars List
• Bid To Revive $1.5B Exxon Verdict Rebuffed By High Court
• Skadden The Firm Most Loved By General Counsel
• 4th Circ. Lets Insurers Remove Case Without Contractor's OK
• 8th Circ. Returns Boston Scientific Mesh Suits To Fed. Court
• Texas, Mich. Zoloft Suits Show No Deception, Pfizer Says
• 9 Top Firms Tumble From List Of GC Favorites
• FDA Asks Texas Compounder To Halt Sterile Drug Production
• High Court Accepts Chesley's Resignation From Bar
• General Can't Pare Tuna Importer's Coverage In Recall Fight
• OSHA's 'Voluntary' Limits May Circumvent Current Rules
• K&L Gates Picks Up Watt Beckworth Thompson Civil Litigator
• GCs Name Most Arrogant Law Firms
• More Firms Get Serious About Keeping GCs Happy
• When It Comes To Law Firms, Size Doesn't Matter, GCs Say
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Irell & Manella's Andra Greene
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Thompson & Knight's Emily Parker
• CPSC Proposal Risks Delaying Recalls, Alienating Companies
• W.Va. High Court Revives CSX Worker Exposure Suit
• Biosimilar-Substitution Restrictions Head To Pa. Senate
• Critical EPA Pesticide Process Survives 9th Circ. Ruling
• 2nd Circ. Sides With Maclaren In Insurance Coverage Row
• Exxon's $2.7M Pegasus Pipeline Fine 2nd Highest In 5 Years
• Product Liability MVP: Bowman And Brooke's Paul Cereghini
• Appeal In Reglan Preemption Row Blasted In Pa. High Court
• Pa. Venue Transfer Case Could Make It Easier To Exit Philly
• FDA Trans Fats Decision Could Affect Other Ingredients
• NHTSA Wants Automakers To Accelerate Safety Technology
• TransRe Defeats Berkshire's Asbestos Liability Suit
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Quarles & Brady's Kim Johnson
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Duane Morris' Dominica Anderson
• FDA Calls For Antiseptic Label Changes To Limit Risk
• Donziger Stays Defiant In $9B Chevron RICO Trial Testimony
• DC Court Lets False 'Extra Virgin' Oil Claims Proceed
• JM Found Liable For Shoddy Pipes In FCA Suit
• CPSC Proposes Making Voluntary Recall Agreements Binding
• Ex-FDA Heads Want FDA To Cut Antibiotic Use In Livestock
• Energy Drink Co. Hit With Repeat-Billing Class Action
• Getting The Green Light From FTC For Green Claims
• Kia Hit With Class Action Over Gas Tank Defect
• US Cites Black Elk, Contractors Over Deadly Oil Rig Blast
• Sens. Scrutinize Rockstar Energy Logos On Toys
• Novartis Fails To Wipe Out $1.3M Zometa Verdict
• FTC Settles With Mattress Sellers Over VOC Claims
• Fuel Co. Says Stranded Travelers Can't Sue It Over Fire
• Monster Escapes Class Action Over Energy Drink Labels
• Snyder's-Lance Uses False 'All Natural' Labels, Suit Says
• Volkswagen Recalls 2.6M Vehicles
• Northrop's 'Ostrich Defense' Won't Fly For Cleanup Coverage
• State Attorneys General Ask FDA To Ban Menthol Cigarettes
• Daimler Dismissed From Mercedes Defective Rims Suit
• Specialty Products Asbestos Creditors Get OK To Sue Parent
• Asbestos Claims Bill Would Ax Fraud, Not Privacy, Attys Say
• Eli Lilly, Others Urge 6th Circ. To Toss Darvocet Appeal
• Beef Co. Can Try To Reverse AFA Win In Tainted Meat Case
• Ecuadorean Court Experts Free To Show Bias, Atty Says
• NY High Court Mulls Smokers' Medical Monitoring Claims
• House Passes Asbestos Bankruptcy Trust Transparency Bill
• Steel Tubing Maker Fights To Get Fla. Class Action Tossed
• Why Exxon Case Will Likely Become A Plaintiff Favorite
• Ecuador Court Keeps Chevron Ruling But Slashes $19B Award
• A Season Of Uncertainty In GMO Labeling
• European Groups Fear US Trade Pact Could Lower Standards
• Counterfeit Male Enhancement Drug Poses Risks, FDA Warns
• Dole Pesticide Suit Deemed Duplicative, Tossed
• J&J To Pay $4B To Settle Hip Implant Suits
• Secretary Backs Judge's Authorship Of $19B Chevron Verdict
• J&J Trying To Back Out Of 77 Risperdal Deals, Plaintiffs Say
• FDA Rips Aegerion Exec For Drug Promo Claims On CNBC
• Tesla Fires Burned $6.5B In Stock Value, Investor Says
• CEO Sues To Escape CPSC's $57M Buckyballs Recall Suit
• For Iowa, Less Smoking Means Less Cigarette Tax Revenue
• Fuel-Boosting 'EnviroTabs' Claims Are Bogus, FTC Suit Says
• Smartphone Titans Face Calls For Stronger Phone Security
• McNeil Asks Pa. Appeals Court To Boot $10M Motrin Verdict
• Whole Foods Facing Consumer Suit Over 'All Natural' Snacks
• There May Be A Paradigm Shift In Generic Drug Labeling
• FDA Labeling Rule Creates Liability Risk For Generics Cos.
• Colgate Can Sue Insurer For Legal Fees In Asbestos Suits
• Navy Yard Victim's Family Seeks $37.5M From US Government
• AIG Unit Freed From Subrogation Class Action
• Despite $2B Deal, J&J's Risperdal Fight Rages On In Pa.
• Lilly Sues Slew Of Insurers Over Brazil Tort Claims
• Law360 MVP Awards Go To Legal Top Guns From 58 Firms
• Court Urged Not To Halt Pepperidge Farm False Ad Suit
• Toys R Us Says Pool Slide Insurer Owes For $25M Verdict
• Bill Would Shield Deepwater Funds From Sequestration
• Pfizer, Mylan Settle With Mass. AG Over EpiPen Commercial
• Honest Tea Label Doesn't Live Up To Name, Suit Says
• FDA Rule Would Allow Generics Makers To Update Labels
• The Right Vehicle For Enforcing Cleanup Contributions
• GNC Shakes False Label Class Action Over Meal Bars
• L'Oreal Class Deal Nixed In Suit Over 'Salon-Only' Claims
• Flaxseed Product Maker Sued Over 'All Natural' Claims
• J&J To Pay $400M Over Criminal Charge In Risperdal Case
• FDA's Trans Fat Plan Would Fuel Failure-To-Warn Suits
• Pa. AG Takes Battle Over Tobacco Settlement To Court
• Shell Distorts Nigeria Oil Spill Data, Report Says
• Fen-Phen Plaintiffs Cut From Napoli Bern Settlement Suit
• Iclusig Deaths Won't Stall FDA's Speedier Drug Approvals
• Ex-Judge Claims Chevron Floated $1M Bribe After $19B Award
• 9th Circ. Vacates EPA's Textile Pesticide Authorization
• Despite Bell, State Law CO2 Liability Claims Are Doomed
• Successful Law Firms Retrench During Downturns
• Carving A Path Around 9th Circ.'s Gerber Decision
• Travelers Receives Sharp Rebuke In Heparin Discovery Fight
• Calif. Supplement Maker Hawked Absent Ingredient, Suit Says
• FDA Needs Rule Change For DMAA Crackdown, Suit Says
• FDA Moves To Eliminate Trans Fats From Processed Foods
• Exxon Faces $2.7M Fine For Pegasus Oil Spill
• Samsung Gets Faulty Washing Machine Suit Trimmed
• Insurer Can't Dodge Coverage In Cyclist Death Suit: Pa. Court
• Wash. Loss Throws GMO Labeling Strategy Into Doubt
• Ex-Judge Defends Authorship Of $19B Chevron Judgment
• FDA Needs Public Input On 'Natural' Ingredients, Group Says
• Drugmakers Take Reglan Preemption Appeal To Pa. High Court
• Ex-NFL Doc Ends $2M Indemnity Suit Against Smith & Nephew
• Audi, Volkswagen Get Engine Defect Suit Pared
• Islamabad Marriott Wrongful Death Suit Moves Forward
• 'Rough Justice' Is Not Justice
• Why High Stakes Legal Failures Happen
• Insurers Settle Alaven's $10M Reglan Injury Coverage Suit
• American Airlines Says 9/11 Liability Claims Preempted
• High Court LCD Case Could Change Game For AG Suits
• Fla. Firm Accuses Co-Counsel Of Stealing Engle Progeny Client
• Specialty Products Ch. 11 Must Have Asbestos Claims Deadline
• NYC Asbestos Defendants Threaten To Blow Up '96 Agreement
• 6th Circ. Rejects $500M LexisNexis Class Arbitration
• Maidenform, Wacoal Face Class Action Over Slimming Claims
• 4th Circ. Questions Groups' Place In CPSC Database Row
• FAA Makes Case For Authority Over Civilian Drone Pilots
• Ill. Court Reopens Coverage Feud Over Roof Collapse Suit
• 9th. Circ Allows FDA Limited Extension On Food Safety Rule
• Reprisal Over US Meat Label Row Still On Table, Canada Says
• Citing $2B J&J Deal, Pa. Pol Floats State False Claims Act
• Bard Denied Atty Fees For Dropped Vaginal Mesh Bellwether
• Investor Sues Boeing For Dreamliner Records In Chicago
• Ex-Judge In $19B Chevron Trial Flounders Under Questioning
• State Claims Reinstated In Novartis Elidel FCA Suit
• Ex-Bears QB Latest To File NFL Concussion Suit
• Takeaways For Insurers From NJ High Court's Landmark Case
• Chief Justice Roberts Turns Up The Heat On Cy Pres Pacts
• With $2B J&J Deal, FCA Proves It's Still The Anti-Fraud King
• $19B Chevron Suit's Top Funder Says Donziger Duped Him
• Berkshire's Asbestos Handling Draws Unwelcome Spotlight
• J&J's $2.2B Deal A Last Hurrah For Off-Label Crackdown
• Ill. AG Sues Koch Unit Over Refinery Dust Pollution
• Atty's Suspension Leads To Mistrial In Pa. Slip And Fall
• Airlines Escape Mental Distress Damages Over 2009 Crash
• Deadly Black Elk Blast Due To Safety Lapses, BSEE Finds
• Democrats Blast Ads Making E-Cigarettes Look 'Sexy'
• Marriott Bombing Case May Create New Liability Theory
• Costco Dodges 'Natural' Drink False-Labeling Suit
• Justices Won't Touch Facebook's $9.5M 'Beacon' Privacy Deal
• High Court Won't Hear Okla. Appeal Over Abortion-Drug Law
• Finding The Sweet Spot In Evaporated Cane Juice Cases
• Supreme Court Trends In Federal Preemption
• J&J Inks $2.2B Settlement For Off-Label Marketing, Kickbacks
• San Francisco 'Soda Tax' Proposal To Face Familiar Foes
• 3 Pitfalls Posed By Over-The-Counter Drug Recalls
• AA Seeks Exit From Cantor Claims In 9/11 Row
• Chevron Moves To Block Donziger Witnesses In $19B Trial
• US Has Authority To Probe Deepwater Spill, 5th Circ. Told
• USDA Overhauls Mad Cow Disease Import Regs
• Nationwide Stuck Driver With $10M Toyota Verdict, Suit Says
• Keep Punitive Award Ban In NYC Asbestos Suits, Court Told
• Supreme Court Asked To Take Up Lupron Labeling Suit
• Lenovo Hit With New Class Suit Over Notebooks' Wi-Fi Woes
• EP Energy Tries To Revive Suit Over Lost $21M Verdict
• Koch Units Ruining Neighborhood With Dust, Suit Says
• Suit Targets Maibec Wooden Shingles As Defective
• New Prop 65 Is A Relief For Calif. Manufacturers
• Ford Accused Of Jilting Consumers On Lemon Law Buybacks
• Shedding Light On FTC's 'Made In USA' Ad Policy