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Product Liability - February, 2017

322 articles

• L'Oreal Fights For Nix Of Relaxer Burn Proposed Class Claims
• Automakers Point To Takata's $1B Deal In Air Bag MDL
• Bumble Bee Misbranded Tuna, Ex-FDA Official Says At Trial
• J&J Expert Says Plaintiff Misinterpreted OSU Talc Warnings
• GM, Vehicle Buyers File Competing Takes On 2nd Circ. Ruling
• Attys Seek $9.75M In Fees For Toyota Rusty Frame Suit
• Health Care Fund Seeks Class Cert. In Celexa, Lexapro MDL
• Calif. Panel Again Nixes Sand Suppliers' Win In Injury Suit
• FDA Warning Wire: Cardboard Parts Found In Pfizer Vials
• Drivers Fight To Keep Hyundai Peeling Paint Suit Alive
• Defect Award Can't Be Enforced, Insurer Tells Texas Justices
• Trump May Use Food Safety Rules As Trade Cudgel
• Cutting Labeling Regs May Harm Companies' Bottom Lines
• How 401(k) Benefits Can Attract Millennial Legal Talent
• How The Courts Review Executive Orders
• 3 Groups Certified, Nat'l Class Denied In 'Flushable' Wipe Row
• Bumble Bee's Labeling Fishy, Judge Is Told As Trial Starts
• BizJet Can't Exit Suit Over 'Shoddy' Engine Repairs
• 9th Circ. Upholds Toss Of Activists' Egg Carton Label Suit
• School Not Liable In Ferris Wheel Death, NJ High Court Told
• Fresenius Dialysis Drug Didn't Kill Patient, Jury Told
• Homeowners Fight For Remand In Johnson Controls Case
• Cause Of Death Testimony OK'd In Meningitis Outbreak Trial
• Talc Plaintiff Atty Can't Tell Jury About J&J Hip, Mesh MDLs
• Takata Pleads Guilty To Wire Fraud Over Drivers' Objections
• GM Defective Tire Suit Remains Stayed After Appeal Bid Fails
• Justices Want SG's Take On Coke Machines' ADA Compliance
• Vermonters Say Saint-Gobain Must Face Contamination Suit
• Builders Urge DC Circ. Not To Expand OSHA Silica Rule
• Frito-Lay Wants Deceptive Label Class Action Trashed
• When The Learned Intermediary Is A Physician's Assistant
• Justices Won't Hear 'Fast & Furious' Victim's Remedy Bid
• Defenses And Limits Of Calif. Consumer Protection Laws
• Uber Sued By Woman Alleging Sexual Assault By Minn. Driver
• Hernia Patch Death Suit Tossed For Lack Of Experts
• Judge Shaves Claims Off Mitsubishi Faulty Odometer Suit
• Animal Groups Sue Over 'Orwellian' Removal Of USDA Docs
• College Football Conference, NCAA Hit With Concussion Suit
• $150M Atty Fees Slammed In Dow, Boeing Nuke Pollution Case
• Lewis Brisbois Snags Litigator For New Miami Office
• 4th Circ. Won't Take New Look At Ex-Massey CEO's Conviction
• 'Black-Box Medicine' Faces Headwinds Over Med Mal Liability
• RJR Gets New Trial In Engle Case Where Jury Awarded $23B
• What Lawyers Can Learn From Kellyanne Conway
• J&J Talc Plaintiff Just Learned Key Cancer Details, Jury Hears
• Roofing Co. Gets Defect Coverage Suit Remanded
• Jury Awards $6M To WWII Hero's Widow In Engle Case
• ConAgra Asks 9th Circ. To Pause Cert. In GMO Label Row
• 30 Tons Of Chicken Salad Recalled Due To Listeria Risk
• VW Exec Pleads Not Guilty To Emissions Scandal Charges
• Insurer Can Enforce 'Indoor Air' Exclusion, Okla. Justices Say
• Merck Sued In Philly Over Shingles Vaccine Injuries
• WTO Strengthens Rebuke Of Russia's Ban On EU Pork
• The Mistakes Lawyers Make When Copying And Pasting
• Here Come The Drones — And The Legal Headaches
• Talc Studies Don't Merit User Warning, J&J Consultant Says
• Invokana Patients Lose Bid To Remand Kidney-Damage Suit
• Fla. Court Limits Widow's Damages Under Wrongful Death Law
• FTC, Maine AG Shut Down Deceptive Supplement Sellers
• Consumers Win Bid To Remand General Mills Labeling Claims
• Lawyers Seek Up To $41M From Halliburton Asbestos Deal
• Jury Awards $2.8M In Forest Service Airplane Crash Suit
• NHL Denied Class Cert. Expert's Bibliography In CTE Suit
• AIG, Biotech Co. Fight Toss Of $36M Ad Injury Coverage Suit
• NFL Class Says Ex-Player Is Spreading Deal Misinformation
• AbbVie Wants Out Of Testosterone MDL Before Bellwethers
• Calif. Court Gets Automatic Funding Disclosure Right
• Pharmacist, Wife Took In $20M Before Meningitis Outbreak
• Theranos' Arizona Lab Sanctioned For Quality Control Issues
• CPSC Agrees To Issue Toy Safety Regs After 2-Year Delay
• Baxter, Hospira Call Saline Price-Fixing Claims Illogical
• Pa. Judge Again Trims Essure Injury Claims Against Bayer
• Less FDA Review May Boost Medical Device Plaintiff Awards
• Sunken Cargo Ship Owners Settle 17 Claims In Dispute
• In Show-Me State, Plaintiffs May Have To Show More
• J&J Plaintiff Didn't Test For Cancer Risk Genes, Jury Hears
• 6th Circ. Upholds Abbott Labs' Depakote Birth Defect Win
• VW Says 470K Diesel Cars In UK Now Fixed
• Ex-NFL Players Can't Reassert RICO Claim In Painkiller Suit
• FDA Warning Wire: Pfizer Lapse Boosts Teva Blockbuster
• Justices Won't Hear BNSF Conductor Death Appeal
• Limited Exposure Dooms Nissan False Ad Class, Judge Says
• Chemical Overload Killed Fresenius Patient, Jury Told
• Justices Won't Hear Appeal Of Zenith ERISA Verdict
• Supreme Court Won't Hear Law Firm's Avandia Fund Dispute
• Feds Push Back At Exhibits In Meningitis Murder Trial
• Keurig Pays $5.8M To End CPSC Probe Over Burning Brewers
• Syngenta MDL Class Counsel Want Other Firms To Butt Out
• Navistar Says Bus Co.'s RICO Suit Is A Nonstarter
• High Court Won't Hear $400M Petrobras Suit Appeal
• High Court Rejects Plane Parts FCA Revival
• Samsung Says 4 Exploding Phone Suits Too Few For MDL
• Jurors In Toxic Tort Litigation Take Genetics Seriously
• 9th Circ. Doubts Timeliness Of Amgen Off-Label Sales Suit
• Ill. High Court Lets Railroad Employer Dodge Injury Suit
• 'Phantom' Drone Maker Sued Over Faulty App Software Update
• Enviros Ask 9th Circ. To Revive PG&E Water Pollution Suit
• 4 Cos. Agree To $14.8M Deal To Clean Up Ill. Superfund Site
• Shopper Says Nordstrom Misleadingly Advertises Sales
• Judge OKs BMW, Car Owners Deal In Roof Defect Suit
• BMW NA Needn't Get Parent's Takata Docs: Special Master
• Broker Blamed For Coverage Gap After Canister Explosion
• Smoker's Actions Justify Limited Punitives, Engle Jury Finds
• Avis Says Insurer Owes Coverage For $23.5M Crash Verdict
• Calif. Drivers Lose Bid To Keep Ford Power Steering Claims
• NC Federal Jury Awards $5.2M Over Nursing Home Deaths
• NHL's CTE Stubbornness Isn't A Good Look Or Legal Defense
• Kimberly-Clark Wants Investor Suit Over Gowns Tossed
• Pharmacist Rebuts Key Testimony In Meningitis Murder Trial
• NJ Product Liability Suit Revived Against Smith & Nephew
• Texas Justices Won't Disturb Exxon's $4M Blast Coverage Win
• How A Guacamole Lawsuit Exposes FDA's 'Natural' Ambiguity
• Cos. In Labeling Suit Say Buyers Know Cane Juice Is Sugar
• Punitives Phase Begins In Engle Trial Against PM, RJR
• Workers' Nonoccupational Meso Claims Barred, 7th Circ. Told
• 9th Circ. Urged To Rescue Yamaha Boat Motor Class Action
• Con Ed Agrees To $153M Settlement In Deadly NYC Gas Blast
• Missouri AG Lays Egg Law Appeal In Supreme Court
• Kraft Wants Class Cert. Stripped In Colored-Cheese Dispute
• NHL Says Players Can't Strike Articles Questioning CTE Link
• Pfizer Prevails In 2 W.Va. Zoloft Birth Defect Suits
• Atty's Widow Can't Prove GSK Meant To Harm, Judge Says
• Ford Hit With Throttle Deceleration Defect Class Action
• NFL Blasts Ex-Players' Try For More Time In Painkiller Suit
• Bugs And Hair Plagued Meningitis-Linked Pharmacy, Jury Told
• BP Unit Loses Bid To Block Landowners' State Court Claims
• Deepwater Judge OKs $1.2B Transocean, Halliburton Deals
• Relearning The Lessons Of Korematsu's Case
• CPSC Civil Penalties: A Statistical Analysis
• Individual Defense In The Shadow Of Corporate Guilty Pleas
• How A General Counsel Should Think About AI: Part 2
• J&J Tells Jury Talc Is Warning-Free, Like Alcohol, Red Meat
• Kraft Buyers' 'Greedy' Attys Fight Low Fee Award At 9th Circ.
• 10 State AGs Urge Senate To Reject Vessel Discharge Bill
• Texans Say Ex-NFLer's Turf Injury Suit First Of Its Kind
• Meningitis-Linked Drugmaker Was On States' Radar, Jury Told
• Lamborghini Recalls 1,400 Cars For Fire Risk In US
• MSA Awarded $47M Over Insurer's Bad Faith
• FDA To Get Public's Take On Using 'Healthy' In Food Labels
• P&G Wet Wipes Buyers Seek Class Cert. In False Labeling Suit
• My Strangest Day In Court: When My Expert Had A Meltdown
• Ex-Cohen Milstein Attys Launch New Group At Motley Rice
• Insurer Enters Electrolux Igniting Dishwasher Fracas
• Food Groups Urge Adoption Of Standard Date Labels
• Ford, Car Owner Want Decelerating Vehicles Suit Moved
• How A General Counsel Should Think About AI: Part 1
• California Omissions Claims: Safety Required?
• Class Wants Final OK For $9.3M Deal In Rust-Oleum MDL
• Cancer Survivor's Tissue Nearly Talc-Free, J&J Tells Jury
• FDA Warning Wire: FDA Denied Docs At Chinese Plant
• VW's $1.2B 3-Liter Emissions Deal Gets Hearty Approval
• Enviros Cleared Of Defamation For Huffington Post BP Blog
• GM Can't Escape Chevy Cruze Emissions Suit
• DOT Overstepped With Rail Safety Order, DC Circ. Told
• Judge Urged To Keep Boston Scientific Mesh Cases Moving
• Dow, Boeing Nuke Pollution Judge Slaps 3rd-Party Claims Co.
• EPA Asks Out Of Navajo, NM Suits Over Gold King Mine Spill
• PPL Coal Ash Suit's Final Federal Claim Goes Up In Smoke
• Insurer Seeks To Bar Photo Of Boy's Injured Leg From Trial
• Infiniti Buyers Missed Deadline To Amend Suit, Nissan Says
• NHL Continues Bid For Concussion Research Docs
• Judge OKs $24M In Atty Fees For $175M BP Deepwater Deal
• Monsanto Counterclaims Against Spokane Uprooted By Judge
• NFL Concussion Attys Seek $112.5M In Fees, Costs
• Odwalla Can't Escape 'Cane Juice' Suit, Judge Says
• Doctors, Int'l Science Org Back OSHA In Silica Rule Fight
• Long-Arm Jurisdiction In Missouri And Beyond: Part 2
• Tobacco Cos. Tell DC Circ. New Health Warnings Go Too Far
• Adapting Supply Relationships To Embrace Disruptive Tech
• Saving Lawyers 1 Less Drink At A Time
• 10th Circ. Orders New Trial In Train Accident Suit
• New FDA Enforcement Stats Show Shifting Targets
• After Denial, Ex-Massey CEO Wants Full 4th Circ. Rehearing
• CVS Escapes Vitamin C 'Made In USA' Labeling Class Action
• Insurer Sues To Rescind $10M Policy In Frozen Food Recall
• Drivers Agree To End VW Faulty Brakes Suit
• VW, CEO Push To Toss Bondholder Suit Over Emissions
• Long-Arm Jurisdiction In Missouri And Beyond: Part 1
• Tech Group Asks Feds To Review Proposed 'Driver Mode' Rule
• USS Cole Victims Can't Get Ex-Sudan Funds, Judge Rules
• Pa. Panel Axes Employer's Slice Of Coverall Defect Deal
• Ann Marie Buerkle Named CPSC Acting Chair
• VW Dealers' Lawyers Ask For $28.6M In Emissions Suit Fees
• DuPont, Chemours Agree To Settle Teflon Cases For $671M
• Lawyers Cannot Stay Silent While Trump Belittles The Courts
• Carmakers' $200M Fuel Deal Overpaid Attys, 9th Circ. Told
• Talc Lobbyists Stymied Carcinogen Classification, Jury Hears
• 3M Can't Duck Enviro's Tennessee River Pollution Suit
• LG Hid 'Bootloop' Defect On Smartphones, Consumers Say
• Ken-Tool Hit With False Ad Suit Over 'Short' Tire Irons
• Ethicon Asks 4th Circ. To Rethink $3M Pelvic Mesh Verdict
• Fresenius Doctor Grilled Over Label On Dialysis Drug
• GSK Moves To Cut Willfulness From Reed Smith Suicide Trial
• 6 Cos. To Pay $4.9M To Clean Up NY Hazardous Waste Site
• FDA Warns Of Potential Obesity Stomach Balloon Issues
• Gourmet Food Co. Hit With Suit Over Underfilled Popcorn Tins
• European Parliament Floats Tougher Car Testing Rules
• Philly Collapse Victims Jumped Hurdle Of State Liability Law
• Insurer Can Sue For Injured Worker, Pa. Panel Says
• Understanding CMS' New Settlement Reporting Thresholds
• NY Appeals Court Upholds NYC Restaurant Salt Warning Rule
• 5th Circ. Won't Review Auto Parts Store's BP Relief Bid
• Marketing Basics For Solo Practitioners And Small Law Firms
• Nissan Can't Shake Hair-Trigger Air Bag Class Action
• Marlboro Addiction Controlled Refugee's Life, Jury Hears
• Wash. High Court Says Intuitive Had Duty To Warn Hospital
• J&J Hid Talc Risk For 'Love Of Money,' Jury Hears
• Former Sutherland Partners Open Their Own Firm In Houston
• 5-Hour Energy Ordered To Pay $4.3M For Deceptive Ads
• Report Details Problems At Theranos' Arizona Lab
• San Diego Citizens Group Loses Appeal Over Sea Lion Stench
• GAO Singles Out Holes In FDA Adverse Event Reporting
• NFL Players' Opioid Suit's RICO Claims Are Sacked
• AbbVie Fights Discovery Request Of Doc In Testosterone MDL
• Mead Johnson Hit With Whistleblower Suit Over Baby Formula
• Big Pharma Challenges FDA's New Off-Label Rule
• Ala. Judge Pauses Fiat Emissions Suit Pending MDL Ruling
• Don't Overlook Pleading Challenges In State Pharma Suits
• Law Firm Margin Improvement: The Long Game
• Fresenius Drug Killed Dialysis Patient, Jury Told
• Stakes High For J&J At Start Of Latest Baby Powder Trial
• SoCalGas To Pay $8.5M To Settle Aliso Canyon Leak Suit
• Kimberly-Clark, Gown Buyers Want Experts, Evidence Blocked
• Ex-Massey Brass Urge Chancery To Ax Mining Disaster Suit
• Takata To Plead Guilty To Wire Fraud In Air Bag Scandal
• Jury Finds Smoker's COPD Time-Barred, Giving RJR A Win
• Ex-NFLers, Judge Push Independence In Concussion Claims
• Omalu Says NHL Docs Using 'Alternative Facts' To Refute CTE
• VW Customers Fight Arbitration Bid In Engine Defect Suit
• Pa. School District Hid Lead, Copper Levels, Suit Claims
• Philly Building Collapse Trial Ends In $227M Settlement
• Justice Gorsuch And Product Liability Litigation
• Groups Sue To Block Trump's 2-For-1 Regulatory Order
• 2017 Check-Up: Is Your Law Firm Positioned For Success?
• Pa. Judge Explains Bench Toss Of Paxil Birth Defect Suit
• Decadeslong Smoker Couldn't Know Cigs' Danger, Jury Hears
• AIG Policies Don't Cover Unfair Competition Deal, Judge Says
• RJ Reynolds Cast Doubt On Dangers Of Smoking, Jury Told
• Mich. Gov. Snyder, Engineering Firms Dodge Flint Suits
• Cosmetics Trade Group Wants Out Of J&J Talc MDL
• FDA Warning Wire: Dirty Dentures, Contact Lenses, Chocolate
• Consumers Seek Class Cert. In Whirlpool Energy Label Row
• Attys Say No Immunity For Makers In Self-Driving Car Regs
• Invicta Wants Suit Over Leaky Water-Resistant Watches Nixed
• French Prosecutors To Review Fiat Chrysler Emissions Case
• Posner Heaps Doubt On Glaucoma Dropper Class Claims
• Boston U. CTE Center Says Research Requests Violate Privacy
• The Missing Key To 3rd-Party Litigation Funding
• Biomarker Exposure Tests Will Revolutionize Toxic Torts
• Infiniti Buyers Near Cert. With InTouch False Ad Suit
• GE Unit Again Wins Arbitration Bid In Faulty Motor Row
• Relator Who Dropped L-3 FCA Case Denied Cut Of Settlement
• 4th Circ. Urged To Not Revive Army Chemical Weapons Suit
• Insurer Sues Fire Safety Cos. Over $1M McDonald's Fire
• German Fish Distributor Slaps VW With Suit Over Emissions
• Cookie Dough Co. Owners To Step Down After Listeria Recalls
• Deadly Drugs Shipped Before Test Results Came In, Jury Told
• Arnold & Itkin Survive DQ Bid In Sunken Ship Case
• Bosch Wants Racketeering Suit In VW Emissions MDL Tossed
• Saint-Gobain, Honeywell Can't Dodge NY PFOA Class Action
• Fiat Rips Suit Over 'Remote Possibility' Of Jeep Hack
• NY Judge Asked To Consolidate Fiat Emissions, Recall Suits
• Monsanto Can't Escape Cities' PCBs Suit, Judge Rules
• Stay Cymbalta Suit Until Xbox Ruling, Lilly Tells 9th Circ.
• When Smartphones Get The Blame For Driver Distraction
• Atty Fee Fight Won't Slow Co.'s 'Mold' Meat Refund Deal
• NY Judge To Certify 2 Of 6 'Flushable' Wipe Class Actions
• GSK Says New Claim Has No Evidence In Avandia MDL
• CVS' Shoddy Shipping Ruined Arthritis Drug, Suit Says
• GSK Refuses Judge's Order In Reed Smith Suicide Trial
• How To Ask A Jury For Money
• Parts Cos. Slip Secondhand Asbestos Suit By Mechanic's Son
• Jurors Hear Human Cost Of Tragic Philly Building Collapse
• Hagens Berman Objects To Report On Thalidomide Suits
• CrossFit Seeks Sanctions For Hidden Docs In False Ad Row
• BNSF Not Negligent In Conductor's Death, High Court Told
• Wiley Rein Adds Enviro & Safety, Product Reg Attys
• BMW Pledges Repairs, Repayment To Exit Water Damage Suit
• Nature's Way Gets Quick Win In Ginkgo Pill Suit
• Sudan Seeks 4th Circ. Redo Of USS Cole Liability Suit
• Nissan Recalls 341,000 Altimas Over Door Opening Defect
• McDonald's Extra Value Meals No Deal, Class Claims
• Consumers Hook $1.7M In Underfilled Tuna Can Suit
• Affirmed: Pharmacies Are Not Liable For Drug Labeling
• 30 More Ex-NFLers Pledge Their Brains To CTE Research
• Engle Widower Assails Cigarette Ad Blitz As Trial Opens
• Trump Gets Scant Support On Eased FDA Oversight
• 4th Circ. Clears Marriott In Franchise Attack Death Suit
• FDA Warns Of Serious Allergic Reactions To Antiseptic
• Abbott Cleared Of All Claims In Depakote Birth-Defects Trial
• Texas Fitness Club Wins Trial Over Steam Room Injury
• Samsung Skimped On Recall Of Exploding Washers, Suit Says
• Wal-Mart To Pay $1M Over 'Biodegradable' Labels In Calif.
• Avandia MDL Settlement Administrator Sues Atty For $2.5M
• Mich. Gov., State, City Dodge Flint Water Class Action
• CPSC Won't Follow Trump Order On Regs, Citing Safety
• Reinsurer Asks 2nd Circ. To Undo Utica's $7.5M Coverage Win
• Chipotle Lied About Using GMO Foods, 11th Circ. Hears
• Amazon Settles UPenn Student Suicide Claims
• Can Federal Agencies Reverse Course Under Trump?
• When Toys Disappoint, Social Media Can Be Key For Cos.
• Ford Beats $3M Truck Defect Verdict At 4th Circ.
• Whole Foods, Kombucha Maker Get $8M Mislabeling Deal OK
• The 4 Wittiest Dissents By Gorsuch
• Gorsuch's Opening Words Speak Volumes About His Style
• FDA Offers Advice To Food Industry On Drafting Guidance
• Senators Flirt With Nuclear Option Over High Court Pick
• VW, FTC Reach $4B Buyback Deal Over Vehicle Emissions
• Similar On The Law, Gorsuch Differs From Scalia In Style
• Prepaid Calling Card Co. Permanently Banned From Calif.
• Drivers Hit Back At GM's Bid To Toss Devaluation Claims
• Ameron Says AIG, Chubb Must Cover Corrosion Settlement
• Attys React To Judge Gorsuch's Supreme Court Nomination
• Mich. Officials Ask 6th Circ. To Halt Flint Water Delivery
• J&J's Hip Verdict Appeal Attacks 'Inflammatory' Rhetoric
• Benicar MDL Judge Won't Send Med Mal Suit To State Court
• BART Pays $1.3M To Settle Hazardous Materials Suit
• B&N Recalls 147K Nook Tablet Cords Due To Shock Hazard
• Judge Reverses Course On Approval For Sony PS3 Deal
• The Myth Of The Forceful Mediator
• Lockheed, San Diego Port District To Settle Waste Claims
• Why The Supreme Court Must Revisit Personal Jurisdiction