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Product Liability - January, 2018

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• Key Safety Pushes For Coverage Win At 6th Circ.
• J&J Baby Powder Contained Asbestos, Expert Tells Jury
• Trustee Objects To Takata's Ch. 11 Liability Releases
• GM Drivers Say Vehicles' AC Units Are Defective
• 9th Circ. Upholds Loss Test In First Solar Investor Suit
• GrayRobinson Opens In West Palm Beach With 3 Shareholders
• Pharmacist Gets 8 Years For Making Meningitis-Linked Drugs
• AbbVie Seeks New Trial After $140M AndroGel Verdict
• Centers Of Influence Are Key To Small Law Firm Rainmaking
• NH Asks Justices To Deny Endo's Challenge Of Outside Atty
• Revolving-Door Roundup: Sidley, Clifford Chance, Venable
• No One Thinks Toilet Cleaner Grows On Trees, Clorox Says
• CDC Director Resigns Amid Report Of Tobacco Investments
• Russia-EU Pork Trade Battle Moves To New WTO Phase
• Product Liability Group Of The Year: King & Spalding
• No Consensus On Conspiracy Theory Of Personal Jurisdiction
• Walgreens To Pay $2.2M To Settle Suit Over Expired Wares
• GM Loses Bid For Conn. High Court Review Of $2.9M Suit
• GM Can Get Potential Plaintiff Questionnaires In Ignition MDL
• Lenovo Users' Adware Class Action Gets Cut Again
• Aegerion Sentenced To Pay Patients In Twist On $36M Plea
• EPA Coal-Plant Effluent Rule Deadline Delay Draws Suit
• FDA Warning Wire: Drugmaker Misled Customers About Tests
• Consumers Urge 9th Circ. To Revive Costco Labeling Suit
• Meet The Judge Who's Steering The Epic Opioid MDL
• Mondelez Food-Labeling Consumers Push High Sugar Claims
• No Asbestos In J&J Talc, NJ Jury Told In Mesothelioma Case
• Product Liability Group Of The Year: Covington & Burling
• Texas Court Partially Revives Michelin Faulty Tire Suit
• Accutane Suits Filed Too Late, NJ Panel Affirms
• Cooley Lands MoFo Litigation Ace, Drones Practice Chair
• Cymbalta Users Try To Revive Case After High Court Setback
• Recent Illinois Verdicts Reinforce Potency Of Remittitur
• Trial Over J&J Talc, Mesothelioma Link Kicks Off In NJ
• Takata Asks Bankruptcy Court To OK State Claims Discharge
• 9th Circ. To Rethink Block Of San Francisco Soda Law
• Forest Beats Final Cases In Celexa, Lexapro MDL
• John Crane Appeals Ruling That Axed Millions In Coverage
• Pharmacist Should Pay Meningitis Victims $82M, Gov't Says
• VW Says Texas Diesel Plaintiffs Can't Rush Service Of Docs
• From Law Firm To Newsroom: An Interview With Bob Woodruff
• Apple Unwinds Cert. Ruling In Power Button Defect Row
• ETP Blasts FERC Drilling Ban On Ohio Pipeline
• Tobacco Cos. Escape $1M In Atty Fees To Smoker's Estate
• Product Liability Group Of The Year: Bowman And Brooke
• Judging A Book: Kendall Reviews 'On The Jury Trial'
• The Software Implementation Project Failed — Now What?
• Chipotle Shouldn't Get $1.4M Fees, Costs In GMO Row: Judge
• HP Gets OK For $6.5M Laptop Defect Deal After Holdup
• Unpublished Opinion Can't Help Fiat Chrysler, Drivers Argue
• What's At Play In First J&J Talc Asbestos Trial
• Texas City Immune From Car Crash Death Suit, 5th Circ. Told
• Product Liability Group of the Year: Beasley Allen
• 11th Circ. Says Condo Defect Row A 'Suit,' Triggers Coverage
• Deals Rumor Mill: Remington, Kroger, Dell
• AbbVie Drug Did Not Cause Man's Blood Clots, Jury Finds
• Jury Clears Ford In Faulty Focus Suspension Class Action
• NHL, Player's Kin Spar Over CBA's Role In 7th Circ. Fight
• Pa. Court Won't Rehear Murder-Suicide Insurance Row
• Health Hires: Frost Brown, EBG, McDermott, Dykema Cox
• Takeda, Lilly Escape Already-Settled Diabetes Drug Claims
• Pa. Justices Urged Not To Revive $2M Store Shooting Award
• Lessons For Data Breach Lawyers From Product Liability
• Wesson Labeling Class Slams McGuireWoods For Transfer Bid
• Farmers Pick Mo. To Host Dicamba MDL Against Monsanto
• RJ Reynolds Can't Trim $600K Engle Damages, 11th Circ. Says
• LivaNova Wants Consolidation Of Bacteria Exposure Suits
• Tea Co. Can't Trim Coconut Oil Mislabeling Allegations
• E.Coli Outbreak Over, CDC Says, As FDA Probes Its Source
• Grindr Not Responsible For Offensive Profiles, Court Says
• Intel, AMD Chip Flaw Backlash Exposes New Liability Risks
• Ford Pushes To Consolidate Transmission Defect Cases
• Patients Seek Calif. MDL In Suits Over Diabetes Drugs
• Ex-Student's Suit Revived Over Defective Cafeteria Table
• Blender Co. Knew Magic Bullet Posed Serious Risk, Suit Says
• Girardi Can't Shake Accounting Suit Over $120M Class Deals
• Do I Need New Trial Counsel? 9 Questions To Ask
• Honda, Nissan, Class Defend $702M Air Bag Settlements
• Forest Beats Bid For More Docs In Celexa, Lexapro MDL
• Blank Rome Snags Litigation Partner From Pepper Hamilton
• FERC Halts ETP Pipeline Drilling Work Amid Spill Concerns
• Fla. Case Points To Speculative Nature Of Asbestos Claims
• Nelson Mullins Hires Fiat Defender, Ex-Toyota Attys
• FDA, Endo Freeze High-Stakes Drug Compounding Case
• Mass. Says 9th Circ. Hyundai Ruling Backs Nixing Rifle Deal
• 9th Circ. Sets High Bar For Nationwide Class Settlements
• Bruised Users Claim Cellulite-Fighting Stick Doesn't Work
• Mayer Brown Nabs Ex-Bracewell White Collar Chair
• Texas Town Settles Suit Over Chemical Explosion For $10.4M
• American Airlines Says Software Co. Sold It Faulty Product
• Exxon Radiation Suit Belongs In State Court, 5th Circ. Told
• Plunkett Cooney Adds MSU Global Food Law Professor
• Hernandez Brain Injury Suit Paused For Possible MDL Transfer
• FDA, FTC Target Opioid Addiction Treatment Claims
• Takata Seeks OK For $22M Stock Buy To Duck Mexico Tax
• Morgan Lewis Fights Sanctions Bid In Suit Over Explosion
• Bodybuilding Co. Says Steroid-Alternative Suit Lacks Detail
• GM Hit With First-Known Suit Over Self-Driving Car Crash
• And Now A Word From The Panel: 2017 MDL Year In Review
• 9th Circ. Axes $200M Settlement In Hyundai, Kia Fuel MDL
• Quinn Emanuel Hires Ropes & Gray Litigator In Boston
• Takata Sues RL Polk Over Noticing Debacle
• DLA Piper Adds 2 Partners To Chicago Office
• Revere Sues Pharma Cos. Over Opioids, Boston Might Follow
• Air Force Launches Team To Investigate Oxygen Incidents
• 11th Circ. Upholds Ex-Peanut Corp. Execs' Convictions
• Pharma Can't Be Liable For Generics, GSK Tells 7th Circ.
• FDA Warning Wire: Web Sales Of Banned Obesity Drug
• Blank Rome Slams DQ Bid Amid Producers' Plane-Crash Suit
• Ex-CPSC Counsel Joins Venable Regulatory Group
• NYC Sues Drugmakers, Distributors Over Opioid Epidemic
• GE Unit Fights To Keep $45M Motor Dispute In Arbitration
• Lessons From President Trump's Failed Judicial Nominations
• Hilton, Snorkeling Co. Urged To End $20.5M Drowning Suit
• Pepsi Says False Ad Suit Over 'Diet' Soda Is Preempted
• Fla. Supreme Court Rejects RJR's Appeal Of $13.5M Verdict
• Toxicology In The 21st Century: 5 Tips For Litigators
• Auto Tech Co. Wants Out Of Fiat Chrysler Car-Hacking Suit
• Enviros Lack Standing For Exxon Pollution Suit, 5th Circ. Told
• FDA Faces $50M Suit After Discrediting Drug Research Co.
• Cherokee Nation Takes Opioid Claims To Okla. State Court
• Whole Foods Overloads Supplements With B12, Suit Says
• German Surgical Toolmaker Cut From NJ Cancer Death Suit
• BP Exec's Interview Still Fair Game In Deepwater Horizon MDL
• 11th Circ. Upholds Amgen, Pfizer Win In Infection Suit
• 4th Circ. Frees Sudan From $48M USS Cole Bombing Award
• Consumers Lose Cert. Bid In Tropicana OJ False Label Suit
• Riddell Slams Hundreds Of Remand Bids In Concussion MDL
• How To Control Data As Technology Complicates E-Discovery
• Ejection Seat Maker Pleads Guilty After RAF Pilot's Death
• What Daubert Means For Product Liability Cases In Missouri
• Immigration Standoff Keeps Government Shuttered
• Expert Ups Suggested Fee Cap In NFL Concussion Deal
• '#Killinnazis' Uproar Shows Attys Must Tread Lightly Online
• Del. Becomes Latest To Sue Pharmas Over Opioid Crisis
• 7th Circ. Won't Revive Claims Of 1,000 Pfizer Suits In MDL
• Vegetarians Lose False Ad Row With Buffalo Wild Wings
• Hacking Suit Should Be Tossed, Fiat Chrysler Tells Judge
• Jason Natural Can't Quash Deodorant Labeling Suit
• Ford, Class Fight Exhaust-Odor Deal Objector In 11th Circ.
• Whole Foods Recalls Cheesecake Bars In New England
• Fiat Chrysler Says Tire Defect Claims Are Too Old
• Abbott, Plaintiffs Seek Stay Of Depakote Suits, Pending Talks
• 1st Circ. Urged To Revive Conagra 'Natural' Labeling Suit
• Aubin Ruling Changes Nothing For Fla. Asbestos Claims
• GSK Says Families Too Late To Amend Zofran MDL
• West American Must Cover False Ad Suit, Nutiva Argues
• Google Nexus Phone Defect Suit Not Going Away, Judge Says
• Calif. High Court Clarifies Construction Defect Suit Rules
• Judge Slashes Nationwide Claims From False Labeling Action
• Senators Push NHTSA For Details On Recent Air Bag Warning
• Pella Prevails In Coverage Dispute With Liberty Mutual
• Prosecutor Flustered By Surprise Motions At Insys Hearing
• Judge Rips Old GM, But Won't Enforce $1B Ignition Settlement
• 4 Key Takeaways From FDA's 2017 Enforcement Stats
• Takata Seeks Approval For Former Execs' Benefits Deals
• Sherwin-Williams Trims Prison Contractor's Flaky-Paint Suit
• Oil, Gas Cos. Seek To Keep DC Circ. Brakes Challenge Alive
• Disney Keeps AIG Dispute Over 'Pink Slime' In Arbitration
• 9th Circ. Urged To Revive Prostate Supplement Labeling Row
• Ruling On Short Sandwiches May Cast A Long Shadow
• Insurer's Bid To Avoid $11M Coverage Stays Alive
• Judge Trims Claims Against Ford In Shattering Sunroof Suit
• Del. Justices Grapple With Tolling Query In Pesticide Case
• AndroGel Can Cause Blood Clots Many Ways, Doc Tells Jury
• Buyers Say Audi, VW Can't Slip Gas Vehicle Emissions Suit
• Gov't Wants Gold King Mine Spill Suit Paused For MDL Panel
• DOT To Face More Data Fights After Safety-Record Ruling
• CDC Warns Coconut Linked To Salmonella May Be In Stores
• Flint Urges 6th Circ. Not To Revive Whistleblower Suit
• Pa. Court Urged To Resurrect Actiq Off-Label Marketing Suit
• J&J Unit Can't Nix FCA Suit Over Hip Implants Yet
• Corvette Drivers' Warranty Claims Outrun GM Dismissal Push
• NJ Justices Won't Review Sony's Win In Exploding TV Suit
• Philly Becomes Latest To Sue Drugmakers For Opioid Crisis
• Sephora Sold Eye Serum That Burned Man's Face, Suit Claims
• Removal In 2017: How Defendants Got To Federal Court
• 2017 Health Care Enforcement Review: FCA Case Law
• A Chat With Davis Wright CSO Mark Usellis
• Tattoo Removal Co. Mostly Escapes False Ad Class Action
• Trump's Mar-A-Lago Again Cited For Food Safety Issues
• Chicago Pays $115M To Woman Paralyzed At O'Hare Airport
• DAs Seek Uber Data Showing If It Shelved Drunken Drivers
• Nissan Wants Sentra Transmission Defect Suit Trimmed
• Firms Deserve $9M Fine For 'Baseless' Engle Suits: Report
• 37 Babies Sickened By Recalled French Milk Products
• FDA Warning Wire: Allergan Gets New Ammo Against Rival
• AMD Hit With Investor Suit Over Chips' Vulnerability
• Salvi Schostok Lands Ex-Hinshaw & Culbertson Litigation Atty
• BP Expects Higher Charges Related To Deepwater Claims
• Getting A 'Fair Share' Of Asbestos Liability In Pa.
• The Firms That Dominated In 2017
• Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year
• 1st Circ. Sends 3 More Meningitis Pharmacists To Trial
• VW, Porsche Cut $235M Canadian Emissions Deal
• NJ Firefighters' Suits Over Siren Hearing Loss Consolidated
• GE Gets $3M Award Confirmed Against Fridge Maker, Seller
• Ohio Presses ETP For Info To Thwart Another Pipeline Spill
• Pfizer's Hospira Billed Gov't For Faulty Pumps, Suit Says
• Drug, Device Makers Cheer As FDA Punts Off-Label Policy
• Investors Want Abbott To Explain Delay In Alere Deal
• Hinshaw & Culbertson Pulls In 6 Ex-Sedgwick Attys In Calif.
• Atty's Malpractice Jurisdiction Fight Dies At Texas High Court
• Ex-Insys Manager's Opioid Kickback Trial Pushed To Sept.
• Applying BMS To Federal Class Actions: Due Process Matters
• Chancery Keeps Insurers' Bid To Audit Asbestos Trust Alive
• 7th Circ. Eyes Hurdles In Reviving NHL Opioid Death Suit
• US Probes E. Coli Cases As Canada Says Its Outbreak 'Over'
• Restasis Is FDA-Approved, Allergan Reminds Compounder
• Amazon Escapes Insurer's Defective-Lamp Suit
• Hercules Ordered To Defend Axon In Well Blowout Suit
• Bosch Facing German Investigation Over Audi Emissions
• US Blasts Raytheon Escape Bid In Mass. Cleanup Liability
• Plane Co. Can't Sue S. African Broker In Fla., 11th Circ. Says
• 6 E-Discovery Predictions For 2018
• Endo Hit With Subpoena For Opioid-Related Docs
• $605M Takata MDL Settlement Overpays Attys, Drivers Say
• Amtrak Crash Ups Pressure To Bolster Rail Safety Tech
• What I Learned In My 1st Year: Read The Whole Thing
• Post's 1st Amend. Defense In Cereal Row Fails To Sway Judge
• Tressler Adds HeplerBroom Atty In Chicago
• 5th Circ. Keeps Exxon Radiation Exposure Suits In Fed. Court
• GM Says Lack Of Safety Issue Nixes Engine Defect Suit
• Kmart Escapes Suit Over Electric Scooter Injury
• Intel Investors Say Stock Fell After Security Flaw Reveal
• Fla. Court Affirms New Trial In $3M Tobacco Case
• Banana Boat Looks To Ice False SPF Advertising Class Action
• Former Sedgwick Partner Lands At Porzio Bromberg
• Saul Ewing Adds Ex-Sedgwick Partners In Miami, New York
• No Quick Road Ahead For Pa. Risperdal Punitives, Attys Say
• Ford Buyers Say Super Duty Truck Emissions Are 'Super Dirty'
• No Tribal Jurisdiction In Cherokee Opioid Suit, Judge Says
• Supplement Co., FTC Settle Cancer Treatment Product Suit
• Settlement Aspirations Enter The Opioid MDL
• Toyota, Honda Add 1M Vehicles To Takata Air Bag Recall
• Bayer, Merck Want Suit Questioning Coppertone SPF Tossed
• Nature's Way To Face Amended 'Healthy' Coconut Oil Claims
• 3-D Printed Implants Pose Challenge For Product Regulators
• 6 Roles To Embrace In An Evolving Legal Industry
• Schiff Hardin Must Face Insurer's Suit Over $34M Verdict
• EPA Designates 4 New Superfund Sites, Proposes 10 More
• Intel Users Urge JPML To Send Patch Suits To Calif.
• Exxon Seeks To Depose Calif. Officials Over Climate Suits
• Fired-Atty Fee Dispute A Matter Of Principle, 7th Circ. Told
• Pa. Judge Junks $28M Xarelto Verdict Against J&J, Bayer
• Electrolux Faces Trimmed Claims In Oven Overheating Suit
• SD Tribes Add To Flood Of Opioid Marketing Suits
• Christie Beats Suit Over Lead Poisoning In Newark Schools
• 5th Circ. Says Maritime Law Doesn't Apply In Well Injury Row
• VW Settlements Shouldn't Affect Emissions Suits, Court Told
• Judge Urges Speedy Pace For Opioid MDL Amid Crisis
• This Year, Let's Invest In Lawyer Resiliency
• How A Fla. Verdict Could Change Asbestos Litigation
• Old Standards Holding Back Auto Safety Advancement
• Milberg Joins Sanders Phillips Grossman To Form New Firm
• Goldberg Segalla Adds Ex-Sedgwick Med Mal Defense Atty
• Docs Weren't Warned About AndroGel's Risks, Jury Told
• Walmart Shoppers Sue Over Labeling Of 'Cage-Free' Eggs
• High Court Passes On Trio Of Energy Cases
• Takata Expands Air Bag Recall By 3.3 Million
• Houston Firm Wright & Close Adds New Name Partner
• Monsanto Engaged In Seed-Price Inflation Scheme, Suit Says
• Seattle Genetics Mounts 3rd Bid To Defeat Stock Fraud Suit
• 5 Legal Technology Predictions For 2018
• DC Circ. Judge Questions If Black Lung Case Ready For Court
• Supreme Court Won't Review Ruling On Engle Liability
• J&J May Face Punitive Damages In Pa. Risperdal Cases
• Taking And Defending Depositions You Can Actually Use
• Gold King Mine Spill Suit Halted Pending MDL Decision
• Why Physician Choice Matters In Medical Product Cases
• AbbVie Faces Third Jury In Testosterone MDL
• Consumer Watchdog Slams NHTSA Self-Driving Car Policy
• Tepco, GE Escape $5B Fukushima Radiation Suit
• NC Cherokee Tribe Latest To File Opioid Marketing Suit
• GAO Says It Will Analyze Weather Impact On Superfund Sites
• FDA Says It Won't Enforce Some Food Safety Rules
• Judge Sticks By Approval Of $350M Shire FCA Deal Split
• Starbucks Wins Toss Of Underfilled Latte Class Action
• BMW Hit With Warranty Suit Over Failing Dashboard, Tire Wear
• Well Owner Must Cover Hercules In Drilling Blowout Suit
• Health Hires: DEA, Womble Bond, LeClairRyan Bulk Up In DC
• HP Recalls Laptop Batteries For Overheating Risk
• Atty In $28M Xarelto Trial Could Be Nixed Over Judge Photo
• Utah Wants Gold King Mine Suit Halted For Deal Talks
• Indirect Purchaser Cases In 2017: Key Appeals Court Rulings
• Connected Devices Bring New Product Liability Challenges
• Amtrak Hit With First Victim Suits Over Train Derailment
• Gilead Takes Key FCA Battle To Supreme Court
• Intel Hit With Consumer Class Action Over Security Issue
• FDA Warning On Stem Cell Co. Keeps Up Heat On Industry
• Oregon Sues Monsanto Over $100M PCB Pollution Cleanup
• Lead Attys Named For Massive Opioid MDL
• SXSW Tells 5th Circ. It's Not To Blame For Crash Death
• Celgene Hits Supplier With Cancer Drug Trademark Suit
• JPML OKs Transfer Of Concussion Suit To NCAA MDL
• Janssen Gets $5.6M Verdict Tossed In Calif. Appeals Court
• 9th Circ. Won't Rethink Costco's Win In Apotex Origin Case
• Court Won't Rethink Axing Defense In Condo Defect Battle
• Consumer Group Suit Over Formula's 'Organic' Label Tossed
• Exxon, Lockheed Settle $16M Asbestos Litigation Bill Dispute
• BASF Digs For Damages Docs In Asbestos Fraud Dispute
• Litigation Finance Trends To Watch In 2018
• Why Sales Rep Witness Tampering Accusations Matter
• Takata Ch. 11 Disclosures Approved After Numerous Changes
• NHTSA OKs Auto Imports That Meet Canada Safety Standards
• Relator Can't Sue Gov't For FCA Settlement, 11th Circ. Rules
• E. Coli Outbreak Kills One In US, CDC Confirms
• Drug Buyers Can't Get Forest Labs Docs Related To Probe
• Judge Sets Busy Trial Slate For Philly Testosterone Cases
• FDA Unveils Guidance To Smooth Generic-Drug Path
• The Enneagram And The Practice Of Law
• Shook Hardy Brings On Ex-Sedgwick Chair
• Alissa Starzak On Net Neutrality, US Army, Leap To Startup
• NFLers' Attys Seek Changes To Concussion Deal Fee Payouts
• FDA Issues Highest-Level Recall For J&J Heart Device
• Russia Rips EU's Claims It Didn't Comply With Pork Rules
• The Link Between E-Cigarette Design And Explosions
• Airbnb Escapes Landlord's Suit Over Rowdy Guests
• Justices Asked To Review Revival Of Flint Water Suits
• FDA Warning Wire: Diet Drug Deceit, Fresenius Failings
• Pie Maker Sued Over 'Made With Real Butter' Claims
• Firing Ex-Tobacco Atty Doesn't Fix Engle Case Conflict: Court
• RJR Ordered To Continue Fla. Tobacco Payments
• Apple Knowingly Slows Old IPhones Via Updates, Class Says
• 9th Circ. Tells EPA To Get To Work On Lead Paint Standard
• Fiat Chrysler Faces Class Action Over Alleged Engine Defect
• Auxilium Settles 1st Philly Testosterone Case
• Judging A Book: Tymkovich Reviews 'Gorsuch'
• Goldberg Segalla Opens LA Office Led By Ex-Sedgwick Atty
• Can California Survive Without Tort Reform?
• Bristol-Myers, Consumers Look To Centralize NJ Abilify Suits
• Environmental Regulation And Legislation To Watch In 2018
• Illinois Cases To Watch In 2018
• Key New Jersey Cases To Watch In 2018
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• Product Liability Regulation, Legislation To Watch In 2018
• California Cases To Watch In 2018
• The Biggest Environmental Cases To Watch In 2018
• 5 Cybersecurity And Privacy Policies To Watch In 2018
• Sports Cases To Watch In 2018
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