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Product Liability - May, 2018

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• Fitbit's Arbitration 'Gamesmanship' Could End In Contempt
• 6th Circ. Affirms Freeze On Disbarred Fen-Phen Atty's Assets
• Seeger Weiss Says Don't Delay $85.6M Atty Fees In NFL Deal
• FDA Targets Anti-Generic Foot-Dragging By Big Drugmakers
• 'Opioid Babies' Need Separate Track In MDL, Attys Say
• BigLaw Blogs In A Post-GDPR Marketing Universe
• Drivers Defend Claims In GM Emissions Cheating Suit
• 3rd Circ. Won't Revisit Citgo's $100M Oil Spill Liability
• Grindr Should Be Liable For Impersonation, 2nd Circ. Told
• Opioid MDL Order Shows Need For Broad Funding Disclosure
• PFAS: Not Your Typical Emerging Contaminants — Part 2
• 4th Circ. Won't Revisit Kinder Morgan Groundwater Ruling
• NFL Asks For Investigator To Probe Concussion Claim Fraud
• Takata Special Master Reports How Victims Can Get Payout
• FDA Issues Challenge For New Tech To Fight Opioid Crisis
• 3rd Circ. Saves Workers' Pesticide Row Against Dow, Others
• NY, Calif. Sue EPA Over Delayed Pesticide Training Update
• Insys Sales Rep Pleads Guilty To Opioid Kickback Scheme
• Rival Rigged Vacuum Test To Support Ad, Dyson Tells Jury
• Daimler Seeks Exit From German Auto Antitrust MDL
• FTC, NY Can't Revive Memory-Booster Suit, 2nd Circ. Told
• Enviros Say Retired Plant Leaching Coal Ash Into River
• GSK, Reed Smith Atty's Widow Spar Over Case's Fiscal Impact
• Blood Test Co. Says Rival Falsely Advertised FDA Status
• FDA's Youth E-Cig Blitz Could Go Much Further
• PFAS: Not Your Typical Emerging Contaminants — Part 1
• J&J Faces Start Of Latest Asbestos-In-Talc Trial In Calif.
• Toyota Trial Tainted By Market Talk, Calif. High Court Told
• Jury Impaneled In Dyson False Ad Suit Ahead Of Trial Kickoff
• 11 Bankruptcy Appeals Resolved In GM Ignition Switch MDL
• Suits Show Conflict Even At BigLaw's Best Places For Women
• Reform Or Retreat? UK Firms Eye Next Steps On Pay Data
• How Women Are Changing The Law Firms They Lead
• The Best Law Firms For Female Partners
• Workers Ask EPA To Enforce St. Johns River Discharge Limits
• NFL Settlement Cheating Claims Put Class Counsel In Bind
• Opioid Suit Against McKesson Doesn't Fit In MDL, Tribe Says
• Corn Farmers Seek Cert. In Suit Over Syngenta Fees
• Firm Gets Pushback On 25% Fee Bid In NFL Concussion MDL
• EPA Reaches $100M Settlement For Brooklyn Superfund Site
• Besins Cut Loose From Testosterone Replacement MDL
• Tesla To Pay $5.4M To End Autopilot, Safety Features Row
• High Court Won't Hear Abilify Whistleblowers' FCA Claims
• And Now A Word To The Panel: Happy 50th!
• Honda Beats Suit Over Rodent-Chewed Components
• The 2018 Law360 Glass Ceiling Report
• US Soccer Failed To Cut Concussion Risk, Youth Players Say
• Analyzing The Economics Of Litigation Funding
• Rule 23 Changes: How Electronic Notice Can Save Money
• Law360's Glass Ceiling Report, By The Numbers
• The Best Law Firms For Female Attorneys
• Law360's Pro Say: Why Are All The Partners Still Men?
• What Does Gender Parity In The Legal Industry Look Like?
• How We Got Here: A Look Back At Trailblazing Women In Law
• Prop 65 Requires Warning For Even Trace Lead, Enviros Say
• Stakes High As GSK Takes Generics Liability Row To 7th Circ.
• Fiat Chrysler Recalls 4.8M Vehicles Over Cruise Control Issue
• Jury Awards $1.2M Over Vein Perforated By Medical Device
• 7th Circ. Nixes Suit Over NHL Player's Death
• 5 Flash Points As FDA Gets Earful On Compounding Guidance
• 2nd Circ. Won't Revive NY Residents' Honeywell Cleanup Row
• Drivers Must Say Why They Altered Autobahn Suit Without OK
• $21.5M Monsanto Settlement Over Roundup Labels Approved
• Jury Deadlocks In Latest Trial Over J&J Talc And Asbestos
• Tesla To Settle Suit Over Autopilot, Safety Features
• Don't Cry Over Clearly Labeled Organic Milk
• J&J Claims $70M Award In Surgical Stapler Case Is Unjustified
• Judge Won't Review Cert. Denial In Tropicana False Label Suit
• Asbestos In J&J Talc Killed 30-Year-Old Atty, Jury Told
• Global Warming Fight Heats Up As Big Oil, Cities Face Off
• Seeger Weiss Gets $52M Of $85M NFL Concussion Suit Fees
• Philip Morris, RJR Hit With $21M Verdict In Engle Case
• Fiat Chrysler Wants RICO Claim Tossed In Emissions MDL
• Pa. PUC Judge Orders Shutdown Of Sunoco Pipelines
• Chevron Escapes $9.5B Ecuadorean Award Bid In Canada
• Netgear's Wi-Fi Extenders Don't Work As Touted, Suit Says
• NTSB Says Uber Self-Driving Car Didn't Recognize Pedestrian
• Keys To Protecting Communications With Litigation Funders
• Jury Hits J&J With $4M Punitives In Talc Cancer Trial
• J&J Hit With $21.7M Talc Asbestos Cancer Verdict In Calif.
• SG Urges High Court To Take Up Merck's Fosamax Appeal
• Uber Removes Self-Driving Cars From Arizona After Crash
• NY Doc Convicted For Distributing Opioids That Killed 2
• J&J Talc Supplier Challenges Evidence In $117M Verdicts
• $20M Verdict Holds Software Co. Liable For Botched Project
• 'Dieselgate' Stalled Sales, VW Salespeople Say In Class Action
• Ex-NFLer Dodges Arbitration Over $500K Settlement Advance
• FDA Wants Risky OTC Teething Treatments Pulled Off Market
• Big Oil, Calif. Cities Set To Clash Over Climate Change
• Drone Test Sites Give States Expanded Regulatory Role
• 'Queen Of Toxic Torts' Leaves Quinn Emanuel For Dechert
• 5 Key Rules In The ALI's Liability Insurance Guidelines
• Landowners Fight Kinder Morgan DQ Bid In Pollution Suit
• Del. Construction Co. Ducks Care Facility Build Defect Suit
• Drivers Amend Autobahn Parts Suit To Facilitate $1.6M Deal
• Warren Pumps Can't Get Interest In Asbestos Coverage Battle
• Cherokees Slam Drug Cos.' Bid To Pause Opioid Suit
• Why 9th Circ. Revisited Its Decision On 'Flushable' Wipes
• TV Station, Helicopter Co. To Pay $40M To End Crash Suit
• No Asbestos In J&J Talc Mines, SC Mesothelioma Jury Hears
• Pa. Panel Revives Suit Linking Man's Leukemia To Pesticides
• Toyota, Customer Dismiss 4th Circ. Melting-Dashboard Appeal
• Ex-Insys Execs Rail Against 'Inflammatory' RICO Indictment
• House Sends 'Right To Try' Treatments Bill To Trump
• Okla. Judge Greenlights Class Action In Fracking Quake Suit
• Workers Hurt In Texas Plant Blast Sue For Over $1M
• Chemicals Maker Inks $3.4M Upgrades, Penalty Deal With EPA
• GSK Gets Generic Suits Tossed From Zofran MDL
• FDA Warning Wire: Rodent Feces At Mass. Candy Plant
• Olin, Insurer Ask Rakoff To Explain Ruling On $130M Award
• Sanofi Must Divulge Docs In FCA Fight Over Cancer Drug
• Atty In Pella Window Suit Seeks $1.5M Fees After Deal Hike
• CPSC Steps Up Action On Safe Product Packaging Standards
• Deal In CVS False Ad Suit Shouldn't Get OK, Judge Says
• Judge OKs Samsung Washer Deal, Scolds Squire Patton Atty
• Samsung Can't Force Galaxy S3 Arb With Hidden Agreement
• Chinese Drywall MDL Cases March Toward La. Trial
• Dentons Nabs Selman Breitman's Product Liability Partner
• Justices Turn Away Solvay FCA Off-Label Marketing Case
• Gov't Gets It Wrong On Climate Suits, Calif. Cities Say
• Justices Won't Hear Class Action Over Army Base Pollution
• Introducing The Legal Industry To Millennial Business Owners
• Unilever Misleads With Corn Fiber In Ice Cream, Suit Says
• 4 Tips For Avoiding Product Defects In Post-Storm Rebuilding
• Pa. Appeals Court Urged To OK Philly Mesh Case Jurisdiction
• FDA Notices Show Agency Is All In On Tobacco Regulation
• Tribes Insist On Being Heard In Noisy Opioid MDL
• DEA Drops Enforcement Order Against Opioid Distributor
• 3rd Circ. Won't Rethink Cert. Denial In Owens Corning Suit
• 9th Circ. Revives Vitamin E Labeling Row Over Heart Claims
• BMW Seeks Toss Of German Auto Antitrust MDL
• Class Cert. Denied In Herbicide False-Advertising Suit
• Nissan Must Face 5-State Shattering-Sunroof Suit
• Mass. City Says 3M Foam Contamination Suit Should Proceed
• Advertiser Self-Regulation And Class Actions: Part 3
• 10th Circ. Caps Ski Resort Project Insurer's Liability At $5M
• FDA Shames Anti-Generic Tactics, Putting Onus On Congress
• Hawaii, NM Reach $7M Settlement Over Takata Air Bags
• EPA Floats Rollback Of Obama-Era Chemical Safety Regs
• Nestle Sinks Class Action Claims Over Poland Spring Water
• Honest Co.'s Organic Formula Not Up To Calif. Par, Org Says
• NL Industries To Pay $60M To End Calif. Lead Paint Suit
• Apple Slims Exercise Headphone Class Action Claims
• SQM Again Beats Calif. City's $30M Tainted Water Suit At Trial
• VW Gets Claims Trimmed In Defective Sunroof Class Action
• BMW Soft-Close Doors Are A 'Guillotine,' NY Couple Says
• FDA Asks More E-Cig Makers About Kids' Use
• Diet Pepsi Consumers Know What Label Means, Court Says
• Advertiser Self-Regulation And Class Actions: Part 2
• A Chat With Perkins Practice Management Chief Toby Brown
• GSK, Zofran Users To Pick 16 Potential MDL Bellwether Cases
• Easton Baseball Bats Heavier Than Advertised, Suit Says
• Texas Energy Co. Negligent In Home Explosion, Suit Says
• Titan Of The Plaintiffs Bar: The Lanier Law Firm's Mark Lanier
• General Mills Says Trans Fat Class Action Is Half-Baked
• SQM Owes $30M For Tainted Groundwater, Calif. City Says
• Insurers Can't Evade New Claims In Dairy's Manure Suit
• LG Chem Can't Shake NJ Suit Over Exploding Battery
• Church & Dwight To Face Trimmed Supplement Labeling Row
• Ill. Jury Finds For AbbVie In AndroGel Bellwether Trial
• Maker Of Anti-Clot Device Must Face Suit Over Pierced Vein
• DOT Needs To Stop Stalling On Seat Belt Rule, DC Circ. Told
• 3M, Tyco Say Mass. County's Fire Foam Suit Is Still Too Vague
• P&G Beats Most Of Exploding Tide Pod Suit
• FCA Questions That High Court May Address Next Term
• Advertiser Self-Regulation And Class Actions: Part 1
• Food Cos. Escape Suit Claiming Squid Sold As Octopus
• Why Won't Judicial Nominees Affirm Brown V. Board Of Ed?
• The Lawyers' Guide To Cloud Computing
• Widower Says Court Should Have Let Him Fix Engle Suit Error
• GSK Says W.Va. High Court Opinion Backs 7th Circ. Appeal
• Nonclass Attys Deserve Cut Of $10B VW Deal, 9th Circ. Told
• Judge OKs More Depositions In Fiat Chrysler Stock Drop Suit
• FDA Cigar Warnings Don't Violate 1st Amendment, Judge Says
• 6 States Sue Purdue Over Alleged Deceptive Opioid Marketing
• EPA Post-VW Emission Testing Could Be Better: OIG
• Insys Bribed Docs To Write Opioid Scripts, DOJ, 6 States Say
• FDA Warning Wire: Pesticides, Poisoning, YouTube Promos
• Riddell Says Ex-NFLers' Concussion Claims Covered By CBAs
• Titan Of The Plaintiffs Bar: Seeger Weiss' Christopher Seeger
• Honda CR-V Owners Call Crash 'Sensing' System Dangerous
• Citgo Says 3rd Circ. Muffed Ruling Over $100M Spill Award
• VW Offers Reimbursements To End Faulty-Engine Row
• 11th Circ. Affirms Fertilizer Co.'s Win In Toxic Tort Suit
• Keys To FDA Advisory Panel Prep For Device Makers
• Drivers Fight Fiat Chrysler's Bid To Nix Pacifica Defect Suit
• Brand-Name Drug Cos. Not Liable For Generics' Tags In W.Va.
• Schiff Hardin Must Face Malpractice Suit, 5th Circ. Told
• 9th Circ. Wants More Briefing In Gluten-Free Labeling Suit
• Colorado Residents Sue Makers Of 'Toxic' Firefighting Foam
• High Court To Mull Asbestos Liability Under Maritime Law
• High Court Won't Hear GM Paralyzed Driver Retrial Fight
• NHTSA Wants Answers For Delays In Takata Air Bag Recall
• Recovering Lawyers' Lost Position Of Independence
• Texas Plans Opioid Deception Suit, Opposes State MDL
• Class Counsel In Dow Pollution Suit Want Attys Sanctioned
• Bayer, Merck Sunblock SPF Suit Sent Back To State Court
• Dozens Of Cases Cut From Testosterone Replacement MDL
• Ex-NHL Enforcer Claims New Evidence In Concussion Suit
• Fiat Chrysler Looks To Bar Depositions In Stock Drop Suit
• Mercedes Recalls Smart Cars Due To Engine Fire Risk
• Ex-NY Assembly Speaker Convicted After 2nd Graft Trial
• Candy Maker Agrees To Pay $2.5M To End Slack-Fill Suit
• Power Tool Co. Hit With $1.4M Suit Over Exploding Batteries
• Climate Change Suits Have No Place In Court, Feds Say
• 'Anti-Aging Miracle' Does Nothing Of The Sort, Suit Says
• Lack Of Sameness Doomed INRatio Class Certification
• Titan Of The Plaintiffs Bar: Lieff Cabraser's Elizabeth Cabraser
• NJ Justices OK Centralizing Abilify Side-Effect Suits
• Actiq Off-Label Marketing Suit Preempted, Pa. Panel Affirms
• Fiat Chrysler Gets Clutch Defect Suit Further Trimmed
• Opioid MDL Judge Says Litigation Track Is A Settlement Aid
• 7th Circ. Undoes $1M CVS Verdict In 'Pill Mill' Doc Case
• Wash. County Joins Big Oil Climate Change Suit Parade
• Wines Don't Need Arsenic Warning, Calif. Appeals Court Says
• Firms Ask To Consolidate NJ Zostavax Suits Against Merck
• 8 Reasons To Take A Fresh Look At Your Law Office Lease
• NFL Teams Tell 9th Circ. RICO Painkiller Claim Is Too Old
• Pomerantz, Shapiro Seek $5M Fees For $18M Aveo Stock Deal
• FDA's Hand Can't Be Forced On 'Natural' Tobacco Labeling
• Man Stole Friend's Warhol Prints, Sold Fakes, Feds Say
• DOJ Sues To Stop Clinics' Unapproved Stem Cell Treatments
• Attys Brawl Over Hospital Choice For Opioid MDL Bellwether
• A General Counsel's Tips For Succeeding As A New Associate
• DuPont Gets $7M Leukemia Liability Award Tossed
• Family Dollar Escapes Aloe Vera Labeling Suit, For Now
• Court Asked To Force Investment Firms To Repay Ex-NFLers
• Thoratec Investors Win Cert. In Revived Stock-Drop Suit
• 2nd Circ. Orders Fresh Look At Reinsurer's Asbestos Costs
• DOT Picks Expanded Drone Ops Test Sites, Mulls New Rules
• RJ Reynolds Seeks To Undo Punitives In $11.5M Award
• Pa. Court Grapples With Proof Behind $1M Fracking Fine
• Starbucks Fails To Sway Judge In Calif. Cancer Warning Case
• Patients Paid When Takeda Hid Actos Cancer Risks, Suit Says
• $117M Verdicts In J&J Talc Case Must Stand, Couple Says
• Neb. Tribes Sue Pharma Cos. Over 'Havoc' From Opioid Crisis
• Snowboarder's Injury Suit Against Pa. Resort Sent To Trial
• Titan Of The Plaintiffs Bar: Hagens Berman's Steve Berman
• Apple Consumers Denied Cert. In IPhone Touch-Screen Suit
• Ex-Pharmacist Denied Meningitis Acquittal Bid Amid Appeal
• Pay Attention To The Law And The Science Of Cannabidiol
• Food Contamination: When Responsible Parties Are Identified
• Drug Execs Deny Blame For Role In Opioid Crisis
• Litigation Funder Tries To Recover Advance To NFL Player
• DEA Must Divulge National Data In Opioid MDL, Judge Rules
• 30 Calif. Counties Suing Opioid Makers, Distributors
• GSK Can't Make Hagens Berman Pay Special Master Fees
• Sheldon Silver Never Asked For Kickbacks, Jury Hears
• Zurich's Suit Over Asbestos Deal Coverage Reopened
• New England Coffee Co. Sued Over Lack Of Hazelnuts
• 'Made In USA' Ruling Reflects New, Looser Calif. Standard
• Developers Angered By Ex-NY Pol's Atty Fee Cut, Jury Hears
• Endo Shareholders Fight Bid To Toss Opioid Safety Suit
• Opioid MDL Attys Must Disclose Outside Funding, Judge Says
• Drug Cos. Can Add Support To Pause Cherokee Opioid Suit
• Ex-NTSB Chair To Advise Uber On Safety After Fatal Crash
• DEA's Proposed Opioid Limits Meet Industry Resistance
• Insurer Needn't Cover Ride Injury, 11th Circ. Affirms
• NC Swine Stench Sufferers' $50M Punitive Damages Slashed
• Boehringer Scores 2nd Bellwether Win In Conn. Pradaxa Suit
• Judging A Book: Berzon Reviews 'We The Corporations'
• Trader Joe's Gummy Candies Use Artificial Flavor, Suit Says
• Oil Cos., NYC Clash Over Viability Of Climate Change Suit
• CORRECTED: Auto Dealer Reaches $1.6M Deal To End Parts Allegations
• New Regs Pave Way For China's Self-Driving Car Strategy
• What ABA's Position On Harassment Means For Employers
• Inside The New GMO Labeling Disclosure Proposal
• Titan of the Plaintiffs Bar: Baum Hedlund's R. Brent Wisner
• Law360 Reveals Titans Of The Plaintiffs Bar
• FDA Fights Challenges To E-Cig Regulations In DC Circ.
• EPA Science Data Rule Could Upend Regulatory Process
• Insurer Asks 4th Circ. To Nix $87M Heparin Coverage Ruling
• Drivers Fight To Keep Suit Over Fiat Chrysler Recalls Alive
• New GM Must Face Some Groundwater Claims, Judge Says
• Chevron Settles Calif. City's Suit Over Refinery Fire For $5M
• Tribes From Wash., ND Pile Onto Opioid MDL
• BMW, Consumers Agree To Settlement In Engine Defect Suit
• Fla. AG Says Restaurant's Farm-To-Table Claims Are Baloney
• 'Hidden' Trial Expert Payment Stumble An Ethics Oddity
• Con Edison Is Hampering Fluid Leak Fix, PSE&G Tells FERC
• Doctor Escapes Suit Over Shoddy Biomet Hip Replacements
• Dem AGs Back California Cities In Big Oil Climate Fight
• New Era Of Falling Space Debris, Old Treaties On Liability
• Practical Considerations For Litigating Proportionality
• When Must Manufacturers Anticipate Product Misuse?
• Los Angeles Latest To Sue Pharma Cos. Over Opioid Crisis
• GM Trust Seeks OK For Ignition Switch Settlement
• Oakland, SF Say Climate Change Fight Belongs In Court
• Visionworks Can't Duck Fla. Class Suit Over Free Offer Deal
• Chocolatier Fights Second Attempt At Suit Over Box Fullness
• NHTSA Says It Didn't Assess Tesla's Autopilot Tech
• Ky. Agency Urges Dismissal Of Coal Ash Suit At 6th Circ.
• W.Va. Regulators Lift Block On $4.2B ETP Pipeline Work
• Ex-Volkswagen US Exec Wants Bondholders' Fraud Suit Nixed
• Consumers Want Nationwide Data In BMW Engine Defect Suit
• Ex-VW CEO Indicted Over Emissions Scandal
• Ex-NFL Attys Ask Judge To Rethink $112M Fees Order
• Litigation Funder's Arbitration With Ex-NFLer Is Held Up
• CPSC Reaction To Consumer Misuse May Cost Companies
• Supporting Nontraditional Data Types In E-Discovery
• Ex-KFC La. Site Buyer Wants Cleanup Suit To Stay Out Of Ill.
• Pharma Industry Seeks Texas MDL For Opioid Cases
• Subaru Can't Ditch Suit Over Faulty Windshields
• Ford Objectors Won't Be Made To Pay $475K Appeal Bond
• Enbridge Energy Will Pay $1.9M For Violating Spill Deal
• Hawaii First To Ban Pesticide Linked To Brain Damage
• How Weil Gotshal Drove Takata Through Complex Bankruptcy
• Insurers Off The Hook For Sapa Faulty Windows Settlement
• Dow Chemical Sued Over Deadly Cyanide Leak In Texas
• A Key Rhode Island Ruling On Take-Home Asbestos Exposure
• Volkswagen To Pay $40M To Arizona Over Emissions Scandal
• Kinder Morgan Wants Firm DQ'd From Refinery Pollution Suit
• Opioid Cos. Sued Over Ballooning Health Insurance Costs
• Thoratec Investors Seek Cert. In Revived Stock-Drop Suit
• Volkswagen Strikes $2.65M Deal With W.Va. Over Emissions
• Calif. Fires First Shot In EPA Fuel Economy Rollback Fight
• Danone Dodges Consumer's Suit Over Organic Milk Label
• FDA, FTC Say E-Cig Liquids Can't Resemble Children's Foods
• Hyundai Drivers Seek Reboot Of Power Steering Defect Suit
• Mercedes Smacked With 'Fake Recall' Consumer Class Action
• Don't Revive Ky. Coal Ash Suit, Utility Tells 6th Circ.
• After Trump's Policy Purges, Who Speaks For The Victims?
• J&J Subsidiary's Breast Implants Caused Cancer, Suit Says