Product Liability Archive » July, 2018

Product Liability - July, 2018

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• Wash. Judge Blocks 3D Gun Blueprint Releases, For Now
• Remington Escapes Wrongful Death Suit Over Recalled Rifle
• Monsanto Expert Rips Studies Linking Herbicide To Cancer
• NFL Concussion Settlement Pays Out Over $502M In Claims
• Starbucks Scores Small Win In Battle Against Cancer Labels
• 6th Circ. Urged To Rethink Class Issues In Dayton Toxic Tort
• Insys Founder Tries To Exit Suit Over Drug-Related Death
• Allergan Says Imprimis' Bad Faith Discovery Merits Sanctions
• ​​​​​​​FDA Warning Wire: Um, Don't Make Medicines In Kitchen Pots
• Cummins To Recall 500K Trucks Over Faulty Emissions
• Odwalla Scores A Win In 'No Added Sugar' Suit
• New Cross-Claim Burdens For Asbestos Defendants In NJ
• Odwalla Calls Juice Label Suit A Preemption 'Poster Child'
• Marsh Must Face Asbestos Claims Once Barred By Trust
• ​​​​9th Circ. Hyundai Kia Rethink May Give Class Deals Clarity
• Weyerhaeuser Can't Arbitrate Joist Defect Suit, Court Told
• FDA Rejects Insys Painkiller Spray Over Safety Concerns
• States Sue To Block Federal 3D Gun Printing Settlement
• Big Oil Says Wash. County Climate Suit Has No Place In Court
• Drowning Victims' Kin File $100M Suit Over Duck Boat Sinking
• Motor-Oil Maker Sells 'Cancer' For Cars, Drivers Say
• Outback Dodges Suit Over NJ Customer's Salmonella Claims
• Jury Punishes RJ Reynolds For $300K Over Smoker's Death
• FDA Sounds Alarm Over 'Vaginal Rejuvenation' Treatments
• Toyota, Kobe Steel Can't Duck Metal Quality Suit: Drivers
• 600 Lb Gorillas Duels Mister Cookie Face As Trial Starts
• For Self-Driving Car Makers, Industry Standards Matter
• Law360 Names Top Attorneys Under 40
• Individualized Claims Thwart Testosterone RICO MDL
• Insurers Must Face Bike Crash Coverage Row, 7th Circ. Told
• Monsanto Herbicide's Link To Cancer Sound, Jury Told
• ZTE Knew Cellphone Heat Was Dangerous, Customer Says
• Ex-Insys Execs Say Feds' Bid To Redo RICO Case Is Futile
• BNP Paribas Not Liable For '98 Embassy Attacks: DC Circ.
• Full 9th Circ. To Review Hyundai, Kia Fuel Economy Ruling
• J&J Unit Can't Skip To En Banc Hearing In Pa. Mesh Appeal
• Insurer Can't Duck $1.3M Construction Defect Coverage Row
• Innovator Liability Flunks The Dormant Commerce Clause
• Jones Day Case Highlights Questions Of Atty Privilege Abroad
• Monsanto's Toxicology Figures Don't Hold Up, Jury Hears
• Drugmaker Put 'Misbranded' Medicines On Market, Feds Say
• J&J Can't Get New Judge For Philly Pelvic Mesh Trial
• 3rd-Party Funder Recovers From Ex-NFLer's Injury Payout
• Sho-Me Pays $24M To End Land Dispute Before 3rd Trial
• Warning Claims Axed In Bard Blood Vessel Filter Bellwether
• Media Can't Access Drug Co. Data In Opioid MDL
• FDA To Mull Labeling For Nondairy 'Milks'
• 3M Settles FCA Suit Over Military Earplugs For $9M
• Fiat Chrysler Must Face Negligence Claims In Rider's Death
• 600 Lb Gorillas Can't Expand Suit On Eve Of Ice Cream Trial
• EPA Wants Navajo, States' Gold King Mine Claims Tossed
• Factory Dust System Makers Can't Ditch $33M Injury Verdict
• Bristol-Myers Unlikely To Shake Up Class Action Landscape
• The Future Of Authenticating Audio And Video Evidence
• Judge Slams Fitbit, MoFo Attys For Arbitration Runaround
• Amazon Faulty Eclipse Glasses Suit Sent To Arbitration
• Ex-NHLers Won't Appeal Head Trauma Cert. Denial For Now
• BigLaw Atty Suspended For Calling Pregnancy A Delay Tactic
• Mister Cookie Face Rips Gorillas' Bid To Add NJ Claim
• Jury Tacks $1M Onto $3.5M Smoking Verdict Against Reynolds
• Toyota Can't Protect Documents From Seat-Design Trial
• Discovery War Breaks Out In Opioid MDL Bellwethers
• Objectors Slam $9.5M Fee Request By NFL Class Counsel
• It's All Too Easy To Sell An 'Unregistered Pesticide'
• From Billable Hours To Bedtime Stories: Lawyering With Children
• Bosch, Others To Pay Truck Dealers $3M In Auto Parts MDL
• Alston & Bird Adds Food And Beverage Partner In Atlanta
• Minn. Tribe Sues Drugmakers, Distributors Over Opioid Crisis
• CSX Agrees To $2.7M Deal Over Oil Spill Pollution Claims
• Climate Tort Litigation: An Early Scorecard
• Feds Try To Clear Up Ex-Insys Execs' RICO Charge For Judge
• 2nd Circ. Nixes Class Cert. In J&J 'Natural' Baby Wash Suit
• Amazon Ducks Out Of Insurer's Product Liability Suit
• Pa. Court Denies Asbestos Case Against Ford, Advance Auto
• Toyota Owners Defend Cert. Bid In Defective Windshield Suit
• Texas Appeals Court Revives Plumber's Defective Parts Suit
• How Mammoth Student Loans Are Dogging Today's Lawyers
• Jury Says RJ Reynolds Bears Blame In $3.5M Smoking Verdict
• And Now A Word From The Panel: A Flood Of MDLs
• Law360's Global 20 Doesn't Acknowledge Global Networks
• Will Blood Testing Revive Medical Monitoring Claims?
• RJR Caused Smoker's Death, Jury Told At Trial's Close
• Grant & Eisenhofer Not Entitled To $31M Fee, Ex-Client Says
• Monsanto's Herbicide Caused Open Lesions, Jury Hears
• GM Seeks Toss Of Ignition Bellwether Suits
• Bayer Can't Keep 16 Suits Over Essure Injuries In Fed. Court
• 2nd Ex-Balch & Bingham Atty Walks Away From Bribery Trial
• Texas Jury Awards Rain-X Maker $1.3M In False Ad Row
• $9.1M Sanctions Halved For Firms In 'Baseless' Engle Suits
• Feds, Silver Take Familiar Tacks Before Graft Sentencing
• Court OKs Sanction On Atty In WWE Concussion Suit
• Time For Sunshine On 3rd-Party Litigation Funding
• Is The Grass Greener On The Solo Side?
• 1st Circ. Wonders Why FDA Should Not Decide Eyedrop Suit
• NJ Justices Won't Review Toss Of $25M Accutane Verdict
• Morgan Lewis Ducks Sanctions Over Explosion Suit
• A 'Broad' Approach To Toxic Tort Class Cert. At 6th Circ.
• The Least-Stressed Attorneys In A Stressed-Out Profession
• Law360's Satisfaction Survey: By The Numbers
• Acadia Hit With Securities Suit Over Drug Linked To Deaths
• Texas Court Limits Info Toyota Must Disclose In Seats Suit
• RJ Reynolds Must Pay For Causing Smoker's Death, Jury Told
• Oncologist Says Roundup Caused Groundskeeper's Cancer
• Ex-Balch & Bingham Partner, Coal Exec Convicted Of Bribery
• 9th Circ. Says Ore. County Can't Collect $2.3M Defect Award
• More Quinn Emanuel Attorneys Leave Firm For Dechert
• Greenberg Traurig Adds Former Teva Atty To Philly Office
• Product Liability And Regulation To Watch: Midyear Report
• J&J Faces Bid To Revive Cancer Victim's $417M Talc Win
• NHTSA Probes Alleged Stalling, Overheating Of Ford Escapes
• AGs From 9 States Urge FDA To Ban Menthol In Tobacco
• Endo, Mallinckrodt Target Drug Dealers With Opioid Suit
• Litigation Funder Seeks Bond For Ex-NFLer's $500K Advance
• AIG Unit Can't Flip Asbestos Coverage Ruling In Ohio
• Faulty Expert Opinion Tanks Auxilium Testosterone Suit
• GlaxoSmithKline Says FDA Rejected Zofran Birth Defects
• The Opioid Epidemic: Who Will Jurors Hold Accountable?
• Drummond Exec, Balch & Bingham Partner Trial Goes To Jury
• Hernandez Team Seeks To Return CTE Case To State Court
• Chinese Co. Pays $2M To End Installer's Drywall Claims
• GM Ch. 11 Judge Undecided On $1B Ignition Switch Deal
• US On List Of 107 Nations Tied To Listeria-Linked Food Recall
• Energy Cos. To Appeal Climate Tort Ruling To 9th Circ.
• Ford, Bosch Say Super-Duty Truck Emissions Suit Baseless
• Asbestos Link In $4.7B J&J Verdict Adds Twist To Talc Suits
• AngioDynamics Will Pay $12.5M To End DOJ's FCA Probe
• HHS Looks To Imports As Remedy For Drug Price Increases
• New York City's Climate Suit Against Big Oil Thrown Out
• A Lawyer's Guide To Genomics In Toxic Tort Cases: Part 3
• 6 Upcoming Supreme Court Cases That Will Affect Insurance
• Balch & Bingham Partner Pushed Bribes, Feds Say In Closing
• Cancer Pro To Monsanto Jury: Pesticide Study Critique 'Idiotic'
• Fla. High Court Will Review Jury Fiasco In $3M Tobacco Case
• Discovery In Opioid MDL Bellwethers Gets Big Haircut
• Opioid Distributors Can't Escape Counties' Suit
• Olin Covered For Cleanup Costs At 7 Sites, Rakoff Rules
• NFL Can't Get Probe For Concussion Settlement, For Now
• Razor Wants Dad DQ'd As Child's Atty In Scooter Injury Suit
• Buyers Tout $1.8M Settlement In Car Heater Price-Fix Case
• NJ Court Reinstates $6.3M Jury Award For Kia Brake Class
• VW Insists Bondholders' Emissions Fraud Suit Must Be Axed
• A Chat With Gibson Dunn Diversity Chief Salim-Williams
• A Lawyer's Guide To Genomics In Toxic Tort Cases: Part 2
• What Kavanaugh's Writing Tells Us About His Personality
• EPA Official Tried To 'Kill' Pesticide Study, Monsanto Jury Told
• Shopper Seeks Class Cert. In Kroger Listeria Suit
• Product Liability Cases To Watch: Midyear Report
• Cereal Cos. Don't Have To Post Cancer Warning, Panel Says
• FDA Warning Wire: 4 Splashy New Smackdowns
• 3 Pros, 3 Cons Of Litigation Finance
• A Lawyer's Guide To Genomics In Toxic Tort Cases: Part 1
• Buyers Slam German Auto Cos.' Bid To Dodge Antitrust MDL
• Fla. Jury Awards $3M In Punitive Damages In Smoking Death
• RICO Indictment Against Ex-Insys Execs Perplexes Judge
• NHL Gains Upper Hand In Concussion Litigation
• Chem Co. Liable For Pa. Site's Prior Pollution, 3rd Circ. Told
• Hair Care Product Maker Sued Over 'Nightmare' Side Effects
• 4th Circ. Axes Va. Buyers' Hyundai False Ad Suits
• McDonald's Sued Over Contaminated Salads In The Midwest
• Enviros' Challenge Of NM Nuke Site Cleanup Deal Tossed
• Del. Justices Reverse $13.7M Travelers Coverage Judgment
• FCA, Bosch Want RICO Claims Axed In Emissions MDL
• Weather Forecast Co. Fending Off Suit Over Sunken Ship
• 6th Circ. OKs Pollution Class Action, Paving Way For Others
• Apt.'s Bad Faith Claims Fail In $28M Poisoning Coverage Suit
• Online Pharmaceuticals – But Not Much Online Liability
• Ford Agrees To $300M Deal To Exit Takata Air Bag MDL
• GE Beats Welder's Suit Over Radiation Exposure At Plants
• Pioneering Judges Keep A Closer Eye On Class Action Deals
• Toyota, Kobe Steel Want Out Of Subpar Metal Parts Suit
• Modern Communication Brings E-Discovery Challenges
• Tainted Jalapeno Powder Caused $19M Recall, Food Co. Says
• Kia Cleared Of Defective Steering, Air Bags Suit In Texas
• EPA 'Amazingly Wrong' On Roundup Cancer Risk, Jury Hears
• Bard Prevails In 3rd Bellwether Case Over Late Filing
• Enviros Seek Quick Win In Suit Over Enbridge Spill Plan OK
• Firm Fights DQ In Cigarette Cases Before Fla. High Court
• CrossFit Foe Fights Insurer's Escape Bid In False Ad Suit
• Texas Justices Turn Away Firm's Bid To Nix Atty Bribery Claim
• It's Not All About The Benjamins, Baby (Lawyer)
• Cops Sue Ford Over Carbon Monoxide Leaks In SUVs
• Failure-To-Warn Suit Against St. Jude Not Preempted
• Firm Wants Mesh MDL Fee Committee To Explain Hour Cuts
• Asbestos Transparency Laws Can Stop Double Recovery
• NHL Players Denied Class Certification In Concussion MDL
• Ford Can't Escape Bulk Of Revived Mustang Defect Suit
• Kellogg's Honey Smacks Recall Hasn't Stopped Sales: FDA
• McDonald's Pulls Salads After Lettuce Linked To Illness
• Judging A Book: Hood Reviews 'Lawyering From The Inside Out'
• Tobacco Cos. Aim To Duck Punitive Damages In Death Case
• Monsanto's Roundup Tied To Cancer, Ex-NIH Official Testifies
• The Biggest Pa. Appellate Rulings Of 2018: Midyear Report
• 1.6 Billion Opioid Doses Flooded Mo., McCaskill Says
• Lenovo Cuts $7.3M Deal To Settle Adware Class Action
• Drug Wholesaler Not Covered For DEA Action Over Opioids
• Get Ready For Digital Health Product Liability Cases
• FDA Announces $32.5M In Funds For Produce Safety
• Insurers' New York Pfizer Coverage Suit Bites The Dust
• Scotts Must Face Widow's Lawn Fertilizer Asbestos Suit
• J&J Hit With $4.69B Verdict In 22-Woman Talc Cancer Trial
• J&J Says Talc-Cancer Link 'Fiction' At 22-Woman Trial's Close
• Kavanaugh Splurged On Baseball Tix, Reports Say
• Ben & Jerry's Sources From Not-So-Happy Cows, Suit Says
• FisherBroyles Adds Litigators in Florida, Philadelphia
• 4 Kavanaugh Arguments You Gotta Hear
• Widow's Plane Crash Suit Not Preempted, 3rd Circ. Hears
• DEA Finalizes Prescription Opioid Anti-Diversion Policy
• Kennedy's Legacy Remains Alive In Kavanaugh's Nomination
• Troutman Sanders Nabs 5 Partners From Crowell & Moring
• Senate Panel Gearing Up For Kavanaugh Vetting Fight
• What Civil Rights Rulings Could Look Like Under Kavanaugh
• Insurer Needn't Cover Crushed Rock Cleanup, Court Says
• NJ Court OKs 'Common Sense' Testimony In Pig Roaster Row
• Drywall Cos. Accused Of Hypocrisy In Decrying MDL Delay
• 3 Top E-Discovery Case Law Lessons Of 2018 (So Far)
• Honda Owners Seek Final Approval Of CR-V MDL Settlement
• 'Not A Complicated Case': Kavanaugh's Straightforward Style
• Monsanto Discussed Downplaying Roundup Risks, Jury Hears
• GM's Insurers Must Prorate Asbestos Coverage: Del. Panel
• 'Shaky' Evidence Of Roundup-Cancer Link Admissible At Trial
• Dems Need Unified Front To Combat Trump's High Court Pick
• 5 Tips For Kavanaugh As Confirmation Gets Underway
• Wave Of FDA Suits Awaits If Kavanaugh Helps Trim Chevron
• Paper Maker Defends Superfund Consent Decree At 7th Circ.
• Tire Co. Gets Slim Shot At New Trial In $37M Defect Suit
• With Kavanaugh's Nomination, Chevron's Future Looking Grim
• Dyson, SharkNinja Say $16M False Ad Verdict Wrong
• Law Schools Must Take A Stand Against Mandatory Arbitration
• Atty Conflict Sinks Class Cert. Against Supplement Maker
• Fiat Chrysler Looks To Nix Amended Emissions-Cheating Suit
• How Kavanaugh's Conservative Cred, DC Ties Won The Day
• Senate Battle Lines Drawn With Kavanaugh As Trump's Pick
• Colgate Settles Baby Powder Cancer Claims On Eve Of Trial
• Pfizer, Insurer Venue Bids Denied In Coverage Fight
• Monsanto Fights Cancer Claims In 1st Roundup Jury Trial
• 5 Kavanaugh Opinions You Need To Read Right Now
• Trump Picks Brett Kavanaugh For Supreme Court
• Blue Bell Shakes Most Investor Claims In Listeria Outbreak
• DEA Doubles Down On Protecting Drug Info In Opioid MDL
• 11th Circ. Urged To Reverse Chinese Drywall Quick Win
• Kerrygold Sued Over Claims Its Cows Are 'Grass-Fed'
• 9th Circ. Affirms VW's $10B Diesel Vehicle Deal With Owners
• Nissan Looks To Crop Drivers' Transmission Defects Suit
• Peanut Co. Staffer Eyes High Court In Salmonella Sentence
• Texas Ambulance Co. Sues Ford Over Defective Driveshafts
• Managing The Risks Of Emerging Construction Technologies
• What You Need To Know For The Supreme Court Nomination
• Prosecutors Gain Access To Jones Day Files On Volkswagen
• FDA Releases Draft Guidance On Drug Indication Labeling
• Don't Wait For High Court, Reed Smith Widow Tells 7th Circ.
• Seagate Hard Drive Consumers Denied Class Cert.
• CVS Sued Over 'Memory-Enhancing' Dietary Supplement
• Parents Fight Pop Warner Bid For Suicide Info In CTE Suit
• Myths And Facts About Using TAR Across Borders
• FAA Says Some Bombardier Planes Need Safety Inspections
• The Lipitor MDL Court Did Its Job Correctly
• FDA Can't Compel New Tobacco Co. Warning Labels Yet
• BMW Hit With NJ Class Action Over Engine Defect Claims
• Drug Cos. Assail Hospital Bellwether In Opioid MDL
• Dr Pepper Hit With Suit Over 'Real Ginger' Campaign
• Atty Pushes To Arbitrate Legal Malpractice Suit
• J&J Expert Says Talc Plaintiffs Had Other Cancer Causes
• Baxter, Hospira Freed From Saline Price-Fixing Case For Now
• NY Property Owners Win Cert. In Chemical Exposure Suit
• Drivers Win Partial Cert. In Fiat Chrysler Car-Hacking Dispute
• Bristol-Myers, Otsuka Beat Suit Over Abilify Side Effects
• Feds, Wis. Defend Superfund Deal At 7th Circ.
• Pa. Justices To Mull Risperdal Breast-Growth Time Limit
• $140M Verdict Against AbbVie In Testosterone MDL Tossed
• Shell To Hand Over $3.9M Over 2016 Gulf Oil Spill
• Heart Meds Recalled In UK, EU, For Possible Cancer Link
• Chopper Training Co. Sues Lockheed Unit Over Fatal Crash
• Lax Regulations Make Scooters A Perfect Liability Storm
• Nature's Way Oil Row Paused After 9th Circ. Hyundai Ruling
• How Smaller Firms Can Go Global Without Going Bankrupt
• Law360 Reveals The Global 20 Firms Of 2018
• Global Law Firms Bulk Up In Europe As Brexit Approaches
• Some Good Prop 65 News For Businesses
• 9th Circ. Says Car Owner Can't Intervene In Feds' VW Action
• FDA Warning Wire: Pfizer Promo Video Eyed
• Whole Foods Gets Misleading Juice Labels Suit Trimmed
• Apple Sued Over IPhone Slowdowns, Defective Batteries
• Calif. Panel Clears PG&E Of Punitives In Butte Fire Suits
• Judge Wants More On Preemption In Odwalla Labeling Suit
• Boston Scientific Can't Toss 800 Pelvic Mesh Suits
• From Lawmaker To Lawyer
• The Sharpest Dissents From The Supreme Court Term
• High Court Nomination Watch: 7th Circ.'s Amy Coney Barrett
• Narrow Rulings Reveal Wide Gulfs Between Justices
• 4 High Court Lineups That Might Surprise You
• The Funniest Moments Of The Supreme Court Term
• Exxon, Shell, Citgo Hit With Climate Change Suit By RI
• Mo. Strikes $16M Deal With Landfill Over Smelly Reaction
• Trump Plows Ahead With Supreme Court Selection Process
• Drug Cos. In Opioid MDL Must Divulge Vast Data Trove
• Jury Awards $25M In Nuisance Suit Over Hog Farm Stench
• A Trump Supreme Court Nominee Can Be Defeated
• The Supreme Court Term By The Numbers
• The Firms That Won Big At The Supreme Court
• The Most Talkative Justices Of The Term