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Product Liability - April, 2019

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• Monsanto Expert Testifies Roundup Is Safe Without Gloves
• FDA Slaps Black Box Warning On Ambien, Other Sleep Drugs
• Pratt & Whitney Wants Out Of Suit Over Faulty Jet Engines
• EPA Reaffirms Glyphosate Safety, Proposes Usage Changes
• With Opioid Charges, DOJ Signals Compliance Fixation
• FDA Allows Philip Morris To Market Tobacco 'Heatsticks'
• Hess Customers Can Continue With Tainted Oil Class Claims
• States Not Waiting On Feds To Decide What Makes Meat Meat
• FTC, Gerber Reach Settlement Over Anti-Allergy Ad Claims
• Conrail Must Pay Derailment Suit Costs Despite Tiny Award
• AI Is Forcing FDA Medical Device Rules To Evolve
• Columbia Gas Settles Suit With Mass. Family Hurt In Disaster
• Monsanto Expert 'Micro-Analyzed' By Atty At Roundup Trial
• Endo Not Liable In Pa. For Defective Mesh Made By Subsidiary
• Chemical Co. Hit With Pollution Charges After Texas Fire
• FDA Stalling On Impulsivity Warnings For Drugs: Nonprofit
• Boeing's Greed Caused Ethiopian Max 8 Crash, Families Say
• Electrolux Can't Escape Heat Over Microwave Handle Defect
• Residents Urge 4th Circ. To Uphold Hog Stink Nuisance Award
• NECC Pharmacists Not At Fault For Fake Orders, Jury Hears
• Filing For Bankruptcy To Manage Opioid Suits Is No Magic Pill
• A Chat With Cleary Chief Talent Officer Hy Pomerance
• J&J Talc Supplier Argues For Its Future Claims Rep Choice
• Drivers Reach $40M Deal With GM Over Oil-Guzzling SUVs
• Atty Sanctions Axed In Opioid MDL, Allowing Doc's Testimony
• 3rd Circ. Partially Revives NFL Concussion Funding Dispute
• Bayer CEO Says Company Faces 13,400 Roundup Suits
• Plains Pipeline To Pay $3.3M For Spill, But DA Wanted $1.2B
• Drivers Defend $307M Emissions Deal With Fiat Chrysler
• Feds Likely To Try Again If Insys Jury Deadlocks
• LA County Is Latest To Blame SoCal Edison For Woolsey Fire
• FDA's Risk Evaluation Guidance Brings Clarity, Not Solutions
• Forced Arbitration Is A Far Worse 'Product' Than Jury Trials
• Mass. Town Sued Over T-Mobile Antenna Construction Denial
• Preet Bharara On The Human Factor In The Justice System
• Ford Faces DOJ Criminal Probe Over Vehicle Emissions
• Ex-NFL Players Seek Rethink Of Concussion Deal Changes
• Monsanto Faces Uphill Fight In Axing Punitives From Trial
• Opioid MDL Attys' Concealment Merited Sanction: Drug Cos.
• Chipotle Seeks To Decertify Non-GMO False Ad Suit
• Drivers Say Mercedes Is Stalling NJ Emissions Cheating Suit
• J&J Trashes 'Radical' Okla. Opioid Case As Trial Looms
• Novartis Settles Suit Saying Janssen Maligned Rival Drug
• Kimberly-Clark Whistleblower Seeks Revival Of Axed FCA Suit
• Okla. Cities Not Bound By Purdue's Opioid Deal, Judge Says
• Honeywell Aims To Exit Investors' Asbestos Stock-Drop Suit
• Justices' Asbestos Decision Poses Fair Notice Problem
• Kona Beer Has $4.7M Deal On Tap To Settle False Ad Suit
• Riddell Sacks Football Helmet IP Suit
• Duck Boat Cos. Pay $7M To End Crash Trial On Day One
• J&J, Colgate's Talc Cancer Link 'Makes Sense,' Jury Told
• Monsanto Appeals $78.5M Loss In First Roundup Trial
• Tribes Control Member Fireworks Sales In Wash., Judge Says
• Del. Chief Justice Looks To 'Humanity' In Blue Bell Appeal
• Car Equipment Co. Flips Ruling Capping Asbestos Coverage
• Family Wins $4.4M In Honeywell Asbestos Bowling Balls Suit
• After 10 Days Of Jury Silence, Insys Exec Asks To Go Home
• Corning, Philips Say Don't Drop Lengthy Glass Pollution Suit
• Philly Jury Slams J&J With $120M Award In Mesh Injury Case
• GM's Faulty Drive Shafts Cause 'Chevy Shake,' Driver Claims
• Investor Sues Boston Scientific Over FDA's Mesh Product Pull
• FDA Urged To Crack Down On Anti-Smoking Supplements
• Colgate Tells Jury In Talc Cancer Trial Its Mines Asbestos-Free
• What Drove DOJ's 1st Opioid Distributor Charges?
• Jury Trials, Though In Decline, Are Well Worth Preserving
• Amazon Gets Customer's Walker Injury Suit Trimmed
• States Receive Billions In Annual Tobacco Settlement Payouts
• Domino's Served ADA Suit Over Long Island Location
• Apple Must Face Trimmed Faulty 'Butterfly' Keyboard Suit
• Atty Can't Sue VW For $1.5M In Unpaid Fees, MDL Judge Says
• J&J, Bausch Reach Talc Litigation Deal
• A Broader View Of The US Supreme Court Bar
• Highway Agency Expands Air Bag Probe To 12.3M Vehicles
• Calif. Chemical Reg Changes Could Affect Many Products
• DOJ Unveils 1st Criminal Charges Against Opioid Distributor
• Fisher-Price, Mattel Sued Over Deadly Rock 'N Play Sleepers
• J&J And Colgate Face Latest Talc Trial Together In Calif.
• DuPont, Chemours To Face Trimmed Cape Fear Dumping Suit
• 'Sustainable' Nestle Cocoa Made With Child Slavery, Suit Says
• Feds Seek Pause Of SEC's Civil Suit Against Theranos Official
• Farmer Fights To Walk From Dicamba MDL On His Terms
• J&J Settles Wash. AG's Pelvic Mesh Case Just Before Trial
• Samsung Can't Escape Suit Over Laptop Fire
• Pfizer VP Returns To DLA Piper As Litigation Partner In DC
• Insurers Seek To Lift Stay Amid J&J Talc Injury Suits
• J&J Butter Buyers Denied Cert. In 'No Trans Fat' Labeling Suit
• Bosch Rips Drivers' BMW Emissions-Cheating Suit
• Philly The Proper Venue For Kratom Death Case, Judge Rules
• High Court Will Review Citgo's $100M Oil Spill Liability
• Flint Residents Can Sue Feds Over Water Debacle
• Meet The 'Wonder Drug' Drawing FDA Fire
• Bosch Rips VW Franchisees' 'Delay' Tactics In RICO Spat
• J&J Says 2,400 Talc Suits Belong In Del. Federal Court
• J&J Win Shows Potential Limit To Mesh Injury Claims
• Opioid MDL Shouldn't Hold Up NJ County's Suit, Court Told
• Rachael Ray Dog Food Co. Escapes Suit Over 'Natural' Label
• In Virtual Teams For Mass Torts, The 'Law Team' Is Critical
• Bose Aims To Silence Suit Over Water-Resistant Headphones
• 9th Circ. Gives EPA 90 Days To Respond In Pesticide Case
• Q&A With 'Queen Of Torts' Sheila Birnbaum
• 5 Times Lawyers Settled During The Big Show
• Houston Refining Says Faulty Reactor Design Cost It $10.2M
• Doc Linked To Insys Denies New Charges In Patient's Death
• Postpone Opioid MDL Trial? Get Real, Judge Says
• 2 Commissioners Rip FTC's 'Made In USA' Settlements
• NY Court Upholds Insurer's Setback In Asarco Asbestos Row
• PG&E Using Ch. 11 To Elude Rate-Gouging Claims, City Says
• Rafting Center Settles Suit Over Brain-Eating-Amoeba Death
• AmerisourceBergen Investors Demand Opioid Crisis Records
• Ex-NFLers' Painkiller Claims Against League Fall Short Again
• Halliburton Must Arbitrate Blast Coverage Fight, 5th Circ. Says
• The Big Picture: How #MeToo Is Changing The Legal Industry
• CBD Oil Cos. Must Face RICO Claims, Judge Rules
• Jury Trials Are In Decline For Good Reason
• Reverse FCA Cases Rise With 'America First' Trade Policies
• Boeing Shareholder Denied Crash Impact Docs In Proxy Suit
• EPA Approved Roundup Based On Bogus Studies, Jury Told
• Insurance Co. Wants To Depose Retired Judge In Stryker Row
• Displaced Pa. Resident Files New Suit Over CSX Derailment
• High Court Gets New Bid To Consider CWA Pollution Liability
• EPA Flips Groundwater Stance Ahead Of High Court Case
• 3 Oldest Ford Warranty Suits In Calif. Sent Back To State Court
• Escape Hatch Remains For Judges Accused Of Misconduct
• Law Firm Slams $500M Fee Divvy In GMO Corn Settlement
• EPA Rule Would Bar Reintroduction Of Asbestos
• Imperial Tobacco's US Assets Covered Amid Canada Reorg
• Hyundai Aims To DQ Drivers' Experts In Brake Defect Suit
• Justice Dept. Charges 60 In Appalachia Opioid Sweep
• 2nd Circ. Won't Reopen Diet Dr Pepper Weight Gain Suit
• Attys Re-Up Bid To Drop Avenatti From $450M Class Action
• When Done Right, Class Coupon Settlements Can Still Work
• High Court Asked To Weigh IPhone Addiction In Deadly Crash
• Harley-Davidson Hit With New Bad Brake Defect Suit
• Federal Courts' #MeToo Response Is A Guide For State Courts
• J&J Dodges Pelvic Mesh Claims In Philadelphia Trial
• PG&E Fights Judge's Plan To Extend Probation
• NFL Moved Goal Posts With New Concussion Rules, Attys Say
• Energy Drink Maker Wants Out Of False Labeling Suit
• Riding #MeToo Wave, State Courts Get Their Ships In Order
• Wash. Legislators Widen Avenues For Wrongful Death Suits
• Bayer Exec Denies Knowing Of Ghostwriting At Roundup Trial
• EEOC's Lipnic On Sexual Harassment In The Courthouse
• CVS To Pay $535K To End Allegations Of Bogus Percocet Rx
• Ex-Theranos CEO Says Feds Are Stonewalling Over Docs
• Fuel Pump Defect Suit Alleging Cover-Up Falls Short, GM Says
• Pipe Co. Hits Supplier With $1.5M Suit Over Oil Well Failure
• J&J's Rush To Market Made Mesh Patients Suffer, Jury Told
• Opioid MDL Attys Say Sanction 'Does Not Fit The Crime'
• Fiat Chrysler Can't DQ Drivers' Atty In Faulty-Engine Case
• FDA Orders Surgical Mesh Products Pulled From US Market
• Miami Litigation Boutique Adds 3 Ex-Greenberg Partners
• Lion Air Crash Suits Against Boeing Consolidated In Ill.
• Why I Became A Lawyer: A Circuitous Path To The Law
• PG&E Creditors' Banker Has Murky Connections, Trustee Says
• Enviro Sues Army Corps Over Dam Discharges Into River
• Parents Say 'Smart Sock' Monitor Doesn't Work, Burns Babies
• Wall Of Secrecy Surrounds Sexual Harassment In State Courts
• Discipline Rare For State Judges In Sexual Misconduct Cases
• Judge Will Let Cameras Roll In Okla. Opioid Trial
• 11th Circ. Revives Suit Over Honeywell Meter Installation
• GM Wants To Fight Transmissions Defect Claims At Home
• Tainted Scopes Related To 3 More Deaths, FDA Says
• Farmer Can't Exit Dicamba MDL, Monsanto And BASF Say
• Judging A Book: Conrad Reviews 'The Jury Crisis'
• Kaplan Fox, Rosen Firm Vie To Lead Vale Dam Collapse Suit
• Mass. Judge Upholds Convictions For 2 NECC Pharmacists
• Juul Hit With Suit Alleging E-Cig Marketing To Teens
• Former VW CEO Charged With Fraud In 'Dieselgate' Scandal
• Insys CEO Resigns Amid Uncertain Future
• Dr Pepper Argues NY Judge Right To Deep-Six 'Diet' Action
• Texas Senate Passes Bill Cracking Down On Legal Ads
• Teva, J&J Face Opioid Trial In 'Unreasonably Small' Courtroom
• Asbestos Experts Were Cut For 'Parroting' Others, Judge Says
• The Potential Effect Of State E-Cigarette Regulations
• 6th Circ. Sends Auto Parts Appeal Back For $2.1M Settlement
• Distributor's Suit Over Faulty Auto Glass Tinting Film Tossed
• Chevron Oil Spill Injury Suit Remanded To Utah Court
• Revamping Your Approach To Client Development
• Monsanto Tested Roundup Using 'Dumb' Assumptions: Expert
• Trump Admin Moves To Rein In Agency Guidance Materials
• U.S. Trustee Takes Aim At Imerys' Ch. 11 Asbestos Claims Rep
• 5 Things To Watch As Indivior Attacks DOJ Opioid Indictment
• NY Court Is No Place For Out-Of-State Drivers' Claims: Ford
• Ill. Judge Ends Shoddy Roofing MDL After OK'ing $30M Deal
• Pa. Panel Backs Woman's $13.5M J&J Mesh Injury Award
• Remington Can't Escape Gun Defect Suit Over Teen's Death
• In Shift, WTO Backs S. Korean Post-Fukushima Trade Barriers
• 8th Circ. Upholds $11M CERCLA Judgment Over Building Sale
• Babst Calland Nabs Ex-NHTSA Atty Who Led Takata Probe
• Calif. Panel Orders Retrial In Hertz Truck Death Suit
• FDA Seeks More Data On Hand Sanitizer Ingredient Safety
• Mice Slept On And 'High-Fived' Rodent Repeller, Buyers Say
• EPA's Nod To GE Hudson Dredging Hinders Cleanup, NY Says
• Google, Huawei To Pay $9.75M To End Faulty Cellphone Suit
• What Lawyers Must Know Before Acting As Escrow Agents
• No More Trial Delays In Opioid MDL, Judge Says
• Pa. Justices To Mull Standing For Out-Of-State Mesh Patients
• Toyota Stuck With Drivers' Prius Stalling Suit
• BMW Derides Offshoot Case From Oil-Guzzling Engine Action
• Punitive Damages Revived In RJ Reynolds Cancer Case
• Johns Hopkins, Bristol-Myers Want Sanctions In Syphilis Suit
• FTC Makes $25M Deals With 'Viagra For Your Brain' Sellers
• Aviation Watch: FAA Certification Under Scrutiny
• Land Rover Drivers Again Push $6M Deal In Suspension Row
• NY Should Learn From Prop 65 Chemical-Labeling Regs
• Remington Asks Supreme Court To Take Up Sandy Hook Suit
• Boeing Sees New Stock-Drop Suit Over 737 MAX Planes
• Roundup's Link To Cancer 'Not A Hard Call,' Jury Hears
• Indivior Indicted Over Opioid Treatment Marketing Fraud
• Ill. AG Is Latest To Sue Purdue Over Opioid Crisis
• Decades Later, 3rd Circ. Revives Sailors' Asbestos Suits
• Apple Seeks Class Counsel's Removal In IPhone Updates MDL
• Boeing Hit With New Suit Alleging Defects In 737 MAX 8 Jets
• Wash. Tribe Says County Overstepped With Fireworks Ban
• Freelance Attorneys Are An Asset To In-House Legal Teams
• Driver Fights Fiat Chrysler's DQ Bid In Faulty Engine Suit
• Faulty Tire-Changing Tool Led To Serious Injury, Worker Says
• Amended EU Class Action Proposal Is A Loss For Consumers
• CBD Scrutiny May Signal Broader FDA Enforcement Trend
• Cancer Risk Doubles With Regular Roundup Use, Jury Told
• Janssen Needn't Show Earnings In Off-Label Use Suit
• Opioid MDL Attys Sanctioned For Hiding Doctor's Cooperation
• Suit Blaming GE For Fukushima Fallout Belongs In Japan
• BakerHostetler Can't Overturn Opioid MDL Disqualification
• Bernstein Litowitz Seeks $12M In Atty Fees For VW Deal
• Time For More Interlocutory Review Of MDL Court Decisions
• Judge Blasts Objector As She OKs $43.5M Tubing Defect Deal
• Boeing Cuts 737 MAX Output After Software-Linked Crashes
• Fiat Chrysler Inks $110M Deal With Investors In Emissions Suit
• Former FDA Drug Regulatory Adviser Joins Covington In DC
• J&J's Mesh Appeal Nothing But A 'Trial Balloon,' 7th Circ. Told
• Widow Asks Fla. Justices To Let $14.7M Tobacco Award Stand
• Calif. Jury Finds No Asbestos In J&J Talc
• 'Massive Scheme' Or 'Big Lie'? Insys Execs In Jury's Hands
• Pa. Stuck In Litigation Limbo As Purdue Inks 1st Opioid Deal
• Woman Burned In NutriBullet Blender Explosion, Suit Claims
• Two Firms To Split Fees From NFL Player's Settlement
• 1-Word Order Affirms Michelin, Takata Win In Fla. Crash Suit
• Goodyear Tells 7th Circ. Experts Can't Prove Tire Defect
• Petland's Sick Puppies Put Thousands At Risk, Suit Says
• 10 Deaths Prompt CPSC Warning On Fisher-Price Sleepers
• EU Says German Carmakers Colluded On Emissions Tech
• Unanswered Questions On FDA-USDA Cell Culture Agreement
• Insys Wants Anthem Fentanyl Suit Sent To Ohio Opioid MDL
• Insys Execs Put 'Profits Over Patients,' Feds Tell Jury
• Judge Won't Stop Roundup Ads Allegedly Targeting Jury Pool
• Big Opioid Case Trimmed To Beat Drugmaker 'Stall Tactics'
• 2nd Circ. Says No Cut Of FCA Deal After Relator Suit Ended
• 3M To Face MDL Over Defective Military Earplugs In Florida
• Insurer's $10M Chicken Recall Suit Won't Fly, 1st Circ. Says
• CSX Says Pa. Class Action Doesn't Show Derailment's Harm
• Boeing Rushed Defective 737 Max 8 Jet To Market, Suit Says
• 'Big Tech' Questions Echo Early Days Of US Corporate Law
• The Important Reasons DOJ Wants To Toss Gilead FCA Case
• Expert In Roundup Trial Says Regulators Ignored Own Rules
• Judge Says Ex-NFLer's Concussion Deal Protected In Ch. 7
• Tribal Members Scoff At Oil Cos.' Bid To Toss Pipeline Suit
• BakerHostetler Crossed 'Ethical Line' In Opioid MDL: Gov'ts
• Pa. Superior Court Clears Way For Out-Of-State Mesh Cases
• Long Island Power Authority Can't Shake $100M Sandy Suit
• FDA Probes Reports Of Seizures In E-Cigarette Users
• Squire Patton Boggs Grabs Litigation Partner From DLA Piper
• Insurer Off The Hook After Aviation Co. Wrecks Rented Jets
• Remanding $45M Motor Suit Would Defy 11th Circ.: GE Unit
• 5th Circ. Told EPA Ignored Risks To OK Gulf Driller Permit
• Insys Judge Says Part Of Gov't Racketeering Case Is 'Thin'
• Arizona Hit With Suit Over Ginseng Labels On Green Tea
• Bid To Drop Avenatti From Class Action Fails Over Procedure
• Vegan Cookie Maker To Settle False Ad Suit For $2.3M
• When Advertisers Are Liable For Claims In Reviews
• Purdue's Sackler Family Wants 'Divisive' Mass. Suit Tossed
• PG&E Must Trim Trees Before Paying Investors, Judge Says
• BNSF Urges High Court To Hear $10.7M Death Award Appeal
• Ex-Insys VP Pays $9.5M To End Ariz. Opioid Kickback Claims
• Nissan Drivers Fight To Keep Suit Over Transmissions
• FDA Issues Warnings Over CBD Claims, Sets Public Meeting
• House Dems Use EPA Budget Hearing To Slam Rule Rollbacks
• Okla. Cities Seek To Clarify $270M Deal In Purdue Opioid Case
• Senate Panel To Probe FAA Inspectors After Boeing Crashes
• Key Opioid Case On 'Untenable' Course, Teva Says
• Insys Judge Unmoved So Far By Midnight Acquittal Bid
• Pa. Counties Want Out Of Coordinated Opioid Litigation
• Tribes Get Tentative Green Light In Opioid MDL
• Allstate Beats Appeals In Faulty-Foundation Coverage Fights
• J&J, Other Drug Cos. Fail To Shake Fla. AG's Opioid Suit
• Dyson's False Ad Award Against SharkNinja Bumped To $18M
• Fla. Residents' Arsenic Cleanup Claims Can Proceed
• New Calif. Packaging Law Cuts Companies Some Slack
• Kisor Case May Positively Disrupt Technological Governance
• FDA Focus: What Latham's Practice Chair Is Watching
• Climate Change And Insurance: Learn From MTBE, Asbestos
• Simple Website Tweaks Can Help Hotels Avoid ADA Claims
• NY, Fla. Buyers Get Cert. In Gerber Formula False Ad Suit
• Deal Denied For Trader Joe's Tuna Buyers Over Cert. Claims
• Expert To Tell Jury Mouse Repellers Cost Consumers $55M
• Duro Dyne, Asbestos Claimants Say DOJ Attack On Rep Unfair
• Danone Hit With False Ad Suit Over Coconut Milk
• Boeing Faces ERISA Stock-Drop Suit Over Fatal Crashes
• BMW Tries To Break Md. Drivers' Oil-Guzzling Engine Claims
• Fires In Kia, Hyundai Cars Come Under Investigation
• Judge Botched BakerHostetler DQ In Opioid MDL, Endo Says
• Justices Won't Review Class Cert. Of SpeedyPC Users
• Insys Drug Was 'Amazing' For Pain, Patient Tells Jury
• Baker Hughes Urges 5th Circ. To Revive Explosion Suit
• Ford, Bosch Must Face Heavy-Duty Truck Emissions Suit
• Fiat Hit With Proposed Class Action Over Engine Part
• Whole Foods Can't Escape Allergen False Ad Suit
• Chipotle Shakes Stock-Drop Suit Over Norovirus Outbreaks
• Demystifying Damages: 5 Flagrant Fouls Of Financial Experts