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Product Liability - June, 2019

252 articles

• Ex-J&J Doc Defends Co.'s Opioid Marketing In Okla. Trial
• High Court Census Ruling Could Escalate Rule Challenges
• Insurers Lose Bid To Lift Stay In J&J Talc Supplier Ch. 11
• Chemours Sues DuPont Over 'Lowball' Cleanup Tab
• Reed Smith Atty's Widow Wants $3M Jury Verdict Restored
• Conservative Justices Cross Over To Create Unusual Lineups
• The Sharpest Dissents Of The Supreme Court Term
• Theranos Founder Holmes Gets Aug. 2020 Criminal Trial Date
• Texas Justices To Review Atty's Push Poll Sanction
• 1st Circ. Affirms Dismissal Of Investor's Biogen Suit
• Keurig Must Face Claims It Mislabeled Pods As Recyclable
• Medtronic Insulin Pumps Yanked For Possible Hacking Threat
• MoFo Snags FDA Expert From Mintz As Life Sciences Partner
• EPA Chemical Risk Evaluations Draw Criticism From Enviros
• J&J Hit With $500K Verdict In Latest Philly Mesh Case
• Sotomayor, Breyer Vie For Chattiest High Court Justice
• Texas Justices To Hear Evidence Destruction Immunity Case
• Top 10 Techniques For Crafting A Dazzling Brief
• Chevron Tells 9th Circ. To Ignore Baltimore Climate Ruling
• Courts Are More Rigorously Scrutinizing Class Settlements
• The Funniest Moments Of The Supreme Court Term
• GE $45M Faulty-Motor Row Will Go To High Court
• The New 'Roberts Court' Finds Its Footing
• Ex-J&J Doc Tells Okla. Judge Its Opioids Had Low Abuse Rate
• GM's Claim It Didn't Know Of Defect Faces Skeptical Judge
• Drivers Fail To Prove BMW Cars Cheated On Emissions
• Breaking Down The Vote: High Court Term In Review
• Boeing Ordered To Produce Ethiopian Crash Docs
• Waste Co. Agrees To Ill. AG's Spill Cleanup Terms
• The Firms That Won Big At The Supreme Court
• New Yorker Alleges Defective Apple Watch Burned Her Wrist
• J&J Gets Case Removal Extension In Talc Supplier's Ch. 11
• Judge Asks 3rd Circ. To Probe Pa. Device Defect Claim
• 2nd Circ. Cans Diet Coke Drinkers' False Ad Suit
• A New Court Approach To DOJ And SEC Parallel Proceedings
• J&J Can't Blame Okla. For Opioid Crisis, Official Testifies
• Allstate, Electrolux Settle 11 Dryer Fire Suits In Mediation
• PG&E Wildfire Claims Must Be Filed By Oct. 21, Judge Says
• Bayer Taps Skadden Atty To Advise On Roundup Litigation
• Fla. Court Reverses Jury Verdict In RJ Reynolds' Favor
• Ill. City Ends Pipeline Pollution Suit Against Utilities
• Mercedes, Bosch Denied Quick Appeal Of NJ Emissions Suit
• High Court May Take On Preemption In Superfund Case
• 2nd Of 5 NY Docs Eyed For Taking Insys Kickbacks Cops Plea
• A Chat With Ballard Spahr Diversity Chief Virginia Essandoh
• Opioid Deaths Will Rise Without J&J Fix, Okla. Judge Told
• PG&E Bondholders Propose $30B Ch. 11 Plan
• Opioid MDL Judge Seems Open To Novel Deal Approach
• TGI Fridays Seeks To Crush Suit Over 'Potato Skins' Snacks
• Stem Cell Patients Win Cert. In 'Complex And Troubling' Suit
• Colgate False Ad Class Cert. Washes Out In 9th Circ.
• CSX Opposes Cert. For Pa. Town Emptied By Derailment
• Insurers Recoup $270K In Coverage For Bridge Collapse
• Judging A Book: McMahon Reviews 'Roosevelt For The Defense'
• NJ Court OKs $500K Luxury Apartment Fire Settlement
• 7th Circ. Won't Revive Yacht Buyer's Suit Over Engine Claims
• Teva Pharma Gets Nod For $85M Opioid Deal With Okla. AG
• J&J Pokes At Okla.'s $13B Plan To Fix Opioid Crisis
• Mesh Case Has Weak Ties To Pa., J&J Tells State Justices
• Trader Joe's Beats False-Ad Suit Over Promiscuous Bees
• Takata Wants $7.5M From Airbag Part Supplier Over Defects
• Boston Firm Gets $1.2M In Trade Secret Dispute With Ex-Attys
• High Court Passes On Wis. Butter Grading Law Case
• 'Negotiating Class' Bid Slammed In Opioid MDL
• Altria, Juul Say Teen Vaping Habits Suit Belongs In Fed Court
• Sacklers Can't Escape NY Opioid MDL
• High Court Says 'Blue Water' Vet Case No Longer Necessary
• Ford Gets Sanctions Against Knight Law For Coaching Client
• Aviation Watch: What's Behind Military Flight Safety Issues
• Justices Seek Gov't View On Preemption In Plane Crash Suit
• High Court Declines To Hear Investor Loss Causation Dispute
• German Automaker Parent Cos. Win Dismissals In Takata MDL
• J&J Opioid Program For Schools A Marketing Tool, Judge Told
• Ga. Court Sides With Sperm Bank In Sham-Donor Suit
• Juul May Struggle Getting FDA Approval, Gottlieb Says
• The Top Transportation Rulings Of 2019: Midyear Review
• FDA Decries Drugmaker's Promos On Facebook, 'The View'
• Duracell Says Storage Warranty Expires Once Batteries Used
• Podhurst Wins Atty Fees Dispute In NFL Concussion MDL
• CrossFit Urges More Sanctions Against Rival In False Ad Suit
• Top Product Liability Cases Of 2019: Midyear Review
• Arconic Dodges Investors' Suit Over Grenfell Tower Fire
• Apple Sued Over Alleged IPad Battery Fire In NJ Apartment
• Okla.'s Abatement Plan Takes Center Stage In J&J Opioid Trial
• 6th Circ. Rules DEA, Drug Cos. Can't Hide Opioid Data
• Six Flags Accused Of 'Judicial Manipulation' In Injury Suit
• Hot Tamales Dropped As 'Scrivener's Error' In Slack-Fill Order
• Insurer Sues Tire Co. Over Ford Truck Rollover
• Teammate Charged In Opioid Death Of Rice Football Star
• Buyers Of Cynosure Fat-Reduction Tool Push For Class Cert.
• An Analytical Approach To Defending Securities Class Claims
• Contaminated Cosmetics: Recalls, Lawsuits And Legislation
• J&J Exec Defends Group Okla. Witness Called 'Opioid Mafia'
• McKesson Lands Seat On Insys Creditors Committee
• Tropicana Puts Squeeze On Another Class Over 'Pure' Label
• 5th Circ. Breathes New Life Into Petrobras' Shoddy Chain Suit
• Jenner & Block Lures Back Atty From Job With Drink Brands
• J&J Can't Blame Colgate, Avon In Talc Punitive Damages Trial
• Driver Can't Expand Claims In Ford Door Latch Defect Suit
• San Francisco Poised To Ban Sales Of E-Cigarettes
• 2nd Circ. Lets Utility Off Hook For MTA's Injury Suit Legal Bill
• PG&E Wants Bankruptcy Court To Stop Securities Suit
• $1B Deal Reached Over Claims PG&E's Gear Caused Wildfires
• Fla. Jury Awards $70M Verdict To Couple In Asbestos Suit
• Okla. Opioid Deaths Have Familiar Face, J&J Trial Judge Hears
• Acting CPSC Head To Step Down, Withdrawing Nomination
• Del. Justices Revive Investor's Blue Bell Listeria Suit
• Doc's Dropped Defect Defense Sank Med Mal Case, Panel Told
• Monsanto Looks To Whack $2B Roundup Verdict
• Judge Urged To Ax Lead Pa. Opioid Marketing Deception Case
• Football Helmet Maker Says Ex-Player's Suicide Suit Too Late
• J&J Must Face Fast-Tracked Talc Trial On Punitive Damages
• Samarco Escapes Investor Suit Over Deadly Dam Collapse
• GM Aims To Hit The Brakes On Faulty Drive Shaft Suit
• 'Clear Sailing' Atty Fees Doom Defective Headphones Deal
• A New Way To Target Food Co. Supply Chain Practices?
• J&J Asks Okla. Judge To Strike 'Partisan' Opioid Expert
• Hyundai Drivers Denied Cert. In Sonata Brake Defect Suit
• Fitbit Looks To Gut $7M Fees Request In Sleep-Tracker Deal
• Allergan Hid Breast Implants' Cancer Risks, Suit Says
• Second Look Frees Insurer From Covering Faulty Work Claims
• Calif. Man Says Monsanto Can't Ditch $80M Roundup Award
• Yamaha Sinks Suit Over WaveRunner Warnings At 3rd Circ.
• Insys Hit With Nationwide Opioid Class Claim In Ch. 11
• Fla. Justices Split Attys With New Expert Witness Standard
• VW Franchisees Seek Class Cert. In Bosch RICO Action
• How Purdue Opioid Win Could Bolster J&J In Okla. Trial
• PSEG Must Face Damages Trial Over Fire Displacement
• 5 Ways Law Firms Can Improve Their Job Interviews
• Apple Loses Atty DQ Bid In IPhone Performance Case
• TVA Asks Justices To Delay 6th Circ. Groundwater Review
• Amazon's Arbitration Pact In 'Place Your Order' Link Holds Up
• Feds Can't Pause SEC's Civil Suit Against Ex-Theranos Exec
• General Mills Gets Weedkiller In Cheerios Suit Dismissed
• 3 Takeaways As 'Negotiation Class' Idea Jolts Opioid MDL
• J&J Presses Expert On 'Opioid Mafia' Claim In Okla. Trial
• Patient Attys Slam 3M's Contempt Bid Over Unsealed Docs
• While Google Dallied, Client Emails Were Exposed, Firm Says
• Seeger Weiss Says Common Benefit Fee Objections Too Late
• NJ Justices To Mull How To Consider 3rd. Circ. Explosion Suit
• Insurer Fights $19M Atty Fee Bid In Heparin Coverage Suit
• AIG Owed $3.3M For Faulty Truck Parts Deal, 8th Circ. Says
• RJ Reynolds Not On Hook For $4M Engle Case Legal Tab
• Seagram's Drinkers Get Initial OK On $2.5M Soda Label Deal
• Endo Fights Investor's Cert. Bid In Opioid Stock-Drop Suit
• 'Negotiation Class' May Tee Up Sweeping Deal In Opioid MDL
• Okla. Opioid Expert Is Motivated By Money, J&J Tells Judge
• FDA Puts Forth 10-Month Deadline For E-Cig Applications
• Judge OKs Lenders' $231M Deal In GM Clawback Suit
• Litigation Funder Can't Recoup $5.8M From Deepwater Claims
• Mich. Prosecutors Drop Flint Charges, Restart Investigation
• Ex-Theranos Execs' Bid For Docs Is Unreasonable, Feds Say
• Cheese Co. Can't Damage Alleged Foreign Object For Testing
• J&J Loses Bid To Keep Talc Cancer Case Out Of Philly
• How To Streamline Virtual Law Team Mass Tort Defense
• Whistleblower Was Just Doing His Job, Construction Co. Says
• J&J Pushed Opioids Like Drug Dealer, Doctor Tells Trial Judge
• 4th Circ. Says Mail-Order Pharmacy Must Face Death Suit
• FDA Offers 'Rapid' Help As Stem Cell Approval Deadline Nears
• Insurer Sues NJ Firm For Mishandling $9M Severed Leg Case
• Shoshone Tribe Joins Opioid MDL, Details Epidemic's Impact
• Insurer Seeks Revival Of RICO Suit In Testosterone MDL
• NJ, Texas Firms Unlawfully Pocketed Mesh Funds, Suit Says
• Pa. Resort Hit With $2.5M Verdict For Snowboarder's Injury
• Ford To Spend $180M Recalling, Fixing Explorer Suspensions
• Why I Became A Lawyer: A Fateful Phone Call
• Calif. Jury Awards $12M In Talc Suit Against J&J, Colgate
• Law Firms Can Do Better With Their Mentoring Programs
• J&J's Sales Plan Caused Opioid Addiction, Okla. Judge Hears
• Chancery Sends Asbestos Injury Trust Audit Fight To Trial
• Wound Care Co. Pays $15M, Admits Contamination Cover-Up
• EPA Glyphosate Findings Key In Monsanto Verdict Challenges
• NY High Court Says Honeywell Must Face Toxic Exposure Suit
• 6th Circ. Revives Flaming Hoverboard Fight Against Amazon
• FDA's Final E-Cig Guidance Takes On Overheated Batteries
• Insys Seeks Speedy Ch. 11 Sale As Liabilities Mount
• NY Condo Sponsors Hit With $3M Suit Over Botched Repairs
• Ford Knew About 'Death Wobble' Defects In Its Trucks: Suit
• MoFo Tapped To Defend PG&E In Wildfire Investigations
• Fiat Chrysler, Engine Maker Say Truck Defect Suit Is 'Improper'
• BP Can't Keep Baltimore Climate Suit In Federal Court
• Teva's $85M Opioid Settlement Denied Court Approval
• GSK Seeks Ax Of Zofran Birth Defect Claims
• Grenfell Tower Victims' Families Take Aim At Insulation Firms
• Lack Of Proof Dooms Bayer Contraceptive MDL, Judge Says
• Chemical Maker Can't Escape Ohio PFAS Suit, Court Hears
• Okla. Needs $295M To Undo J&J Opioid Marketing, Judge Told
• High Court Superfund Case Could Limit Private Cleanup Suits
• Drivers Want Ford, Bosch Emissions Cases Consolidated
• Vitamin Shoppe Sells Toxic Male Supplement, Consumer Says
• Transpo Policy Developments To Watch: Midyear Report
• Acadia Tries To Nix Investor Suit Over Drug Deaths
• Armstrong Can't Exit Widow's Asbestos Death Suit
• The Latest Developments In Criminal Cases Against Execs
• 'Rocket Docket' Justifies Its Name For 11th Straight Year
• The 'Newly Acquired Information' Shift In Pharma Litigation
• Levi & Korsinsky Seeks Lead In Boeing Stock-Drop Suit
• Supreme Court Won't Stop Fatal Tire Explosion Suit
• Class Action Takeaways From 9th Circ.'s New Hyundai Ruling
• Why Bellwethers Matter In The Opioid MDL
• Insys Hits Ch. 11 After $225M Kickback Settlement
• Supreme Court To Review BP Unit's Mont. Superfund Case
• FERC Has No Say Over PG&E Contracts In Ch. 11, Judge Says
• Does Multidistrict Litigation Deny Plaintiffs Due Process?
• Opioid Addict Hooked From First Pill, Judge In J&J Trial Hears
• Boeing Didn't Plan To Fix 737 MAX Till 2020, Lawmakers Say
• Nissan Inks Deal Over Allegedly Faulty Altima Transmissions
• Pa. County, For Now, Drops Bid To Blow Up Opioid Mass Tort
• 'Legal Impossibility' Lets Convicted Ex-NECC Execs Off Hook
• Jaguar Vehicle Tore Off Man's Thumb, Suit Says
• J&J Talc Case Can Go Ahead In Fla. While Move To Del. Mulled
• Full 9th Circ. Hyundai Reset Gives Clarity On Class Deals
• Insys Pleads Guilty To Fraud In Opioid Bribe Scheme
• J&J Profited From Opioid Misinformation 'Virus,' Doc Says
• GM Transmission Defect Claims Belong In Detroit, Judge Says
• Honda Drivers Tell 9th Circ. Soy-Coated Wires Lured Rodents
• Apple's 'Unwieldy' Move To Toss Filter Defect Suit Denied
• 5th Circ. Cuts T-Mobile Loose From Suit Over Baby's Death
• Class Suit Over Monster's HDMI Cable Packaging Ends In Deal
• 3M Moves For Contempt, Says Patient Attys Used Sealed Docs
• J&J Asbestos Suit Sent Back To Mass. State Court
• Ex-NFLer Must Arbitrate Award Beef With Litigation Funder
• Measuring The Value Of A Law Firm's Social Media Efforts
• Full 9th Circ. Saves Hyundai, Kia Fuel Economy Deal
• Insys Chairman To Resign In Wake Of $225M Deal With Feds
• DOJ Won't Fight 'Blue Water' Vietnam Vet Benefits
• J&J Targets Pain Doc's Testimony In Okla. Opioid Trial
• Insys To Pay $225M To End DOJ's Opioid Scheme Probe
• Calif. Clinic's Parent Co. Urges Toss Of Destroyed Embryo Suit
• Calif., NY Supplement Buyers Win Cert. Of False-Ad Suit
• Fla. Suit Targets Farms' 'Toxic' Sugarcane Burns
• Deadly Dog-Food Suits Consolidated In Kansas MDL
• Keurig Sold Arsenic-Laced Bottled Water, Drinkers Say
• J&J Tells Okla. Judge It Obeyed FDA When Selling Fentanyl
• King & Spalding Atty Faces Sanctions Bid As Talc Trial Wraps
• Feds Win Bid To Stop Unapproved Stem Cell Treatment
• Execs Not Confident In Crisis Management Plans, PwC Finds
• Magnetek Says Travelers Must Defend It In PCB Suits
• What We Learned From FDA's Public Hearing On Cannabis
• Despite Amarin, ITC May Be Right Prescription For Pharma
• New Prop 65 Cancer Label Rule Exempts Calif. Coffee Cos.
• Monsanto Looks To Nix $80M Loss In 1st Fed. Roundup Trial
• J&J Wanted To Overcome 'Opiophobia,' Okla. Judge Hears
• J&J, Colgate Created 'Severe Health Hazard,' Talc Jury Told
• Meet The Judge Overseeing The First Opioid Trial
• Ford, Bosch Want Heavy-Duty Truck Emissions Suits Axed
• Sherwin-Williams, DuPont To Pay Millions In Lead Paint Cases
• DC, More States Sue Purdue, Sacklers Over Opioid Crisis
• Weitz & Luxenberg Urges 2nd Circ. To Toss Fraud Suit
• Hospital Must Face Suit For Using Recalled Medtronic Device
• How France's Consumer Protection Agency Is Targeting Cos.
• Blue Bell Tries To Halt Del. Listeria Suit For Outbreak Probe