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Product Liability - October, 2019

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• Opioid MDL Attys Poised To Debate Next Bellwether Trials
• Starbucks Beats Woman's Suit Over Hot Tea Burn
• 3rd Circ. Rejects Atty's Bid For Concussion Deal Referral Fees
• Boston Scientific Says Sanctions Stem From 'Fictional Story'
• Calif. Court Affirms $13M Asbestos Verdict Against Tyson Unit
• Ill. Silicone Maker To Probe Possible Contamination After Fire
• Michigan Vape Co. Drops Federal Suit After Ban Paused
• Ford Duped Consumers On Trucks' Fuel Economy, Suit Says
• Woman's Family Wants $3.6M From Insurer In Asbestos Case
• Pa. Panel Casts Doubt On Jurisdiction For Out-Of-State Cos.
• Top Class Settlement Admin Factors To Consider In 2020
• 5 Trends Influencing RFPs For Law Firms
• DOJ Blocks Attorneys From Favored Settlement Tool
• Private Equity Wants To Buy Your Asbestos Liabilities
• Altria Chops $4.5B From Value Of Juul Stake
• Arizona's Purdue Suit Violates Ch. 11 Law, High Court Told
• Mass. Judge Refuses To Halt Tweaked Statewide Vape Ban
• Class Cert. Denied In Calif. Tainted Dog Food Suit
• CBD Co. Faces Class Action Over Trucker's Failed Drug Test
• Class Action 'Avalanche' Coming For CBD Industry
• 3rd Circ. Doubts Mercedes Emissions Case Fully Mulled In NJ
• MDLs Are Redefining The US Legal Landscape
• VW Asks For Redo Of Bondholder's Emissions Fraud Ruling
• FDA Must Reconsider Perchlorate Rule, Enviro Groups Say
• Ex-Wrestlers Slam WWE In 2nd Circ. Concussion Suit
• Judge Rips Risperdal Trial Team's 'Fabricated' Recusal Bid
• Juul Sold 1M Tainted Nicotine Pods, Former Exec Says
• Los Angeles School District Sues Juul Over Youth Vaping
• SoCalGas Says No 'Permanent Nuisance' At Aliso Canyon
• Missouri Medical Marijuana Group Asks State For Vaping Regs
• Uber, Lyft Exit E-Scooter Disability Bias Suit For Now
• Contrite Boeing Chief Vows 737 Max Fixes In Senate Hearing
• With No Product ID, Ethicon Escapes Pelvic Mesh Suit
• Fiat Chrysler Unit Says It's Owed Coverage In Faulty Part Suit
• Why I Became A Lawyer: Being There For Families In Trouble
• Top 5 Environmental Concerns For The Cannabis Industry
• Co-Pilot's Insufficient Training Nixes Plane Crash Coverage
• Pumpkin-Carving Race Mangled Hand, Colo. Student Says
• Hemp Regulation Turns Corner With New USDA Rule
• Duke's Appeal In NC Coal Ash Cleanup Faces Another Setback
• PG&E Agrees To Extend Wildfire Proof Of Claims Deadline
• J&J Discloses Grand Jury Subpoena For Opioid Distributions
• Utah Judge Puts Emergency Flavored Vape Rule On Hold
• Ashley Furniture Beats Fake Leather Suit In 9th Circ.
• Bosch On The Hook For VW Dealers' Lost Profits, Court Told
• Pa. Panel Allows Dead Man's Deposition In Asbestos Case
• DOT Hazmat Train Rule Lacks Info Safeguards, DC Circ. Told
• Insys Doc's Sentence Called A Warning To Medical Community
• Pop Warner Wants Out Of Youth Football Concussion Suit
• Jeep Drivers Want $350K Atty Fee In Leaky Sunroof Deal
• House OKs Age-Check Mandate For Online E-Cigarette Sales
• Takeda Hid 'Dangerously Defective' Gout Drug's Risks
• Philly Jury Hits Vein Filter Co. With $34M Defect Award
• Best Practices For US-Canada Virtual Mass Tort Teams
• Confronting Plaintiffs Attorney Advertising Abuses
• Romanucci Atty Will Lead Sterigenics Emissions Suits In Ill.
• Woman Wants New Trial In Sanofi Chemo Drug Bellwether
• 3 Takeaways From Mass. AG's Exxon Climate Suit
• Baker McKenzie Expands LA Securities Litigation Team
• Silicone Maker Owes $1.6M After Deadly Blast, OSHA Says
• Vein Filter Patient Could Die, Philly Jury Told At Trial's End
• In Lung Injuries Probe, Officials Are Looking Beyond THC
• Youths Sue Canada Over Climate Change Threats
• PG&E Says Equipment Failed Just Before Wildfire Started
• Ethicon Can't Escape Damages Claims In Pelvic Mesh Suit
• Product Liability Hires: Greenberg Traurig, Cullen and Dykman
• Oil Well Owners Seek Clearance For Alta Mesa Fracking Suits
• GM Wins Early Exit From Faulty Ignition Switch Suit In MDL
• Buchalter Firm Announces New Cannabis, Hemp Law Group
• NFL Urges 9th Circ. To End Ex-Players' Painkiller Suit
• Counseling Cannabis Cos. Requires A Holistic Approach
• Concussion Testing Co. Calls Out Competitor In False Ad Suit
• States Are Wrong To Block Local Gov'ts From Opioid Suits
• Legal Battlefronts To Watch In Boeing's 737 Max Crisis
• Amazon Liability Ruling Would Wreck E-Biz, 3rd Circ. Told
• EPA Compliance Delays On Landfill Emissions Irk Judge
• CVS Yanks J&J Baby Powder From Stores After Recall
• RI Flavored Vape Ban Latest To Face Court Challenge
• RJR Wins New Engle Trial, But Court Splits On Case Law
• Associates Found Guilty In Doc's Major Oxy-Pushing Scheme
• FDA Yanks Homeopathy Compliance Policy As Inadequate
• 4th Circ. Wrong To Dismiss Pelvic Mesh Appeal, Firm Says
• RJR Cleared Of Liability In Florida Smoker's Death
• NJ High Court Won't Rehear Sanctions In Nasal Spray Case
• Vape Co. Must Pull Illegal Ads For 100 Products, FDA Warns
• EPA Wants Mining Co.'s Counterclaim Axed In Gold King MDL
• Mass. Appellate Court Won't Halt Vape Products Ban
• Cancer Patients Fight Monsanto Bid For First Shot At Doctors
• GSK Loses Bid To End 53 Zofran Birth Defects Cases
• Mass. AG Hits Exxon With Long-Awaited Climate Suit
• Top Trends In Food And Beverage Class Actions
• Insurer Must Pay $50M Award In Pollution Case, 7th Circ. Told
• Del. Court Seeks Answer To Blue Bell 'Sham' Co. Claim
• Dunkin' Angus Ad Beef Lacks Sizzle, 2nd Circ. Judges Say
• Hair Products Maker Can't Brush Off Balding MDL Claims
• Hong Kong Childhood Can't Diminish J&J Talc Risk, Jury Told
• Birth Defect Report Trimmed By Judge In Zofran MDL
• Korean Tire Co. Says It Doesn't Belong In Fatal Rollover Suit
• Tesla's Unique Door Handles Faulted In Doc's Fiery Death
• O'Melveny Launches State Regulatory Defense Group
• GM Must Face Fla. Driver's Trimmed Drive Shaft Defect Suit
• Anheuser Says Tests Show Miller Lite Contains Corn Syrup
• Ky. AG Announces $40M In Settlements With Bayer, Reckitt
• Where Law Firm Partners Go When Changing Jobs
• FDA To Require Warning Labels On Breast Implants
• Asbestos Slipped Into J&J's Talc Supply, LA Jury Hears
• Supreme Court Won't Keep Climate Suits From State Courts
• Feds Slam Pharma CEO's Bid To Nix Opioid Trafficking Charge
• Ex-Super Bowl Winner Drops NFL Concussion Claims
• Herbert Smith Adds International Arbitration Partner
• Ex-NFL Player's Accounts Frozen In Concussion Deal Fight
• Kellogg's To Pay $20M For Touting Sugary Cereal As Healthy
• Mass. Vape Shops File Emergency Appeal To Halt Ban
• Pratt & Whitney Can't Escape Suit Over Faulty Jet Engines
• Supporting Autonomous Vehicles With Better Regulations
• 3 Ways To Leverage Vulnerability For Lawyer Well-Being
• Hyland's Must Face Revived Suit Over Infant's Death
• Clinical Trials And Specific Jurisdiction After Bristol-Myers
• Judge's Recusal Delay Sinks Cert. In Tainted Water Suit
• Robbins Geller, Motley Rice To Lead 3M Co. Investor Suit
• FDA, FTC Issue Warning On Claims CBD Can Treat Diseases
• Firms Fight Levi & Korsinsky's Sanction Bid In Honeywell Suit
• The FDA Regulatory Landscape For Tobacco And Cannabis
• NFL Player Helmet Claims Time-Barred, Says Ill. Appeals Court
• Pfizer, Sanofi Sued Over Possible Zantac-Cancer Link
• $48B Opioid Deal Outcry May Presage Plaintiff Infighting
• NFL Deal Objectors Aren't Wedding Crashers, 3rd Circ. Told
• Volkswagen Dealers Defend Cert. Bid In RICO Lost Profits Suit
• Dog Food Co. Reaches Deal In Class Suit Over Sickened Pets
• State AGs Reach $48B Proposed Deal To End Opioid Cases
• Epson Disables Printers With Non-Epson Cartridges, Suit Says
• 'Natural' Line Of Care Products Uses Synthetics, Court Told
• Skadden Adds Mass Torts, Trials Partner From Weil In NY
• Mass. Ban On Vaping Product Sales Will Stand
• Opioid Trial Halted By Drug Cos.' 11th Hour $260M Deal
• Baltimore Asks High Court To OK State Court Climate Suit
• Ford Super-Duty Truck Design Causes Tire Leaks, Drivers Say
• Shotgun Shell Makers Denied Early Win In Officer's Defect Suit
• La. Insurer Sues Pharma Cos. Over Opioid Crisis
• Mass. Vape Ban's Fate To Be Determined Monday
• DuPont Wants Fresh Shot At Defense In Ohio Cancer Cases
• Feds Can't Dodge Tort Claims In Gold King Mine MDL
• Apple Pays $6.6M To End Suit Over IPhone 4S Update Glitch
• New Data Shows BigLaw's True Profitability
• Dick's Can't Dodge Suit Over Defective Athletic Cup
• Honda Gets Calif. Infotainment System Defect Suit Trimmed
• NECC Pharmacists Lose Bid For New Trial In Meningitis Case
• J&J Pans Judge's 'Partisan Glee' After $8B Risperdal Verdict
• J&J Recalls Asbestos-Tainted Baby Powder Flagged By FDA
• 'Incompetence' Fueled CPSC Data Breaches: Senate Report
• What To Watch As Opioid MDL Nears Moment Of Truth
• Legal Funder Again Asks 3rd Circ. To Rein In NFL Deal Judge
• Vein Filter Co. Boss Dinged For Talking To Plaintiff From Stand
• Ex-NFL Player Held In Contempt Over $475K Loan
• Creditors Slam $11B PG&E Proposal Over Calif. Wildfires
• Oregon's Flavored Vape Ban Put On Hold Amid Legal Fights
• Chrysler Drivers Finally Win Class Cert. In Clutch Defect Duel
• Under Siege, Juul Pulls Most Flavors From US Market
• Bryan Cave Atty Overbilled, Cos. In Waste Dumping Suit Say
• 8th Circ. Puts Defective Dometic Fridge Suit On Ice
• Insys Exec Trial Fair Despite Alleged Weil Conflict, Judge Says
• Boston Scientific Sanctioned For 'Shenanigans' In FCA Suit
• AmerisourceBergen Brass Sued In Del. Over Drug Scheme
• Airline Internet Provider Dodges Investor Suit Over Wi-Fi Woes
• A Defense For E-Cig Makers Against Vape Lung Illness Claims
• J&J To Pay States $117M To Quell Pelvic Mesh Suits
• 8 Best Practices For Cannabis Transaction Due Diligence
• Pa. Justices Ask If Judge Delved Too Deep Into Science
• Vape Flavor Ban May Create Black Market, Lawmakers Told
• Why Trump's Orders On Agency Guidance Are Significant
• Ailing Ex-NFL Player Fights Contempt Bid Over $475K Loan
• EPA Sued Over Paint-Stripper Ban's Commercial Exemption
• Mass. Vaping Illnesses Mount As Legal Fight Over Ban Swirls
• Drug Cos. Float Deals Worth $50B To End Opioid Cases
• NM Judge Splits Gold King Mine MDL Into Three Parts
• Insys Judge Unsure If Execs' Bribes Equal Drug Dealing
• Non-Calif. Classes Dropped In Conagra Spray Label Suit
• Landowners Tell High Court To Keep Claims Against Arco
• Formosa Plastics To Pay $50M To Settle Clean Water Act Suit
• Chicago Mayor, Enviros Slam EPA-US Steel Pollution Deal
• Feds Say Tort Claims Must Go In Gold King Mine MDL
• Missouri Appeals Court Erases $110M Talc Loss For J&J
• AmerisourceBergen Fights To Shield Opioid Docs At Chancery
• Michigan Vape Ban Halted After Claims Of Business Harm
• How AI Is Shaping FDA Medical Device Regulation
• Vape Shop Atty Lit Up By Judge Over Hearing Flip-Flop
• Juul Hit With First-Ever Vaping Death Lawsuit
• Courts Keep Rejecting Litigation Funding Discovery Campaign
• Purdue Opioid Suits Get One-Month Pause, For Now
• Sorin Settlement Offers Heart Patients Free Monitoring
• J&J Wins Second Asbestos-In-Talc Trial In A Week
• Mass. Gov. Fights To Keep Vape Ban Fight In Fed. Court
• How Emotionally Intelligent AI Could Assist With E-Discovery
• 8th Circ. Won't Rehear Monsanto Label Settlement Objection
• FDA Focus: What BakerHostetler's Practice Chair Is Watching
• US Foods, Disney Object To $135M Deal In Truck Engine Row
• Chesapeake Tries To Shake Off Okla. Quake Damage Suit
• A Weak Link In Consumers' FDA Test Claims
• Is 'The Government Said I Could' A Civil Liability Defense?
• Hyundai, Kia Set Aside $758M To End Suits Over Engine Fires
• Feds, Manufacturing Cos. Concur On $125M Mass. Cleanup
• 19 Abilify Claims Tossed As Lacking Proof In MDL Settlement
• Texas Justices Focus 'Push Poll' Sanction Args On Bad Faith
• Ariz. Can't Intervene In Pressure Cooker Deal, 6th Circ. Says
• Court Told Settlement Is The Best Result For Purdue Ch. 11
• Target Can't Pass Buck On Antibiotic Labeling Suit Costs
• Purdue Docs Show DOJ Deal Is Key To Ch. 11 Settlement
• Judge Tosses Two Ex-Hockey Players' Concussion Suits
• Washington State Implements Vape Ban After Executive Order
• Insurers Say $34M Ala. Pipeline Explosion Suit Not Covered
• J&J Beats Class Action Over Opioid Health Insurance Costs
• EPA Wants Faster Action On Lead-Contaminated Water
• Preventable Risks Your Law Firm May Be Overlooking
• Automated Vehicle Users Should Not Be Forced To Arbitrate
• Kraft Dodges Suit Over 'No Preservatives' Capri Sun Label
• Ohio Trial In Opioid MDL Will Go Forward, 6th Circ. Says
• PG&E Judge Clears Way For Rival Ch. 11 Plans
• Calif. Court Affirms $30M Award In Horrific Worker Death Suit
• J&J Cleared By Calif. Jury In Talc Cancer Retrial
• $8B Philly Risperdal Verdict Ripe For Reduction, Experts Say
• 4 Trends To Watch In Toxic Tort Litigation
• Boeing Investor Sues Board Claiming Lousy Safety Oversight
• Doc Who Led Major Oxy-Pushing Scheme Working With Feds
• 6 Ethics Tips For Attorneys Making Lateral Transfers
• FTC Warning On Plaintiffs Bar Advertising Is Timely
• Arizona Backs Out Of Purdue's Opioid Settlement
• Questions Swirl Around Opioid MDL Bellwether Trial
• Purdue's Sackler Family Loses Bid To Toss Mass. Opioid Suit
• Firms Hit With Sanctions Bid In Honeywell Stock-Drop Suit
• Purdue Agrees To Put Off Consideration Of Ch. 11 Bonuses
• Alsup Slams Calif. City's 'Half-Baked' PG&E Probation Plan
• Flushable Wipes Judge Plumbs Product's Precise Use
• Samsung Offers New TV Defect Deal After Alsup's Criticism
• Ga. Jury Deadlocks In Latest J&J Talc Cancer Trial
• NJ Justices Skeptical Unharmed Kia Drivers Should Get $6.3M
• RJ Reynolds Denies 'Gotcha Move' In Widow's Engle Case
• WWE Tells 2nd Circ. No Rematch In Wrestler Concussion Suit
• Vein Filter Co. Ignored Potential Defects, Philly Jury Told
• NY's Most Prolific Oxy Doc Set To Plead Guilty, Feds Say
• J&J Slammed With $8B Verdict In Philly Risperdal Case
• Third Insurer Pulled Into Pa. Grocer's Opioid Defense Suit
• Chevron, BP Ask Justices To Halt Yet Another Climate Suit
• 1st Circ. Questions Fukushima Victims' Need To Sue GE
• A Developing Split Over Online Marketplace Product Liability
• Southwest Pilots Union Sues Boeing Over 737 Max Grounding
• J&J Talc Trial Closes With Each Side Blasting Other's Experts
• 4 Ways Conn. Justices Set Precedent On Asbestos Coverage
• Philly Trial May Signal Future Vein Filter Claim Success
• Insurer Marsh Seeks 'Final' Asbestos Ruling In 2nd Circ.
• ​​​​​​1st Circ. Clears Way For Climate Change Suit's Remand To RI
• Blank Rome Slammed Over Dismissal Bid In Severed Leg Row
• Wegmans' Ice Cream Doesn't Use Real Vanilla, Buyers Say
• Monsanto's Final Roundup Trial Of 2019 Called Off Indefinitely
• J&J Can't Split Up Punitive Damages Trial In NJ Talc Case
• Justices Won't Hear Firms' Fee Dispute In $10B VW Settlement
• Calif. Utility Loses Bid For High Court Review Of Liability Law
• Lumber Liquidators Inks $30M Deal Over Defective Flooring
• Bid To Boot Opioid Judge Raises Questions On Judicial Roles
• 'Counsel Owe An Explanation,' Alsup Warns In Logitech Row
• Judge Says $40M GM Settlement Must Be 'More Robust'
• Texas High Court To Decide On Product Liability Jurisdiction
• 4 High Court Cases Enviro Attys Should Watch This Term
• Product Liability Hires: Lewis Brisbois, Husch Blackwell
• 3rd. Circ. Won't Revive WR Grace, Hospital Asbestos Fight
• 25 AGs Say Purdue, Sackler Suits Should Proceed In Ch. 11
• Sandy Hook Families Tell Justices To Boot Remington Appeal
• Talc Co. Needn't Fill Asbestos Insurance Gap: Conn. Justices
• Insurer Tells 7th Circ. It's Not Liable For $50M Pollution Award
• Cooley Says Theranos Founder Holmes Not Paying Legal Bills
• FDA Chief Warns Against Use Of THC Vapes Amid Crisis
• Bacardi, Winn-Dixie Want Out Of 'Grains Of Paradise' Suit
• Rising Star: King & Spalding's Julia Romano
• Feds, States Won't Join Allergan Glaucoma Drug FCA Suit
• Unilever Deodorant Causes Stains It Claims To Stop, Suit Says
• Mass. Vaping Ban Will Not Be Halted, Judge Rules
• NY, Calif., 24 Other States Fight Purdue's $38M Bonus Plan
• Construction Cos. Pay $5.5M For Fatal Ill. Plumbing Explosion
• NY Appeals Court Temporarily Blocks Flavored Vape Ban
• Risperdal Marketing Blocks Weren't For Kids, Pa. Jury Told
• CDC, FDA Ramp Up Vape Alarms As Lung Injury Cases Top 1K
• Fired Trucker Can't Take CBD Oil Claims To 2nd Circ. Just Yet
• Drivers Rip GM's $40M Settlement Over Oil-Guzzling Engines
• FTC Seeks E-Cigarette Cos.' Data On Advertising, Sales
• What To Expect As A Democrat Takes The Reins At The CPSC
• Rising Star: Jones Day's Timothy J. Fiorta
• Vaping Crisis Raises New Liability And Insurance Issues
• Consider The Power Of Tactical Empathy
• Ex-Theranos CEO Says Feds' Discovery Delay Is 'Deja Vu'
• 4 Key Moments From J&J's Mesh Marketing Battle With Calif.
• Coke Must Face DC Pastors' Deceptive Marketing Suit
• Texas Lime E-Scooter Negligence Suit Sent To Arbitration
• FDA Warns Of Security Flaws Lurking Within Medical Devices
• PG&E Case Attys Blast Fee Application Protocol
• Opioid Distributor CEO Seeks To Toss Drug Trafficking Charge
• Ford Must Face Shattering Sunroof Suit, Say Wash. Drivers
• JPML Sends Juul Marketing Suits To Calif.
• The Problem — And Opportunity — Of Implicit Bias In The Bar
• Chevron, BP Ask High Court To Block Baltimore Climate Suit
• Rising Star: Faegre Baker's Jessica Benson Cox
• Vape Retailers Sue To Block Mass. Emergency E-Cig Ban
• J&J Inks $20.4M Deal Just Ahead Of Opioid Bellwether
• Opioid MDL Judge Rips Ohio AG's Late Bellwether Attack
• UPS Flight Unit's 'Drone Airline' Cleared For Takeoff
• Cannabis Industry Lobby Says FDA Should Regulate Legal Pot
• PG&E Says It Has Enacted Enhanced Wildfire Protection
• Ex-Yahoo Engineer Cops To Hacking Accounts For Sex Pics
• Juul Stops Push To Overturn SF Ban On E-Cig Sales
• Judging A Book: Thapar Reviews Gorsuch's 'A Republic'
• Defendants' Chances On Daubert May Vary By Circuit
• EPA Forced To Face Flint Residents' $4.5B Water Crisis Claims
• DEA Slow To Act In Opioid Crisis, Inspector General Says
• Rising Star: Baum Hedlund's Pedram Esfandiary
• Mercedes Avoids Kan. Claims In Faulty Transmission Suit
• 2 Trends In DOJ Health Care Enforcement
• Drug Cos. Push 6th Circ. To Disqualify Opioid MDL Judge