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Product Liability - January, 2020

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• Climate Suit Backers Say 9th Circ. Ruling Is Irrelevant
• Cura Partners Fined In Oregon For Mislabeling Pot Products
• J&J Says Buyers' "Misunderstanding" Can't Sustain Suit
• Beyond Meat Investor Sues Over Legal Row With Ex-Supplier
• Calif. Roundup Trial Paused At 11th Hour For Global Deal Talks
• Pringles-Buying Chef Can't Get Redo On False Ad Class Cert.
• Meet The Attorneys Taking On Juul In The MDL
• Senate Panel Wants Probe Of FAA Hawaii Misconduct Claims
• Most Lawyers Do Not Understand How AI Works
• Most Claims Chopped In Apple IPhone Audio Defect Suit
• 4 Considerations When Moving To A New Law Firm
• Burger King Says Impossible Whopper Isn't Billed As Vegan
• 9th Circ. Ruling Puts Climate Suits In Fed Court, Chevron Says
• LA Building Fire That Injured 14 Was Preventable, Tenants Say
• BNY Mellon Beats Residents' Lead Paint Claims
• Texas Explosion Suit Shifts To State Court For Possible MDL
• NY Bar Committee Advises Broad Approach To Cannabis Law
• Altria Wipes Another $4.1B From Value Of Juul Stake
• J&J Owes $344M For False Mesh Marketing, Calif. Judge Says
• A Modest Plan To Streamline Civil Cases In LA Superior Court
• Opioid MDL's Pharmacy Bellwether Trial Nudged To November
• PG&E Wins OK For Tubbs Fire Deal As Utility Eyes Ch. 11 Exit
• Legal Org. Urges 4th Circ. To Ditch E-Cig Application Deadline
• FDA's Asbestos-In-Talc Finding Doesn't Upend J&J Trial Win
• Toyota Sued Over Alleged Fuel Tank Defect In RAV4s
• J&J, Retailers Hit With Prop 65 Suit Over Talc
• Ex-Flight Attendants Say Air In Boeing's Cabins Is Toxic
• Pharma CEO Asks Judge To Toss Opioid Trafficking Charge
• Nutrition Claims Trimmed In Walmart False Ad Suit
• BP-Backed Refinery Pays $2.6M To Settle Pollution Allegations
• What Courts Are Saying About Litigation Finance Disclosure
• States Enter Fight Against Chemical Safety Rule Rollbacks
• Full 3rd. Circ. Won't Retread Avandia Marketing Decision
• Terminal Operator Nabs $3M Jury Award Over LA Oil Spill
• CBD Risks Linger Despite Farm Bill, USDA Hemp Rules
• Mass. Buyers Can't Intervene In $5.4M Ocean Spray Deal
• Insys Founder Says 'Drug Dealer' Accusation Biased Jury
• Quit Saying Purell Prevents Ebola, FDA Tells Sanitizer Co.
• GoPro Investors Say Execs Misled Over Drone Revenue
• Okla. Jury Hands Down $20M Verdict In Fatal Oil Rig Blowout
• Ex-Balch Partner, Coal Exec Ask 11th Circ. To Ax Convictions
• Drivers Rip VW Bid To DQ Former FBI Chief In Bellwether Trial
• Fitbit Can Work Out Design Defect Suit With Arbitrator
• Pot Lobby Says Lowering Taxes Will Help Stem Vaping Crisis
• Buyers Claim BodyArmor Sports Drink Is Soda In Disguise
• Opioid MDL Special Master Sets Data Production Guidelines
• Surefire Marketing Methods To Build Your Legal Practice
• Bacardi Beats Suit Over 'Grains Of Paradise' Gin
• Insys Exec Can't Delay 33-Month Prison Sentence, Gov't Says
• Ford Drivers Push For Approval Of $77M Settlement
• VW's $57M Suspension Defect Deal With Drivers Gets Final OK
• Calif. Judge Allows Latest EPA Report In Next Roundup Trial
• Insys Doc Who Lied About Ex-Colleagues Gets Nearly 5 Years
• Gov. Contractor Says Army Families Can't Sue Over Housing
• Insurer Denies Duty To Defend Brad Pitt Charity In Homes Suit
• Claims Trimmed In Vitamin Shoppe Supplement Defect Suit
• Biz Groups Back VW In Ohio Supreme Court Emissions Fight
• McCormick's $2.5M Deal In Slack-Fill Suit Gets Interim Nod
• Pharmacies Can't Escape Public Nuisance In Opioid MDL
• Cook Group Forms As Minority, Women-Owned Defense Firm
• Setting Boundaries: An Essential Skill For Lawyers
• J&J CEO Denies Cashing In Options Was Linked To Exposé
• Oops! DOJ Enviro Head Fesses Up After License Lapse
• Nestle Can't Shake False Ad Suit Over Trans Fat In Creamer
• FDA Tells 4th Circ. To Axe E-Cig Apps Deadline Appeal
• Insys Shows RICO As Good For Kapoor As For Whitey Bulger
• AmerisourceBergen Wants Del. Justices On Opioid Doc Fight
• Chubb Unit Likens Bad-Faith Claims To 'Shearing A Pig'
• FCA's Epic Run In 2010s Will Be Hard To Match In 2020s
• Sanofi, Mylan Spar Over Surescripts Ruling In EpiPen Fight
• Calif. Wants Pot Shops To Post QR Codes Amid Vaping Crisis
• Bankruptcy Judge OKs $1.3M Bonus For Purdue CEO
• Clock Has Run Out For Hair-Loss Patients In Chemo MDL
• Roundup Deal Talks Stop St. Louis Trial Before It Starts
• PG&E's Bankruptcy Plan Should Not Be Approved
• ABA Rules For Departing Attys Set Unprecedented Limits
• CertainTeed Spinoff Hits Ch. 11 To Deal With Asbestos Costs
• McKesson, Stockholders Reach $175M Deal In Opioid Suit
• Calif. Appeals Court Won't Revive J&J Talc Suit
• Seeger Weiss To Spend $5M Of Concussion Education Fund
• 4 Takeaways From Roundup Jury Selection In St. Louis
• SanDisk Gets Memory Card Labeling Suit Wiped In Calif.
• MoFo Adds Venable Trial Atty In San Francisco
• Insys Founder John Kapoor Gets 5½ Years
• Pa. Justices Won't Review Asbestos Suit's Revival
• CBD Buyer Fights Fla. Retailer's Bid To Toss False Ad Suit
• Roofing Co. Escapes Former Worker's $3.2M Asbestos Verdict
• Buyers Claim Coke's Tea Not Honest About Sugar Content
• Zantac Users Pile On Cancer Claims Ahead Of JPML Hearing
• Insys VP Who Dressed As Dancing Opioid Gets 2 Years
• Newsom Urges Court To Reject PG&E's Bankruptcy Plan
• VW Can Ask 9th Circ. To Weigh Bondholder Fraud Suit
• Bridgestone Unit Must Face Suit Over Man's Quadriplegia
• Energy Cos. Tell 1st Circ. Climate Case Belongs In Fed. Court
• 7th Circ. Mulls Restoring $3M Verdict For Reed Smith Widow
• Nissan Ex-CEO Illustrates Do's And Don'ts Of Image Repair
• 3 Concerns If Your Witness Becomes Flippant At Deposition
• Senators Unveil Bill Requiring Vape Cos. To Pay FDA
• Cooperating Insys CEO Gets 2½ Years In Prison
• Class Counsel Gets $36.5M In Navistar Engine Settlement
• Insys Exec Gets 1 Year As Atty Slams 'Salacious' Prosecution
• Chancery Pauses Boeing 737 Suits Amid Records Bid Blitz
• 4th Roundup Trial Kicks Off On Monsanto's Home Turf
• Class Counsel Can't Pocket $350K Left From $30M Settlement
• Ex-Insys Exec Blasts Big Pharma For Exploiting Women
• Justices Zero In On Consent In Steel Plant Arbitration Fight
• Jury Absolves Ethicon In Pelvic Mesh Suit
• 5th Circ. Says Insurer Needn't Cover Crushed Rock Cleanup
• Calif. Water Utility Sues Feds For $1.3M Water Treatment Cost
• Home Depot Can't Kill Roundup Cancer Warning Suit For Now
• Purdue, Creditors Ask To Keep Stay On Insurance Arbitration
• CBD Co. Accused Of Using Misleading Labels On Hemp Cream
• FDA Focus: What Ropes & Gray's Practice Chair Is Watching
• Royal Caribbean Spared Punitive Damages For Stormy Cruise
• FTC Advertising Atty Who Led POM Wonderful Case To Retire
• High Court Won't Block Flint Lead Water Suit
• Atty Pay Provision Trips Bell & Howell Pest Repeller Deal
• 2 Insys Execs Get Less Than 3 Years In Opioid Kickback Case
• Up Next At High Court: Arbitration, Church-State Separation
• Philip Morris Avoids Punitives After $2.5M Cancer Verdict
• Vape Injury Outbreak Mainly Tied To THC Products, CDC Says
• 'Clean Diesel' Bellwether Jurors Will Learn VW Admitted Fraud
• Duck Boat Operator Settles Final Claims In Fatal Sinking Suit
• 6th Circ. Is Told Opioid MDL Judge Flouting Court Rules
• Bat Buyers Swing For Cert. In Rawlings False Ad Suit
• Tanenbaum Keale Snags Marshall Dennehey Partner In Pa.
• Petition Seeks Probe Into Tesla Cars' Sudden Acceleration
• Chuck Norris, Wife Drop Claims MRI Drug Threatened Her Life
• Scrapped Experts Can't Return In NJ Accutane Case
• High Court To Weigh Ford's Challenge To State Defect Suits
• Boeing Max Pilots Can't Be Anonymous In Lost Wages Suits
• US Chamber Wants To 'Neuter' Judges, Sens. Tell 1st Circ.
• Napoli Bern Seeks New Trial In Asbestos Fee Dispute
• FAA Properly Vetted Boeing Max Jets, Review Panel Finds
• CBD Co. Says Consumer Suit Relies On Flawed Testing
• Riddell Can't Dodge High School Football Player's Death Suit
• $8B Risperdal Verdict Slashed To $6.8M
• Exxon Says Mass. AG Timed Climate Suit With NY Trial
• 9th Circ. Won't Revive Cymbalta Users' Suit Against Eli Lilly
• Vape Group's Challenge To FDA's E-Cig Policy Falls Flat
• Warranty Claims Cut In Suit Over Hot Microwave Handles
• HHS Drug Import Proposal Is Unlikely To Succeed
• Dick's Customer Says Faulty Crossbow Sliced His Fingers
• 5 Key Issues Raised In Most CBD Product Class Actions
• GM Truck Emissions-Cheating Cases Consolidated In Mich.
• How Associate Life Has Evolved Over The Past Decade
• Insys Wins OK For Ch. 11 Plan With Opioid Recovery Trust
• Spinoff Claims Honeywell Saddled It With $1B Liability
• Colgate, Auto Parts Cos. Settle Asbestos Case To Avert Trial
• 5th Circ. Says BP Must Pay Walmart $15M For Oil Spill Losses
• J&J Can't Keep CEO Off Stand At Talc Asbestos Trial
• New Data Shows 100B Opioid Pills Flooded U.S. Over 9 Years
• Allegiant $4M Deal In Safety Lapse Stock-Drop Suit Gets OK
• Bayer Says 27K Essure Suits Can't Head 'Full-Steam' To Trial
• VW Aims To DQ Ex-FBI Chief From 'Clean Diesel' Bellwether
• GSK Seeks To Forgo Trial In First Zofran MDL Bellwether
• Skepticism Greets Bid To Hold Lender Liable In India Damage
• 1st Circ. Affirms Dismissal For Mercedes-Benz In Defect Suit
• GE Deal With Owners Of Shatter-Prone Microwaves Gets OK
• Apple Buyers Bring Faulty Security Patch Suit To 9th Circ.
• Former Boies Schiller Lawyers Open 15-Atty Litigation Firm
• PG&E Asks Court To Reject Challenge To $24B Settlements
• Trader Joe's $1.3M Deal Gets Nod In Underfilled Tuna Can Suit
• Mayors Tell 10th Circ. Climate Case Belongs In State Court
• 7th Circ. Says Science Must Back Up Aloe Buyers' Label Suit
• 7th Circ. Upholds $20M Pelvic Mesh Award Against J&J
• J&J Talc Victim At Death's Door Opens Damages Trial
• Opioid Overdose Deaths On Decline, States Say
• DuPont, 3M Sued Over Michigan 'Forever Chemicals' Pollution
• Feds Say 'Concise' Charges Against Ex-Theranos Exec Suffice
• Viagra MDL Doomed As Plaintiffs' Experts Booted, Pfizer Says
• Prevagen False Ad Case Ends In Mistrial After Jury Deadlocks
• International Paper, Occidental Face Suit Over La. Plume
• Lawmakers Told Lack Of Research Belies Pot's Risks, Benefits
• House Bill Would Let FDA Regulate CBD As A Supplement
• Hockey Player Alleges 'Unsafe' Visor Caused Eye Injuries
• Autonomous Vehicle Guidance Gives Industry Room To Grow
• Boeing Says Southwest Pilots Union Max Suit Is Preempted
• NJ Appeals Court Shuts Down Injury Suit Over Bayer's Essure
• Ben & Jerry's Wants 'Happy Cows' Suit Put Out To Pasture
• NHL Says Labor Law Trumps Concussion Suit
• 6 VW Execs Charged With Fraud In 'Dieselgate' Saga
• Disgraced Atty Loses Bid To Dismiss Lender Fraud Suit
• FDA Says E-Cig Guidance Irrelevant To Vape Group's Suit
• J&J CEO Must Take Stand At NJ Talc Asbestos Trial
• Woman Slams Zimmer's Bid To Shake Off Hip Implant Suit
• FCC Fines Scripps $1.1M Over TV Tower Violations
• Amid FDA Warnings, Hemp Companies Rethink CBD
• NY Court Tosses State's Ban On Flavored Vape Liquid
• 3rd Circ. Suggests Mistaken Dismissal Dooms Asbestos Case
• FDA Slams Theranos Execs' 'Unprecedented' Doc Bid
• Why Reformers Want Disclosure Of 3rd-Party MDL Funding
• Insurers Say Grocer Isn't Owed Defense Costs In Opioid Case
• Okla. AG Sues Opioid Distributors For Ignoring Red Flags
• Judging A Book: Dyk Reviews 'Democracy And Equality'
• Ex-Insys Exec Gets Nearly 3 Years For Opioid Kickbacks
• Insys Judge Wonders If Potential Punishment Is Too Harsh
• AmerisourceBergen Loses Bid To Shield Opioid Docs
• Justices Won't Hear Aircraft Engine Maker's Preemption Fight
• Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year
• The Firms That Dominated In 2019
• Vape Group Says FDA Admits Improper Regulation Of E-Cigs
• Calif. Judge Won't Hold Multiplaintiff Roundup Cancer Trials
• Feds' Self-Driving Car Policy Rife With Regulatory Blind Spots
• Zimmer Wants Pa. Defective Hip Implant Case Tossed Again
• Attys Can't Duck Client's Claims On Failed Hepatitis Berry Suit
• DC Circ. Boots Malaysia Airlines Case Out Of US
• 3rd Circ. Sends Mercedes Emissions Case Back To NJ
• House OKs Bill Regulating 'Forever Chemicals' PFAS
• FAA Wants To Fine Boeing $5.4M Over 737 Max Wing Defects
• Product Liability Hires: Steptoe & Johnson, Saul Ewing
• 5th Circ. Orders Redo On Rolls-Royce's Role In Copter Crash
• Nationwide Sues To Duck $8.6M Verdicts Over Cruddy Chicken
• Okla. AG, Endo Reach $8.75M Deal Over Opioids
• Judge Orders New Trial In Cook Medical Vein Filter Bellwether
• Ex-CPSC Chief Of Staff Joins Cooley Product Safety Practice
• 7 Insider Tips For Working With In-House Counsel
• Juul Says Investor Waived His Right To Inspect Its Books
• Calif. 'Cobra Sexual Energy' False-Ad Class Gets 2nd Wind
• Steelworkers Sue EPA Over Chemical Safety Rule Rollbacks
• CBD Retailer Says Gummy Potency Was Within 'Safe Harbor'
• FDA To Hold Public Forum On Testing For Asbestos In Talc
• 50 Years Later, Interpretive Challenges Remain For RICO
• Top 5 Drug And Medical Device Developments Of 2019
• NHTSA Investigating Fatal Tesla Crash In Ind.
• Univ. Accused Of Hiding Counterfeit Surgery Tool Scheme
• MMA Fighter Seeks To KO Bid To Nix Dietary Supplement Suit
• Ethicon Beats Most Claims In Defective Pelvic Mesh Suit
• Calif. Builder Fights To Keep Insurer In Cracked-Levee Suit
• States Should Not Follow ABA On Attorney Conduct Rules
• Jury In False Ad Trial Told Memory-Boosting Pill Is A Lie
• Prairie Farms Accused Of Misleading Vanilla Ice Cream Claim
• Takata Recalls 10M More Air Bag Inflators
• Investor Alleges Juul Executives Caused $20B Drop In Value
• Ala. Oil Spill Suit Deemed 'Unripe Avocado' Is Tossed
• Feds Tout Safety, Eased Rules In Self-Driving Cars Policy
• Texas Justices Question Jurisdiction In Product Liability Case
• Insurer Urges 7th Circ. To Shield It From $50M Pollution Award
• Colo. Judge Suggests BMW Face Oil-Guzzling Engine Suit
• Online Vape Companies Can't Sell Flavored Products In Mass.
• 9th Circ. Says Woman Who Stabbed Ex Can't Blame Lexapro
• Nissan Says Brake Suit Wrongly Conflates US, Japanese Arms
• Bristol-Myers, Sanofi Sue Hawaii AG Over Drug Promo Limits
• How Courts And Litigants Can Benefit From Special Masters
• Concussion Testing Co. Wants False Ad Suit Tossed
• Kansas City Targets Gun Maker In Novel Pistol-Trafficking Suit
• Mass. Judge Says Jury Must Resolve Cabbie Death Suit
• J&J's Talc Trial Deal Shows Power Of FDA's Asbestos Finding
• Contractor Denies Drilling Rig Manual Ties It To Accident Suit
• 'Opioid Babies' Seek Class Cert. In MDL
• Accutane Users Tell NJ Panel Judge Wrongly Axed Experts
• Miss. Pizza Hut Delivery Man Loses Negligence Suit
• Honeywell Beats Leaky Water Heater Valve Class Action
• Uber Policy Calls For Refresher On ABA Confidentiality Rules
• Man Charged With Murder Of Ill. Asbestos Attorney
• Owens-Illinois Spinoff Promises Fair Ch. 11 Claim Treatment
• Amtrak's Arbitration For Passengers Called Unconstitutional
• Allergan Accused Of Playing Dirty In Breast Implant MDL
• CVS, Walmart Look To Shift Blame To Doctors In Opioid MDL
• Cellino & Barnes Split Further Soured By Hacking Claims
• Insys Execs Say Restitution Should Be $18.4M, Not $306M
• Ikea To Pay $46M To Settle Child's Tip-Over Death Suit
• Fla. Jurors Told Pelvic Mesh Degraded Inside Woman's Body
• Suit Claims Coppertone's 'Mineral' Label Deceptive
• Using Missing Facts As A Defense In NYC Asbestos Suits
• Pa. Residents Ask To Revive Suit Over CSX Train Wreck
• 4 Simple Rules For Witness Note Taking
• Rethinking Corporate Crisis And Litigation Communications
• Class Cert. In 11th Circ. Supplement Case Comes With Limits
• Disney, US Foods Can't Stop $135M Navistar Engine Deal
• Johnson & Johnson Settles Calif. Talc Case Midtrial
• Owens-Illinois Spinoff Files Ch. 11 To Handle Asbestos Costs
• Ring Security Devices Led To 'Living Nightmare,' Couples Say
• Medtronic Gets Patient's 'Defective' Pump Suit Trimmed
• Fla. Judge Pauses CBD Suit To Wait For Federal Rules
• Product Safety Agency's Financial Chief Heads To USPTO
• BP Spill Settlement Fraudster Can't Vacate 17-Year Sentence
• Gordon & Rees Hires New Insurance Partner In Florida
• Court Says Trucker's THC Suit Is Not A Federal Matter
• 2 Overlooked Advantages Of Hourly Fees
• NY Fed. Court Eyes Jurisdiction In Saint-Gobain PFOA Case
• Hershey Fudged Low-Sugar Protein Bar Label, Buyer Says
• 500-Plus Delta Workers Sue Over 'Toxic' Lands' End Uniforms
• States Back RI In Fight To Keep Climate Suit In State Court
• Washington State Latest To Target J&J Over Opioid Epidemic
• Ex-NFLer With Concussion Award Ordered To Pay Funder
• Late Reed Smith Asbestos Litigator Hailed As Leader, Mentor
• Buyers Say Pfizer Falsely Labeled Heartburn Drug As Safe
• Actavis Sheds Some Claims But Can't Exit Testosterone Trial
• Blinded Hockey Player Settles With Minor League
• 9th Circ. Sides With Dr Pepper In 'Diet' False Ad Dispute
• Mass. Says Federal Court No Place For Exxon Climate Suit
• Pharmacies Must Produce 14 Years Of Opioid Records In MDL
• FDA To Crack Down On Sale Of Some Flavored Vapes
• RI Tells 1st Circ. Climate Suit Belongs In State Court
• 9th Circ. Law Backs PG&E In $500M Bond Fight, Judge Says
• Apple Must Face Warranty Claim In Watch Defect Suit
• Duke Energy Cuts $1.5B From NC Coal Ash Cleanup Plan Cost
• Food And Beverage Policy Trends To Watch This Year
• New York Cases To Watch In 2020
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• Florida Legislation To Watch In 2020
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• Opioid, Theranos Cases Among Key Trials To Watch In 2020
• Illinois Cases To Watch In 2020
• 3 Cannabis Policy Trends To Watch In 2020
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• Life Sciences Cases To Watch In 2020
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• 5 Things To Watch In Litigation Finance This Year