Product Liability Archive » February, 2021

Product Liability - February, 2021

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• 1st Circ. Upholds 3 Ex-NECC Workers' Drug Fraud Convictions
• Va. Court 'Shocked' By Sluggish VW Pre-Production Car Fight
• Arbor Hits FDA With Suit Over Neurological Drug
• Oil Giants Urge Federal Judge To Hold Onto Calif. Climate Suit
• Walgreens Relieved Of Claims It Mislabeled Infant Pain Med
• Buyers' Claims Clipped In Boeing 737 Max Contract Suit
• EPA Defends Methylene Chloride Risk Evaluation At 9th Circ.
• Cos. Should Back Up Sensory Advertising Claims With Data
• Consumer Protection Partner Joins Ahdoot & Wolfson In Philly
• Okla. Landowner Tells Magellan To Come Get Its Pipeline Stuff
• What Biden's Ethics Pledge Means For Gov't Revolving Door
• Schiff Hardin Taps Longtime Torts Atty As Managing Partner
• 3 Insurance Appeals To Watch At State High Courts In March
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Mallinckrodt Wins Tussle Over Ch. 11 Deadline Extension
• Burn Suit Against French Press Coffeemaker Trimmed
• How Corporate Monitorships Can Be Feathers In Firms' Caps
• 5th Circ. Says BP Toxic Waste Suit Belongs In Federal Court
• Punishing Bar Exam Policies On Menstrual Products Must Go
• Advocates Say EPA Ignored Popular Fumigant's Cancer Risks
• BP Unit Seeks High Court Review Of $111M Superfund Case
• Post Sugary Cereal Buyers Get OK On $15M False Ad Deal
• Hinshaw Adds Seasoned Insurance Partner In New Orleans
• As McKinsey Is Dragged Into MDL, Fresh Atty Tensions Arise
• DOT Watchdog Flags FAA For Boeing 737 Max Oversight Gaps
• Past PG&E Leadership To Blame For Wildfires, Victims Say
• Porsche Says It's Not To Blame For Software Damaging Cars
• Toyota Stamps Out Bid To Unseal Ex-WilmerHale Temp's Case
• Medtronic Recalls Stent System After Trial Patient Death
• Texas Bunker Co., Others Sued After 3 Die In Gas Explosion
• Boeing Crash Victims Claim Attys Tried To Poach Clients
• Zofran Birth Defect MDL Finally Heading For Trial In Fall
• Pabst Wants Out Of $4.8M Baltimore Superfund Cleanup Suit
• It's Time For Law Firms To Start Loving And Leveraging Data
• Delta Says Federal Safety Rules Justify LAX Jet Fuel Dump
• Court Remands Group's Plastic Pollution Suit To State Court
• Citigroup Sued Over Illinois Superfund Site
• American Airlines Aims To Trim Heavy Metal Claims Again
• Whole Foods Must Face Suit From NY Shopper Hit By Sign
• Keys To Protecting Clients During Law Firm Dissolution
• Ex-Mich. Governor Says Flint Case Filed In Wrong Court
• Compliance Lessons From Toyota's Clean Air Act Settlement
• 10th Circ. Ruling Bolsters Medical Device Preemption Defense
• J&J Reserves $4B For Talc Verdict, Expenses
• Md. Capital Latest To Sue Energy Giants Over Climate Change
• 'Lack Of Diligence' Sinks NJ Hospital Shower Chair Claims
• 10th Circ. Won't Revive Sinclair's $117M Refinery Blast Suit
• Old Jets Face New Scrutiny After United Engine Failure
• 3 Developments As America's Virus Death Toll Hits 500,000
• Walmart Says DOJ's 'Sensationalist' Opioid Suit Rings Hollow
• Boeing Renews Bid To Dodge Part Of Toxic Cabin Air Suit
• Mallinckrodt Ch. 11 Plan Lacks Support For Now, Lenders Say
• US Trustee Says No New Creditors For NRA Committee
• Garrett Motion, Equity Holders Head For Ch. 11 Plan Mediation
• Tea Mix Maker Ditches False Ad Suit Over Vanilla Label
• NY AG Opioid Trial Gets March Start After COVID-19 Delays
• False Ad Suit Over Hostess' Carrot Cake 'Donettes' Dropped
• How Case Management Orders Can Support New Attorneys
• Ex-NFL Players Can Move Forward In Painkiller Suit
• Appeals Too Late To Save Chemical Suit, Pa. Panel Finds
• RJR Cleared By Jury In Oregon Smoker's Fraud Trial
• Cleaning Co. Must Arbitrate $5.3M Fire Damage Insurance Suit
• Baby Formula Device Claims Get Tossed By NY Federal Judge
• NY Town Says Saint-Gobain Can't Halt Tainted Water Class
• Chrysler Loses Last-Ditch Bid To Slash Clutch Defect Class
• Insurer Owes $2.6M For Remediation At Ore. Mall, Suit Says
• WB Mason 'Preyed' On Buyers With Fake 3M Masks, Suit Says
• 2 Firms Tapped To Lead Teva Intrauterine Device MDL
• An In-House Counsel's Guide To Better Work Management
• NM Tort Claims Against Feds Survive In Gold King Spill Suit
• 6th Circ. Cites Sherlock Holmes In Axing GM Dashboard Suit
• Bayer's $650M PCB Deal Hits Snag Over Extra Funds Window
• 8th Circ. Mulls Tribe Members' Options In Pipeline Fight
• RJR's Lies Soothed Smokers Amid Harm Warnings, Jury Told
• McDonald's Tries To Melt Ice Cream Buyer's Vanilla Fraud Suit
• NJ Lab Sues Supplier Over False COVID-19 Test Results
• 'Opioid Baby' Claims Better Suited For Own Cases, Attys Say
• Sheppard Mullin Atty's Motion In Clif Bar Case Irks Judge
• FTC Staff Fights Altria's Bid To Claw Back Juul Docs
• Fla. Justices Say Warranties Need Not Disclose Arbitration
• Drug Database Provider Wins Challenge To OTC Label Change
• Genetic Engineering And The Endangered Species Act
• Judges Blast Atty For Flint Client Solicitation Efforts
• ICE Agent Says Sig Sauer Pistol Fired Itself Into His Leg
• Ex-WilmerHale Temp Says White House Atty Lied For Toyota
• Girardi Co-Attys Say 'Diabolical' Scheme Cost Them Millions
• Boeing Sued By Estate Of Ethiopian Pilot Over 737 Max Crash
• Defunct Shipyard Trying To Avoid Asbestos Deal, Court Told
• Avoiding Materially Adverse Conflicts After New ABA Opinion
• Apple, Ky. AG Rip Class Attys' $87M Fee Bid In IPhone Deal
• RJ Reynolds Says Co. Strove For Less-Harmful Cigarettes
• Texas Judge Sends NRA Suit Against Ad Agency To Mediation
• Auto Groups Warn Justices Of Regulatory Disarray In VW Row
• Evenflo Tries To Unbuckle Itself From Booster Seat MDL
• NFL Asks Judge To Punt Ex-Players' Painkiller Suit
• Japanese Co. Can't Appeal Jurisdiction Order In PFAS Case
• Ex-Theranos CEO Holmes Pans 'Luxurious Lifestyle' Evidence
• EPA Settles Lead Paint Claims With Home Renovation Show
• Sackler Family Can't Keep Names Of Its Businesses Secret
• Defense Strategies When Plaintiffs Deny Their Own Standing
• Start Preparing For Germany's Corporate Sanctions Act
• Green Groups Tell 9th Circ. EPA's Pesticide Approval Must Fall
• Sport Supplement Exec Gets 1 Year For Illicit Steroid Sales
• Shook Hardy Bolsters New NY Office With Partner Hire
• McKesson Whistleblowers' Opioid FCA Suit Sunk By Escobar
• Calif. Property Owners Settle Arsenic Cleanup Suit
• McKinsey's Opioid Woes Far From Over Despite $600M Deals
• Parents Ask Judge To Rethink Cert. Denial For 'Opioid Babies'
• Bristol Myers, Sanofi To Appeal $834M Hawaii Order On Plavix
• Garrett Motion Favors Mediation Over Competing Ch. 11 Plans
• Sales Rep Firm Sues Samsung Medical Unit Over Warranties
• Sony Sued Over Alleged PlayStation Controller 'Drift' Defect
• Biomet Seeks Judgment, New Trial In $3.5M Implant Suit
• US Legal System Can Benefit From Nonlawyer Ownership
• FDA Hammers Drugmaker's 'Dangerous' Opioid Promos
• FTC Sticks Glue Co. With Highest-Ever 'Made In USA' Payout
• Civil Trial Lessons From Trump Impeachment
• Curaleaf Beats Investors' Stock-Drop Suit Over CBD Legality
• 9th Circ. Told EPA Used 'Careless Math' To Deny Pesticide Ban
• Ex-Girardi Keese Atty Seeks Out Of Settlement Theft Suit
• GM Inks $5.8M Deal With Calif. To End Public Pension Spat
• VW Opt-Out Drivers Tell 9th Circ. MDL Judge Stymied Them
• Parents Face Damages Hurdle In Tainted Baby Food Suits
• Coca-Cola Fights To Decertify False Ad Class At 9th Circ.
• Auto Accessory Co. Sued Over 'Sham' Deer Whistles
• What Life Sci Attys Think Of Biden's Pace Choosing FDA Boss
• Campbell Soup, Nurture Hit With Toxic Metals Baby Food Suits
• Sorin Group Granted Win In Heart Valve Death Suit
• Pa. Water Utility Says DuPont Illegally Transferred PFAS Biz
• FDA Warns 11 E-Cig Sellers Over Unauthorized Products
• LG Chem Unit Must Face Exploding Battery Suit In NJ
• Risk Allocation For Drug And Device Cos. And Their Suppliers
• Ford Drivers Want Class Cert. In Suit Over Hood Corrosion
• Teens Were RJR's Targets, Cancer Patient Says In Fraud Trial
• Experts' Views On Army Practices Limited In 3M Earplug MDL
• Lyft Wants Calif. State IPO Suit Scrapped In Light Of Fed. Case
• Coronavirus Litigation: The Week In Review
• Exercise Equipment Co. To Pay $8M Fine Over Injury Reports
• 7th Circ. Rules Home Depot Must Face Tool Rental Injury Suit
• Building A Law Firm Knowledge Bank For Thought Leadership
• What The Biden Presidency Means For Class Actions
• Drivers Sue General Motors Over Oil-Guzzling Engines
• Medline Says It Was Scammed In $15M PPE Purchase
• Cannabis Co. Insurer Says Faulty Pump Caused $1.5M Fire
• Teva 'Not Optimistic' About Sealing $23B Opioid Deal Soon
• FDA Warns Mexican Co. Over Hand Sanitizer Strength
• Trucking Co. CR England Sues La. Firm Over Faked Crashes
• NRA Delays Ch. 11 Matters To Allow Committee To Catch Up
• 5th Circ. Revives 3 Late BP Oil Spill Injury Claims
• Fla. Buyer Asks 11th Circ. To Revive Bacardi Gin Suit
• Imerys Can't Serve Only Law Firms On Talc Claims
• What Airports Need To Know About PFAS Risks
• Sens. Look To Revive Bipartisan 'Made In America' Bill
• Hearsay Error Gets RJ Reynolds New Trial In Engle Case
• Let's Emerge From The Pandemic As Legal Innovators
• Quarry Worker Blames Stone Crusher Design For Injuries
• Indivior Investor Wants OK For $2M Deal In Suboxone Dispute
• StarKist Off The Hook In Suit Alleging Tuna Was Tainted
• Greenberg Traurig Adds Top Becton Dickinson Atty In NJ
• Juul Says Subclasses 'Inexplicably' Never Filed Complaints
• The Cook Group Adds 2 Litigation Heavyweights In Chicago
• 9th Circ. Revives False Ad Suit Over P.F. Chang's 'Krab Mix'
• Lung Cancer Patient Tells Jury RJR Committed Fraud
• NY AG Wants Feds To Ensure Baby Food Safety As Suits Grow
• Delta Jet Fuel Dump Claims Aren't Preempted, Court Told
• Pa. Zinc Co. To Pay $3.3M To Settle EPA Pollution Suit
• Fresenius To Pay $50M For Impeding FDA Investigation
• Hospital Dodges Records Request Over Deaths, For Now
• Ex-Theranos COO's Fraud Trial Moved To January 2022
• Texas Atty Arrested On Telephone Harassment Charge
• Ex-Client Fights To Revive Botched IUD Malpractice Case
• Anticipating Predictive Analytics' Potential Uses In Litigation
• 6th Circ. Upholds Tossing Suit Against Gun Makers
• Biden's EPA Pick Cruises To Full Senate Vote
• Appeal Of PG&E Ch. 11 Plan Tossed Over Stay Failure
• NFL, Rams Sued Over Player's Concussion-Related Death
• Judge Blocks 'Improper' Communications In Flint Lead Case
• Chinese Regulators Scold Tesla Over Rise In Complaints
• 2nd Circ. Says Cig. Law Appeal 'Fails The Rational Bias Test'
• Baker Botts Snags Ex-EPA Chemical Safety Head
• Winston & Strawn Hires Appellate Partner For DC Office
• NRA Board Member Calls For Examiner In Ch. 11 Case
• Claim Clipped From Cardinal Investors' Suit Over Opioids
• 8th Circ. Won't Revive Suit Over Teva's ParaGard Risks
• VW, Audi Parent Cos. Can't Slip Texas Claims, Court Told
• EPA Petitioned To Review Phosphate Mine Waste Regs
• This Black History Month, Law Firms Should Challenge Norms
• EPA Offers Few Answers In PFAS Disposal Guidance
• Starbucks Frappuccinos Don't Contain Real Vanilla, Suit Says
• Insurer Gets Win In Defective Cookie Machine Coverage Suit
• Gerber, Beech-Nut Baby Food Contain Toxic Metals, Suits Say
• Ill. Judge Sends Amazon Voiceprint Claims To Arbitration
• 5th Circ. Won't Revive Claims Tying Generic Drugs To Disease
• J&J Wins Settlement In Counterfeit Device Row
• DOJ Drops Criminal Probe Of Ford's Emissions Process
• 9th Circ. Won't Revive Breast Implant Suits Against J&J Unit
• Norwegian Cruise Sued Over $9M Puerto Rico Dock Damages
• VW Can't Use 'Unclean Hands' Defense In SEC Emissions Suit
• Insurer Owes Olin $25M In Cleanup Fight's 'Last Chapter'
• Toyota Can't Seal Exhibits From $209M Crash Suit
• Girardi's Companies Default In Suit Over Boeing Settlements
• Judges On Race
• Hemp Tea Maker Wants To Toss Suit Over THC Content
• Law Firm Penalties On Departing Partners Just Got Riskier
• Walmart Loses Bid To Short-Circuit Feds' Opioid Suit
• McKinsey Deal Renews Friction Among AGs And Opioid Attys
• Edelson Moves For Default In Girardi Boeing Theft Case
• Bayer's $2B Deal May Not Spell The End For Roundup
• Vale Strikes $7B Deal To Settle Deadly Dam Collapse Claims
• DC Judge Won't Nix FDA Cigar Review Rule
• Automakers' Insurance Offerings Will Have Broad Impact
• Flint Plaintiffs Say Atty Interfering With $641M Deal
• House Committee Says Baby Foods Contain Heavy Metals
• Law Firms Are Abusing Calif. Lemon Law Fee Provision
• GM Skirts Most Claims In Defective Touchscreen Suit
• NJ Case Has Lessons On Arbitration Clauses In Atty Retainers
• McKinsey To Pay $573M To Settle Opioid Marketing Claims
• Toyota Can't Slip Prius Drivers' Braking Failure Suit
• Alsup Slams PG&E Legacy Of 'Terror,' Mulls Probation Tweaks
• Ill. Buyer Says Selsun Blue Shampoo Irritates Scalp
• Allergan Can't Duck Suit Over Soft Tissue Implant
• Fla. Judge DQ'd From 13th Engle Suit Over Talk With Atty
• Buyers Can't Save RICO Claim In BMW, Bosch Emissions Suit
• $12.5M Deal Over Vitamin D In Hill's Dog Food Goes Forward
• Coughlin Duffy Group Jumps To Schenck Price
• Tips For Protecting Privilege When Working With Outside PR
• 3 Procurement Priorities For Law Firms In Uncertain Times
• Bayer Inks $2B Deal To Cover Future Roundup Cancer Claims
• Par Pharma Abusing FDA Process To Foil Rivals, Amneal Says
• 11th Circ. Clarifies Ascertainability Standard For Class Actions
• Don't Let Riddell Escape Helmet Injury Suit, Ex-Players Plead
• Whole Foods Must Face Trimmed Cracker False Ad Suit
• FDA Warns Sites Over Malaria Drug COVID-19 Claims
• Market Basket Skimps On Coffee Servings, Suit Says
• Tesla Recalls 135K Vehicles Over Touch-Screen Failures
• SF And 5 Other Schools Tapped For Juul Bellwethers
• UK Is Proof Nonlawyer Ownership Threatens Legal Profession
• Porsche Update With Bad Software Ruined Car, Driver Says
• Consulting Co. McKinsey Sued For Promoting OxyContin
• CBD Industry Awaits Action From New Dem-Led Congress
• 'Opioid Babies' Can't Get Class Certification In MDL
• Dow, Shell Want Banana Plantation Pesticide Claims Tossed
• Chicago Files 1st Suit Over Flavored Tobacco After New Ban
• Idaho Lawmakers Push To Make Legal Pot Unconstitutional
• Car Seat Manufacturer Britax Looks To Duck Safety Suit
• New Orleans Port Co. Denied Win In $10M Oil Spill Suit
• Ex-Mich. Gov. Should Not Be Criminally Liable For Flint Crisis
• Kroger Says Customer Can't Sue Over Coffee She Didn't Buy
• FDA Says 30 Websites Shuttered Over Illegal Opioid Sales
• Remote Bar Exams Pose New Learning Disability Challenges