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Coverage of class actions and MDL, often targeting the design, manufacturing and marketing of defective products.
By Alexa Woronowicz | September 29, 2017
Finding no "true conflict" between Pennsylvania law and North Carolina law as applied to plaintiff's negligent design defect and strict liability design claims arising from his use of Risperdal®, the court applied Pennsylvania law under the state's choice of law methodology and found the claims to be precluded. The court asked the appellate court to affirm its order granting the moving defendants summary judgment.
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By C. Ryan Barber | September 28, 2017
At her confirmation hearing Wednesday, Ann Marie Buerkle, the Trump administration's pick to lead the Consumer Product Safety Commission, was pressed on her vote last year opposing a proposal to limit emissions on portable power generators, which have been cited in carbon monoxide poisoning deaths.
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By Charles Toutant | September 27, 2017
An appeal before the New Jersey Supreme Court over expert testimony in suits concerning the acne drug Accutane is seen by many as a chance to revise the state's standard for admitting such evidence.
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By C. Ryan Barber | September 27, 2017
At her confirmation hearing Wednesday, Ann Marie Buerkle, the Trump administration's pick to lead the Consumer Product Safety Commission, was pressed on her vote last year opposing a proposal to limit emissions on portable power generators, which have been cited in carbon monoxide poisoning deaths.
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By LaMonte Ayers | Daily Report | September 26, 2017
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, ruling in a pelvic mesh case, has certified an "unresolved question of Texas law" to the Texas Supreme Court involving when the statute of limitations period accrues in product liability lawsuits.
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By Charles Toutant | September 25, 2017
While state and local governments are filing a profusion of suits against drug companies to recoup costs of the opioid crisis, the trend has been slow to take hold in New Jersey. But opioid litigation is seen as having strong prospects if it can zero in on malfeasance by drug manufacturers and distributors, some observers said.
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By Amanda Bronstad | September 25, 2017
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, ruling in a pelvic mesh case, has certified an "unresolved question of Texas law" to the Texas Supreme Court involving when the statute of limitations period accrues in products liability lawsuits.
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By Jenna Greene | September 20, 2017
"Small nations have fought for their very survival with less resources and resourcefulness than these antagonists." That's what U.S. District Judge William Conner in Manhattan wrote in 1987 about the false advertising battle between the makers of Tylenol and Advil. Connor died in 2009. But the fight goes on. And on. Like a pounding, 30-year migraine.
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By Elise Sanguinetti | September 20, 2017
In the minds of some movers and shakers in the automobile industry, self-driving cars are the wave of the future. For investors and big business, the safe bet is that laissez-faire policies will win the day. But for consumers and workers, that very well may lead to unsafe and unstable futures.
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By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | September 19, 2017
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