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Coverage of class actions and MDL, often targeting the design, manufacturing and marketing of defective products.
By Larry E. Coben | January 9, 2024
The evidentiary battle over whether a defendant may offer evidence that a product's design is in accord with customs in the industry or complied with government standards has ended.
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By Justin T. Green and Kevin Mahoney | January 9, 2024
The most hotly contested aviation law issue in the United States has been whether and to what extent federal law preempts state law. The stakes in the fight over preemption are high because a preemption finding can truly lead to virtual immunity for an aviation manufacturer of a defective product. Given these stakes, the authors of this article address the state of play in the Second Circuit given the recent 'Jones' decision.
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By Alex Anteau | January 8, 2024
With so much money on the line, parties and non-parties alike are asking the Court of Appeals to weigh in on their disputes.
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By Justin Henry | January 8, 2024
Former SDNY U.S. attorney David Kelley, former co-leader of the firm's white-collar practice, moved to O'Melveny & Myers. Benjamin Barnett, chair of the firm's technology committee, joined plaintiffs firm Seeger Weiss.
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By Aleeza Furman | January 8, 2024
"If they can enrage you and inflame you and make you mad, you won't care," Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough partner Michael Brown said.
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By Aleeza Furman | January 2, 2024
"It was difficult and tedious … but in the end I think we got to the right spot," Saltz Mongeluzzi Bendesky partner Patrick Howard said.
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By Amanda Bronstad | December 28, 2023
A jury in San Benito County Superior Court rendered a defense verdict on Dec. 22 in the latest Roundup trial, ending a streak of five plaintiffs' awards totaling more than $2 billion.
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By Max Mitchell | December 26, 2023
In an emailed statement, Reed Smith's Jim Beck, who is representing the defendants, said the ruling "minimized the effect of what the Pennsylvania legal community thought at the time was a transformative reappraisal in Tincher of Pennsylvania's uniquely strict approach to strict liability."
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By Zack Needles | December 26, 2023
The news and analysis you need to start your day.
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By Amanda Bronstad | December 21, 2023
Plaintiffs lawyer Andy Birchfield fired back against Johnson & Johnson on Tuesday, calling its motion to disqualify him and his firm, Beasley Allen, from the talc multidistrict litigation the 'latest example in a long line of smear tactics.'
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