/productliability?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Product Liability Copyright 2025 °µÍø½ûÇø. en-US Tue, 03 Jun 2025 16:22:56 +0000 /productliability/articles/2348577?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /productliability/articles/2348577 A group of hemp businesses and buyers is suing Maryland and its cannabis regulator, saying the state is using a 2023 law and licensing scheme to push the companies out of the market by only allowing licensed marijuana dispensaries to sell federally legal hemp products. Tue, 03 Jun 2025 16:21:18 +0000 /productliability/articles/2348803?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /productliability/articles/2348803 Norton Rose Fulbright is expanding its product liability team, announcing Tuesday it is bringing in a K&L Gates LLP trial attorney as a partner in its Los Angeles office. Tue, 03 Jun 2025 14:46:37 +0000 /productliability/articles/2348280?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /productliability/articles/2348280 Mazda escaped class claims alleging leaky valve stems caused cars to burn excessive oil when a North Carolina federal judge ruled that the driver didn't opt out of a similar class action settlement across the country in California. Tue, 03 Jun 2025 14:00:31 +0000 /productliability/articles/2345428?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /productliability/articles/2345428 A rebound in client work sent the nation’s largest law firms into growth mode last year, driving a wave of hiring, mergers, and strategic moves that reshaped the top tier of the °µÍø½ûÇø 400. Here's a preview of the 100 firms with the largest U.S. attorney headcounts. Tue, 03 Jun 2025 10:56:23 +0000 /productliability/articles/2346619?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /productliability/articles/2346619 When I transitioned to private practice after government service — most recently as the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia — I learned there are more similarities between the two jobs than many realize, with both disciplines requiring resourcefulness, zealous advocacy and foresight, says Zach Terwilliger at V&E. Mon, 02 Jun 2025 21:36:27 +0000 /productliability/articles/2348207?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /productliability/articles/2348207 The Ninth Circuit sent California's public nuisance lawsuit against Express Scripts and OptumRx over opioid dispensing back to state court Monday and denied the pharmacy benefit managers' bid to stay the remand pending appeal, saying the U.S. Supreme Court's 2009 Nken decision controls, not its later Coinbase ruling. Mon, 02 Jun 2025 21:26:38 +0000 /productliability/articles/2348247?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /productliability/articles/2348247 Boeing's extensive business ties to California sufficiently establish a Golden State federal court's specific personal jurisdiction over a lawsuit stemming from a January 2024 midair door plug blowout aboard an Alaska Airlines flight, the airline and passengers told a federal judge Friday. Mon, 02 Jun 2025 21:22:22 +0000 /productliability/articles/2347315?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /productliability/articles/2347315 Iowa's Department of Revenue is taking a decision blocking it from enforcing a new law prohibiting the sale of many e-cigarettes to the Eighth Circuit, according to documents filed recently in Iowa federal court. Mon, 02 Jun 2025 21:22:22 +0000 /productliability/articles/2347285?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /productliability/articles/2347285 Legal scholars, gun violence prevention organizations and Baltimore's city council are all lining up to tell a federal court why they think stopping the state of Maryland from enforcing a law that would hold gunmakers liable for gun-related crimes would be a bad idea. Mon, 02 Jun 2025 20:08:12 +0000 /productliability/articles/2348310?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /productliability/articles/2348310 Fans who were injured in a mass shooting that broke out at the Kansas City Chiefs' Super Bowl parade last year filed a lawsuit Monday in Missouri state court accusing gun sellers of lax sales practices and the event planners of failing to employ adequate security measures. Mon, 02 Jun 2025 19:39:05 +0000 /productliability/articles/2348148?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /productliability/articles/2348148 A Georgia man whose wife was killed after being ejected from her Honda SUV asked a Georgia appellate panel Monday to uphold a $17 million verdict against the automaker, urging the court to reject Honda's arguments that it was wrongly denied the chance to defend itself after its attorneys introduced prohibited materials at the trial's opening. Mon, 02 Jun 2025 19:07:54 +0000 /productliability/articles/2348079?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /productliability/articles/2348079 Illinois' Democratic-controlled General Assembly passed a $55 billion budget for fiscal 2026, including about $800 million in targeted tax hikes on tobacco, vaping and online sports betting. Mon, 02 Jun 2025 18:47:10 +0000 /productliability/articles/2347089?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /productliability/articles/2347089 Academics, attorneys and insurance industry officials took a look at the myriad ways artificial intelligence could affect the "insurance value chain," as one conference panelist put it, across claims, litigation and underwriting, including the coverage of AI-related occurrences themselves. Mon, 02 Jun 2025 18:39:34 +0000 /productliability/articles/2348331?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /productliability/articles/2348331 Massachusetts judges grappled with accusations of fraud in the sale of a struggling life sciences company and gave the benefit of the doubt to a vendor who allegedly sold the state gallons of ineffective hand sanitizer, among other notable rulings last month. Mon, 02 Jun 2025 18:11:56 +0000 /productliability/articles/2347166?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /productliability/articles/2347166 The Second Circuit isn't letting an injured skier enforce a settlement he attempted to accept just before a jury sided with the ski resort he was suing, with the appellate court finding Friday that his positions are inconsistent and that allowing enforcement would be unfair. Mon, 02 Jun 2025 16:12:54 +0000 /productliability/articles/2348044?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /productliability/articles/2348044 Johnson & Johnson has opposed a New Jersey talc claimant's motion for the pro hac vice admission of two attorneys from The Beasley Allen Law Firm, claiming the partners' conduct in its talc unit's bankruptcy proceedings warrants denial of the application. Mon, 02 Jun 2025 15:36:34 +0000 /productliability/articles/2340385?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /productliability/articles/2340385 Preliminary findings from our recent study on how attorney gender might affect case outcomes support the conclusion that there is little in the way of a clear, universal bias against attorneys of a given gender, say Jill Leibold, Olivia Goodman and Alexa Hiley at IMS Legal Strategies. Mon, 02 Jun 2025 15:33:30 +0000 /productliability/articles/2340978?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /productliability/articles/2340978 As parties consider the possibility of judicial reference to resolve complex disputes, it is critical to understand how the process works, why it's gaining traction, and why carefully crafted agreements make all the difference, say attorneys at Pillsbury. Mon, 02 Jun 2025 15:07:58 +0000 /productliability/articles/2347418?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /productliability/articles/2347418 In this month's review of ongoing defamation fights, °µÍø½ûÇø looks back on developments in a man's case against Frito-Lay Inc. over what he called the company's defamatory statements disputing his role in the invention of a flavor of Cheetos. Mon, 02 Jun 2025 10:41:06 +0000 /productliability/articles/2288236?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /productliability/articles/2288236 The U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to weigh in on the debate over whether AR-15s and other semiautomatic rifles are protected under the Second Amendment or potentially subject to state bans because of their military-like capabilities.