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Article: Grin And Bear It: Product Regulations, International Treaties And Trade Agreements (Australia)

Mar 20 2008

Clayton Utz

 

Summary: Manufacturers and suppliers need to be aware of the multiple international regimes that affect product...

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Article: Welding Rod Manufacturers Lose In Mississippi; Win In Louisiana (United States)

Mar 11 2008

Bracewell & Giuliani LLP

 

Summary: Counsel for the welding rod manufacturers have been busy defending simultaneous trials - one in Mississippi federal court and one in Louisiana state court....

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Article: Preserving Solicitor-Client Privilege When Engaging A Public Relations Firm (Canada)

Feb 22 2008

Ogilvy Renault

 

Summary: When confronted with significant litigation or a major event such as a product recall, regulatory investigation or takeover, a company may engage a public relations or communications ("PR") firm to assist it in communicating with its...

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Article: Asbestos Litigation – Two Product Liability Cases (Australia)

Jan 21 2008

DLA Phillips Fox

 

Summary: The recent decisions of these cases show that breach of duty and causation are still difficult to prove in dust disease...

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Article: Welding Fume Litigation Update (United States)

Jan 17 2008

Bracewell & Giuliani LLP

 

Summary: Defendants Win One And Lose One In Louisiana State Court, Judge O'Malley Picks Next Bellweather Case For MDL Trial, California Case Dismissed; Parties Argue Over Trial Selection...

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Article: Ohio Supreme Court Upholds Constitutionality Of Tort Reform Provisions Capping Awards Of Noneconomic And Punitive Damages (United States)

Jan 10 2008

Goodwin Procter LLP

 

Summary: Efforts to reform state tort law have been the subject of much political controversy over the last three decades as legislatures have attempted to ameliorate the adverse impacts of tort law on the availability of insurance coverage and on their...

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Article: Are Tobacco Companies Liable For Damages To Smokers´ Health? - The Leading Case In Italy (To Be Continued …) (Italy)

Nov 21 2007

Hofer Lösch Torricelli

 

Summary: Recently the Italian Corte di Cassazione (last instance court) - 3rd Civil Chamber issued a decision (judgment no....

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Article: Throwing The Baby Formula Out With The Bathwater (Australia)

Oct 18 2007

Clayton Utz

 

Summary: By now many in the food industry are aware of the action being taken by the NSW Food Authority against Nutricia over its infant formula products, but you might not be aware of the concurrent civil action being taken by Nutricia or FSANZ's proposal P306 (Addition of inulin, FOS or GOS to food) or Orafti's application A613 - Amend definition of Nutritive Substance - or of their implications for the food industry generally....

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Article: Eleventh Circuit Holds That Beryllium Sensitization May Be Cognizable "Injury" (United States)

Aug 30 2007

Chadbourne & Parke LLP

 

Summary: As previously reported, see "In Re" Products Liability at 13 (July 2006), a federal trial judge in Georgia ruled in March of last year that beryllium sensitivity is not a compensable injury under Georgia law....

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Article: Use Of Sample Surveys In Product Liability Litigation (United States)

Aug 27 2007

NERA Economic Consulting

 

Summary: Product liability refers to legal claims in which an injured party may recover some type of monetary compensation from the manufacturer or seller of a product....

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Article: The Sixth Circuit Leverages Prudent-Manufacturer Test To Exclude Expert Testimony (United States)

Aug 24 2007

Cozen O'Connor

 

Summary: In Johnson v. Manitowoc Boom Trucks, Inc., 484 F.3d 426, (6th Cir....

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Article: Children´s Products Safety Act of 2007 Proposed in U.S. Senate (United States)

Aug 14 2007

Duane Morris LLP

 

Summary: In response to the recent spate of recalls and safety issues involving toys and other children's products, particularly imports from China, U.S. Senator John Nelson (D - Fla.) has proposed legislation entitled the "Children's Products Safety Act of 2007" (S. 1833)....

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Article: N.J. Court Affirms Forum Non Conveniens Dismissal Of Product Liability Claims Filed By U.K. Plaintiffs (United States)

Aug 7 2007

Duane Morris LLP

 

Summary: On July 31, 2007, the Appellate Division of the New Jersey Superior Court affirmed the forum non conveniens dismissal of pharmaceutical product liability claims filed by 95 U.K. plaintiffs in In re Vioxx Litigation, Docket No. A-1731-06T1....

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Article: Sophisticated User Doctrine Under N.Y. State Law (United States)

Aug 5 2007

Morrison Mahoney

 

Summary: Manufacturers in products liability litigation have traditionally been held to a strict standard with respect to the duty to warn users of hazards associated with their...

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Article: Litigation: When A Party´s Chances At Trial Are Hurt By Lost Evidence (United States)

Aug 3 2007

Arnstein & Lehr

 

Summary: From a defense perspective, spoliation is a rapidly growing area of the law because if the defendant did not spoliate the evidence, it can act as a complete bar to a recovery by the...

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Article: Protecting Your Company From Consumer Protection Claims (United States)

May 14 2007

Gilbert Randolph LLP

 

Summary: Companies in virtually every sector of the economy have become targets of allegations that their business practices or products have injured consumers....

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Article: Commerical Disputes Update (United States)

Apr 26 2007

Cozen O'Connor

 

Summary: Recent developments regarding: Antitrust law; Copyrights; Pre-complaint Investigations; Products Liability; Punitive damages; and...

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Article: Amendments to the Civil Law relating to moral damages and payment delays (Latvia)

Jan 3 2007

Lejins Torgans & Partners

 

Summary: On 1 March 2006 amendments to the Civil Law of Latvia came into force changing the statutory remedies available to contracting parties in cases of payment delays and fine-tuning the statutory rights and requirements concerning claims for compensation of moral...

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Article: Restitution Or Windfall? (Canada)

Nov 24 2006

Affleck Greene Orr LLP

 

Summary: Can consumers who obtain a defective product for free recover profits earned by the manufacturer, even though those consumers suffer no damages...

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Article: Case Note - BAK v. Glenleigh Homes Pty Limited [2006] NSW CA 10 (Australia)

Oct 29 2006

Curwoods Lawyers

 

Summary: This appeal was allowed because fresh evidence came to light after the appeal had been argued but before the decision had been handed down....

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