How quickly things change. This, perhaps more than anything else, encapsulates the world of COVID-19 and the related litigation. Between Issue 31 and Issue 32 of Unprecedented, the United States has seen its reported COVID-19...more
11/17/2020
/ All-Risks Insurance ,
Business Interruption ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Employer Responsibilities ,
Employment Policies ,
First Amendment ,
Fourth Amendment ,
Governor Carney ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Personal Protective Equipment ,
Race Discrimination ,
Religious Institutions ,
Workplace Safety ,
Wrongful Death
In this 30th issue of Unprecedented, our weekly update on COVID-19-related litigation, we continue to see cases challenging shutdown orders and capacity limits from restaurant and other business owners, including a possible...more
11/2/2020
/ Business Closures ,
Business Interruption ,
Class Action ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Denial of Insurance Coverage ,
Disney ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Eviction ,
Governor Newsom ,
Health and Safety ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Moratorium ,
OSHA ,
Popular ,
Property Damage ,
Public Health Emergency ,
Restaurant Industry ,
Workplace Safety
This 29th edition of Unprecedented, our weekly update on COVID-19-related litigation, covers some of the hottest topics in these developing areas of law: governments' authority to implement mass gathering restrictions, face...more
10/29/2020
/ Business Interruption ,
Catholic Church ,
Churches ,
Civil Liability ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Curfews ,
Freedom of Religion ,
Governor Cuomo ,
Governor Evers ,
Long Term Care Facilities ,
Masks ,
Nursing Homes ,
Public Gatherings ,
Refunds ,
Students ,
Tuition ,
Universities ,
Wrongful Death
This 27th edition of Unprecedented, our weekly update on COVID-19-related litigation, sees us start with a discussion of a trend toward class actions, with later discussions on two key areas -- insurance coverage disputes and...more
10/13/2020
/ Audits ,
Business Closures ,
Business Interruption ,
Civil Liability ,
Class Action ,
Colleges ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Criminal Convictions ,
Denial of Insurance Coverage ,
Emergency Powers ,
Executive Orders ,
Firemen ,
Governor Hogan ,
Governor Whitmer ,
Governor Wolf ,
Meat Processing Plants ,
MI Supreme Court ,
Nursing Homes ,
Occupational Exposure ,
Patent Infringement ,
Public Health Emergency ,
Refunds ,
SCOTUS ,
Shelter-In-Place ,
Sick Employees ,
Students ,
Tuition ,
Universities ,
Waivers ,
Workplace Safety ,
Wrongful Death
This 26th edition of Unprecedented, our weekly update on COVID-19-related litigation, sees us returning to now-familiar topics involving liability protection for businesses, wrongful death lawsuits (particularly those...more
10/10/2020
/ Alabama ,
Breach of Contract ,
Business Interruption ,
Business Losses ,
Churches ,
Class Action ,
Colleges ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Contamination ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Duty of Care ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Executive Orders ,
Family Members ,
Governor Wolf ,
Insurance Litigation ,
Lack of Authority ,
Masks ,
Nursing Homes ,
Occupational Exposure ,
Pennsylvania ,
Popular ,
Property Damage ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Protests ,
Public Gatherings ,
Public Health Emergency ,
Reimbursements ,
Religious Discrimination ,
Remote Learning ,
Shelter-In-Place ,
Sick Employees ,
Split of Authority ,
State Legislatures ,
Statutory Immunity ,
Students ,
Take-Home Exposure ,
TRO ,
Universities ,
Veterans ,
Workers' Compensation Claim ,
Workplace Safety ,
Wrongful Death
This 25th edition of Unprecedented, our weekly update on COVID-19-related litigation, sees yet more litigation over government restrictions on business and mass-gatherings. Several of these cases have seemingly been prompted...more
This 24th edition of Unprecedented, our weekly update on COVID-19-related litigation, sees a flurry of activity around government restrictions on mass gatherings and business operations -- including a significant ruling from...more
9/23/2020
/ Agricultural Workers ,
Bars ,
Business Closures ,
Citations ,
Class Action ,
Colleges ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Due Process ,
Executive Orders ,
Farmers ,
First Amendment ,
Fourteenth Amendment ,
Government Shutdown ,
Governor DeWine ,
Governor Wolf ,
Immigrants ,
Immunity ,
Masks ,
Meat Processing Plants ,
Nursing Homes ,
OSHA ,
Political Speech ,
Public Gatherings ,
Reimbursements ,
Restaurant Industry ,
Right to Peaceful Assembly ,
Shelter-In-Place ,
Students ,
Tuition ,
Universities ,
Virus Testing ,
Workplace Safety
This 14th edition of Unprecedented, our weekly update on COVID-19-related litigation, showcases new and evolving trends. Employers are facing claims for both doing too much and too little in response to the COVID-19 pandemic....more
7/13/2020
/ Arbitrary and Capricious ,
Austria ,
Bars ,
Board of Education ,
Class Action ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Disparate Impact ,
Due Process ,
Emergency Management Plans ,
Equal Protection ,
Eviction ,
Executive Orders ,
Failure To Protect ,
First Responders ,
Florida ,
Free Speech ,
Government Shutdown ,
Governor Cuomo ,
Governor Pritzker ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Injunctive Relief ,
Kid Rock ,
Lack of Authority ,
Landlords ,
Liquor Licences ,
Local Ordinance ,
Long Term Care Facilities ,
Masks ,
Medical Monitoring ,
Moratorium ,
Negotiations ,
New York ,
Non-Essential Businesses ,
Nursing Homes ,
On-Call Employees ,
Parental Rights ,
Pennsylvania ,
Permanent Bans ,
Personal Protective Equipment ,
Protests ,
Public Schools ,
Rent ,
Restaurant Industry ,
Right to Privacy ,
San Francisco ,
Social Distancing ,
State Constitutions ,
State Health Departments ,
State of Emergency ,
Students ,
Takings Clause ,
Teachers ,
Tenants ,
Tennessee ,
Texas ,
Tourism ,
Wage and Hour ,
Workplace Decontamination
This 13th edition of Unprecedented, our weekly update on COVID-19-related litigation brings new developments in everything from constitutional law to tort liability. Shutdown cases show no signs of slowing down, and it seems...more
6/29/2020
/ Breach of Contract ,
Business Closures ,
Commercial Leases ,
Commercial Tenants ,
Contract Disputes ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Event Cancellation ,
Fifth Amendment ,
Fourteenth Amendment ,
Health and Safety ,
Landlords ,
Refunds ,
Workplace Safety
This 12th edition of Unprecedented, our weekly update on COVID-19-related litigation brings new developments in labor and employment cases, consumer protection cases, and civil rights litigation. Price gouging and fraud for...more
6/22/2020
/ Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Event Cancellation ,
Fraud ,
Loan Applications ,
Masks ,
Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) ,
Personal Protective Equipment ,
Price Gouging ,
Public Health ,
Refunds ,
Vendors
This tenth edition of Unprecedented, our weekly update on COVID-19-related litigation, finds us reporting fewer shutdown-related cases than in previous weeks, suggesting that these cases are winding down as the country opens...more
6/8/2020
/ Business Closures ,
Commercial Leases ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Health and Safety ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Insurance Litigation ,
Masks ,
Multidistrict Litigation ,
Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) ,
Personal Protective Equipment ,
Prisoners ,
Rent ,
School Closures ,
State and Local Government
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic crisis—infecting more than 2.7 million people worldwide, with almost 870,000 cases in the United States alone as of the writing of this article—has thrown nearly every industry into chaos as the...more
4/28/2020
/ Confiscated Property ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Emergency Powers ,
Executive Orders ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Lack of Authority ,
Manufacturers ,
Medical Devices ,
Personal Protective Equipment ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Public Health Emergency ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Supply Chain ,
Supply Shortages
Welcome to our first Product Lines issue of 2020. Product Lines is our quarterly e-newsletter that focuses on toxic torts and product liability issues.
For this edition, we are reporting on several important and timely...more
2/19/2020
/ Air Pollution ,
Airlines ,
Celebrities ,
Class Action ,
Climate Change ,
Complex Litigation ,
Construction Defects ,
Denial of Certiorari ,
Design Defects ,
False Advertising ,
Flight Crews ,
Flint Water Crisis ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Global Warming ,
Homeowners ,
Hurricane Katrina ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Nonprofits ,
Personal Liability ,
Product Defects ,
SCOTUS ,
Sovereign Immunity ,
Standing ,
Toxic Chemicals ,
Toxic Exposure
Welcome -
Welcome to the fourth 2019 issue of Product Lines – our quarterly e-newsletter that focuses on toxic torts and product liability issues.
For this edition, we are reporting on several important and timely legal...more
12/20/2019
/ 3D Printing ,
Acquittals ,
Certiorari ,
Climate Change ,
Counterfeiting ,
Cybersecurity ,
Driverless Cars ,
Exxon Mobil ,
FDA Commissioner ,
Gun Laws ,
Innovative Technology ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Medical Devices ,
Mootness ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Presidential Nominations ,
Product Defects ,
Product Recalls ,
Public Safety ,
SCOTUS ,
Second Amendment ,
Securities Fraud ,
Senate Confirmation Hearings ,
Software ,
Third-Party Service Provider
Welcome to the second 2019 issue of Product Lines – our quarterly e-newsletter that focuses on toxic torts and products liability issues.
For this edition, we are reporting on several important and timely legal issues. As...more
7/2/2019
/ Amazon ,
Asbestos ,
Bodily Injury ,
British Petroleum (BP) ,
Certiorari ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Clean-Up Costs ,
Commonality ,
Contaminated Properties ,
Damages ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Environmental Remediation Costs ,
Expert Witness ,
Failure To Warn ,
FRCP 23 ,
Groundwater ,
Johnson & Johnson ,
Jury Trial ,
Jury Verdicts ,
Kelly-Frye Test ,
Manufacturers ,
Monsanto ,
Negligence ,
PA Supreme Court ,
Product Defects ,
Property Damage ,
Residential Property Owners ,
SCOTUS ,
Sellers ,
Soil ,
Superfund ,
Third-Party Liability ,
Toxic Chemicals ,
Toxic Exposure ,
Witnesses ,
WV Supreme Court
Welcome to the third issue of Product Lines – our quarterly e-newsletter that focuses on toxic torts and products liability issues.
For this edition, we are reporting on several important and timely legal issues. As you...more
12/21/2018
/ Clean Water Act ,
Contamination ,
Corporate Misconduct ,
Criminal Investigations ,
FDA De Novo Clearance ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Food Labeling ,
Food Manufacturers ,
Food Poisoning ,
Food Recalls ,
Groundwater ,
Medical Devices ,
Patient Safety ,
PG&E ,
Product Defects ,
Public Safety ,
Toxic Exposure
Welcome to the second issue of Product Lines – our quarterly e-newsletter that focuses on toxic torts and products liability issues.
For this edition, we have rounded up several important and timely legal issues. As you...more
9/21/2018
/ Advertising ,
Article III ,
Damage Caps ,
Design Defects ,
Dismissals ,
Economic Damages ,
Johnson & Johnson ,
Judicial Intervention ,
Lead Paint ,
Lead Poisoning ,
Product Defects ,
Standing ,
Toxic Exposure ,
Truth in Advertising
Welcome to our inaugural issue of Product Lines—our e-newsletter focusing on toxic torts and products liability news and issues. As we all know, there are many issues that arise in this complex area of the law every day. We...more
5/31/2018
/ Asbestos ,
Beryllium Exposure ,
Case Consolidation ,
Civil Liability ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Consumer Fraud ,
Dismissals ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Expert Testimony ,
False Advertising ,
Generic Drugs ,
Guidance Update ,
Innovator Liability ,
Manufacturers ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Remand ,
Removal ,
Take-Home Exposure ,
Toxic Chemicals ,
Toxic Exposure ,
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) ,
WV Supreme Court