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Federal courts have recently taken a significant step in the growing litigation involving Ozempic and similar diabetes and weight loss drugs. Lawsuits alleging that these medications – known as GLP-1 agonists – can cause...more
The consumer products industry enters 2026 facing a rapidly shifting legal and regulatory landscape....more
The European Chemicals Agency’s (ECHA) Committee for Socio-Economic Analysis (SEAC) is expected to agree on its draft opinion on restricting per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in the first half of March 2026. The...more
In Qasim v. Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc., C.A. No. 21-18744, 2026 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 5064, the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey considered whether the plaintiffs’ expert’s opinions were admissible...more
Recent decisions demonstrate judicial skepticism toward claims premised on the alleged presence of microplastics in consumer products. As plaintiffs’ counsel attempt to expand traditional product liability and consumer...more
The Court of Appeals’ decision in Weaver v. AMV Holdings, LLC reinforces a core principle of North Carolina products‑liability law: downstream retailers and distributors are protected by the sealed container defense when...more
On January 27, 2026, the eve of the jury trial, ByteDance (“TikTok”) reached a settlement to avoid the California state court landmark trial on social media addiction and the negative impact on teens’ mental health....more
Self-driving vehicle technology promises to revolutionize transportation by eliminating human error, yet accidents involving autonomous cars raise complex legal questions about liability when no human driver controls the...more
For many people living with severe eczema, Dupixent feels like a breakthrough. After years of painful flare-ups, constant itching, and treatments that never seemed to last, the medication can finally bring relief. Skin...more
Fully autonomous vehicles (i.e., those that can operate on public roads without a human driver, SAE level 4), now mostly in the form of ride-hailing services, are becoming ubiquitous in urban areas across the nation as...more
Donnelly v. General Electric Company, et al., No. 2:22-CV-00377-MJH, 2025 WL 3041822 (W.D. Pa. Oct. 31, 2025) - Thomas Donnelly brought suit in Greene County, Pennsylvania, against Defendants, General Electric Company and...more
In a unanimous opinion, the US Supreme Court ruled that the improper dismissal of a non-diverse defendant meant the district court lacked diversity jurisdiction and remanded the case back to the state court. This is the...more
Sue Serna is the CEO and founder of Serna Social and the former head of global social media at Cargill. She brings more than two decades of experience at the intersection of storytelling, strategy, and security. In this...more
The ongoing bellwether trial in California has brought renewed attention to an unprecedented wave of lawsuits targeting social media companies. These actions allege that major platforms are intentionally engineered to foster...more
The Superior Court of Pennsylvania vacated a $1 billion jury verdict in favor of a plaintiff who alleged injuries arising out of a 2017 car accident. The case centered on alleged defects in a 1992 sports car’s occupant...more
OpenAI’s legal challenges continued with a wrongful death lawsuit filed in California claiming that design flaws in ChatGPT’s GPT-4o model intensified a man’s delusions about brain implants and assassination plots, leading to...more
If you or someone you love uses Dupixent, you may have recently seen television ads or online headlines linking the medication to rare forms of cancer. For many patients, this has caused confusion, fear, and frustration,...more
Jurisdiction: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana - Plaintiffs Erica Dandry Constanza and Monica Dandry Hallner allege decedent Michael P. Dandry Jr., while an employee for Avondale, was exposed...more
Artificial intelligence is often cast as having a “safety crisis,” with warnings that it is advancing without oversight, accountability, or guardrails. A broader view suggests that what is unfolding is part of a familiar...more
The US market is both coveted and feared by overseas consumer‑product suppliers. Coveted for its scale and purchasing power, with fear that US product‑liability litigation inevitably follows sales....more
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) regulates consumer products sold in the United States, and jewelry and accessories are no exception. Whether your business offers costume jewelry, fine jewelry, watches...more
Micro- and nanoplastics are rapidly emerging as a potential business, regulatory, and litigation risk. Join Jenner & Block and Gradient for a concise, cross-disciplinary overview of what companies need to know now....more
Perkins Coie is pleased to publish its Q4 Food and CPG Legal Trends Report. This report is a bite-size version of our annual year in review, providing timely insights on trends. In the fourth quarter of 2025, the Consumer...more
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has updated the warning label for the Depo-Provera birth control shot to include information about the risk of meningioma brain tumors. The label update is intended to warn doctors...more
The scope of products to be drawn into the warning requirements under California’s Proposition 65 law may soon be growing. California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) requested information from the...more