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Wrongful Death in California Accidents: Do You Have a Claim?

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Losing a loved one to the negligence of another person is devastating, but insult is added to injury when you begin to receive expensive bills for medical expenses, the funeral and the burial. This is only the beginning...more

Jones Day

Germany: Three Forces Converge to Raise ESG Litigation Stakes

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Germany's litigation landscape is being reshaped by the convergence of tighter criminal enforcement, scalable collective redress, and intensified regulatory action – with imminent EU implementation deadlines bringing the risk...more

Stark & Stark

Ozempic & Wegovy Lawsuits: What Users Should Know About Similar Drugs

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Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro, and Zepbound have become widely recognized medications in recent years, offering significant benefits for managing type 2 diabetes and supporting chronic weight management. ...more

Goldberg Segalla

Judge Enters $24.6M Default Judgment In Asbestos-Talc Suit

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Jurisdiction: California - Plaintiff Stephen Anderson filed a talc-related asbestos suit in the Los Angeles County Superior Court, claiming he contracted mesothelioma. Anderson allegedly experienced exposure from, among other...more

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Standing on Shaky Ground: A Difference of Opinion on What is “Fairly Traceable” in Cases Involving Third-Party Criminal Conduct

Standing seems like a straightforward concept—the plaintiff must suffer an injury in fact fairly traceable to the defendant’s challenged conduct for which the court can provide redress. See Lujan v. Defs. of Wildlife, 504...more

Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani

Ultra Processed Food (UPF) Litigation Lands in Mississippi

Ultra-processed food (UPF) litigation has officially arrived in Mississippi. Earlier this month, a 174-page complaint was filed in the Southern District of Mississippi alleging that a number of major consumer defendants...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Prompt Injection: Social Engineering Attacks on AI

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Today’s AI models suffer from a critical flaw. They lack human judgment and context that makes them vulnerable to what security researchers call “prompt injection attacks.” What are prompt injection attacks? Simply put, it is...more

Hissey, Mulderig & Friend, PLLC

Ozempic Vision Loss Lawsuits Combined in New Federal NAION Litigation

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

ArentFox Schiff

Top 10 Legal Developments Consumer Products Companies Should Watch in 2026

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The consumer products industry enters 2026 facing a rapidly shifting legal and regulatory landscape....more

Mayer Brown

Public Consultation on the EU's Universal PFAS Restriction to Open Shortly - Preparation Strongly Recommended

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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

White and Williams LLP

From Warning Labels to Fire Causation: Where Plaintiffs’ Expert Fell Short in Qasim

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

Harris Beach Murtha

Microplastics Litigation: Defenses Against Attempts to Expand Theories of Liability

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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

Cranfill Sumner LLP

Sealed Container Defense Shields Retailers from Liability for Latent Defects

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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

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California’s Social Media Litigation Poses Potential To Reshape The Legal Landscape

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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

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Who May Be Responsible for Car Accidents Involving Self-Driving Vehicles?

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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

Morris James LLP

Dupixent Lawsuits: How the Masking Effect May Hide Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma

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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

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Autonomous Vehicles: Driverless Does Not Mean Liability-Less

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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

Marshall Dennehey

In One Fell Swoop, Federal Court Clarifies Pleading Standards for Product Misuse Defense

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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

Hinshaw & Culbertson - Consumer Crossroads

SCOTUS Ruling Continues Trend Confirming that Removal to Federal Court is the Exception

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

Vicente LLP

Kava and Kanna: Regulation, Safety, and Market Trends for Novel Ingredients

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As the U.S. market for functional botanicals and natural supplements expands beyond hemp-derived cannabinoids and kratom, new ingredients such as kava and kanna are entering mainstream commerce through functional beverages,...more

Carlton Fields

No Password Required: Social Media Security and Governance Leader and Lover of All Beagles

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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

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Navigating the Reinsurance Landscape of Social Media Addiction Litigation

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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

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Pennsylvania Superior Court Overturns $1 Billion Product Liability Verdict

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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

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AI Reporter - February 2026

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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

Morris James LLP

What Dupixent Users Should Know in 2026: A Patient Advocacy Guide

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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

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