News & Analysis as of

Litigation Strategies Manufacturers

McDermott Will & Emery

This Week in 340B: May 13 – 19, 2025

McDermott Will & Emery on

Find this week’s updates on 340B litigation to help you stay in the know on how 340B cases are developing across the country. Each week we comb through the dockets of more than 50 340B cases to provide you with a quick...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

Navigating the Legal Landscape of Electric Vehicle Battery Fires

Husch Blackwell LLP on

The electric vehicle (“EV”) revolution is reshaping the automotive industry, promising a greener future and reduced reliance on fossil fuels. However, as EV adoption accelerates, manufacturers face a growing legal and...more

Jenner & Block

Microplastics Can Lead to Big Lawsuits

Jenner & Block on

Microplastics are small plastic particles released from plastic products as they break down over time, and they are present everywhere in the environment . Although there is not yet conclusive scientific evidence...more

McDermott Will & Emery

This Week in 340B: April 8 – 14, 2025

McDermott Will & Emery on

Find this week’s updates on 340B litigation to help you stay in the know on how 340B cases are developing across the country. Each week we comb through the dockets of more than 50 340B cases to provide you with a quick...more

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC

Treble Economic Damages Now Available Under RICO Act in Personal Injury Cases

The Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (“RICO”) was principally intended as a mechanism to combat organized crime. However, RICO’s scope is significantly broader than its anti-crime origin. The statute also...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

Another Bite at the Apple: Court Tosses Defense Verdict in Infant Formula Litigation

Husch Blackwell LLP on

In December 2024, we reported on a City of St. Louis, Missouri jury verdict in favor of baby formula manufacturers in a lawsuit claiming their specialized infant formulas for premature babies caused an infant to develop...more

Morris James LLP

Meningiomas and Depo-Provera: Where to Get Help

Morris James LLP on

Depo-Provera, a commonly used injectable contraceptive, has been linked to an increased risk of meningiomas, which are a type of brain tumor. If you or someone you know has been diagnosed with a meningioma after using...more

Hissey, Mulderig & Friend, PLLC

Depo-Provera Litigation Update: Women With Meningioma Brain Tumors Eligible for Compensation

A March 2024 study published by The BMJ revealed that women who were injected with Depo-Provera (medroxyprogesterone acetate) are more than five times more likely to be diagnosed with a type of brain tumor known as...more

Morris James LLP

Can Birth Control Injections Cause a Meningioma? The Science Behind the Lawsuits

Morris James LLP on

Depo-Provera has been used by millions of women as a convenient and long-lasting contraceptive option. However, recent concerns have emerged about a possible link between the long-term use of these injections and the...more

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC

Plaintiffs Cannot Defeat Federal Removal Jurisdiction by Artful Pleading

The allegations of a plaintiff’s complaint do not control when evaluating removal under the federal officer removal statute, 28 U.S.C. § 1442(a)(1), and instead the court must credit the defendant’s theory of the case when...more

Butler Snow LLP

Turnabout is Fair Play – “Junk Science” Litigation Aftermath: Requisite Retractions and Dubious Do-Overs

Butler Snow LLP on

Do plaintiffs’ experts get to put junk science before juries more often than their opinions are excluded? The answer is a resounding “probably.” Even in light of the December 2023 amendment to Federal Rule of Evidence and its...more

McGlinchey Stafford

Ohio Court Navigates the Complexities of Lemon Law Claims

McGlinchey Stafford on

Lemon law claims present enormous issues of fact, involving questions such as “When does a vehicle issue rise to the level of a nonconformity?” “Should all repairs be considered under a claim if they are for different...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Alleging Non-AFFF Claims in a Separate Action May Not Keep Those Claims in State Court

Fox Rothschild LLP on

State government plaintiffs in cases against PFAS manufacturers have adopted the strategy of filing parallel complaints in state court – one for recovery for contamination caused by PFAS in AFFF and a second for potentially...more

McGlinchey Stafford

Defending Manufacturers Against PFAS Claims: Legal Strategies and Challenges

McGlinchey Stafford on

As litigation involving per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) continues to rise, manufacturers of PFAS-containing products face significant legal and financial risks. Plaintiffs, including individuals, communities,...more

Cozen O'Connor

Specific Personal Jurisdiction Established Through Indirect Evidence of Targeting a Market

Cozen O'Connor on

In a recent decision, California’s Third Appellate Division held that a foreign automobile manufacturer could be haled into a state court in California through the indirect actions of its distributor without offending...more

Hissey, Mulderig & Friend, PLLC

Women with Meningioma Brain Tumors from Depo-Provera May Qualify to File a Lawsuit

The Depo-Provera birth control shot has been linked to an increased risk of a type of brain tumors known as meningiomas. Women who received the Depo shot and were diagnosed with meningioma brain tumors may be eligible to...more

Hissey, Mulderig & Friend, PLLC

Depo-Provera Lawsuits Filed on Behalf of Women With Meningioma Brain Tumors

Women injected with the Depo-Provera birth control shot are more than five-times more likely to be diagnosed with a type of brain tumors known as meningioma, according to a recent study....more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Georgia Court of Appeals Confirms “First Sale” as Used in Statute of Repose Refers to Sale of First Unit of Repeatedly Purchased...

Georgia’s product liability statute of repose requires actions to be commenced within 10 years of “the date of the first sale for use or consumption” of the product at issue. OCGA § 51-1-11(b)(2) (emphasis added). While the...more

White and Williams LLP

Product Manufacturers Beware: You May Be Subject to Jurisdiction in Massachusetts

White and Williams LLP on

Say you are a Floridian product manufacturer that does business in Massachusetts and you receive a Complaint filed in Massachusetts that alleges your product injured a Nova Scotian resident in Nova Scotia. You know that the...more

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,...

Hot Topics in Products Liability Law: Collection and Use of Data is THE Products Liability Issue of the Future

Data is arguably the products liability issue of the future. Dealing with data is often already a critical part of products liability lawsuits, but with the rise of artificial intelligence and automation, product...more

IMS Legal Strategies

Chemical Engineering Industry Bias, Supply Chain Disruption, IP Disputes – Episode 49

IMS Legal Strategies on

Chemical engineering expert and IMS Elite Expert Terry Livingston examines common chemical industry misconceptions, petrochemical exportation, international supply chain disruption, and intellectual property litigation....more

Jones Day

Enforcing the Line Between Product Liability and Public Nuisance

Jones Day on

Around the country, creative plaintiffs' lawyers have been repackaging product liability claims as public nuisance claims to avoid dismissal. Plaintiffs have used this maneuver to attempt an end-run on important product...more

Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley

Paraquat: The Basics, the Symptoms and the Legislation Against It

The subject of six lawsuits filed in three states, paraquat is widely used in the agricultural industry and, sadly, often causes illnesses to those least able to care for themselves: workers. Workers on farms and ranches...more

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,...

Product Manufacturer Wins Strategic Victory at the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals

Plaintiff sued a wood chipper manufacturer alleging products liability and failure to warn claims under both strict liability and negligence. The manufacturer filed timely, strategic motions resulting in dismissal of the...more

Esquire Deposition Solutions, LLC

Hybrid Medical Devices Cases: Key Takeaways

The future of medical devices and the current uses of hybrid medical devices effects the way lawyers defend clients in product liability cases. As the future of medical devices continues to develop, lawyers must devise...more

29 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 2

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide