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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

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Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up Newsletter | May 2024 Recap

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This issue of McDermott’s Healthcare Regulatory Check-Up highlights regulatory activity for May 2024. We discuss several notable cases and enforcement resolutions, including the US Court of Appeals for the District of...more

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D.C. Circuit Holds 340B Program Does Not Prohibit Drug Manufacturers from Imposing Contract Pharmacy Restrictions

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On May 21, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (“D.C. Circuit”) issued its decision in United Therapeutics Corporation v. Carole Johnson, et al./Novartis Pharmaceuticals v. Carole...more

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D.C. Circuit Becomes Second Federal Appeals Court to Allow Restrictions on 340B Contract Pharmacies

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On May 21, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued a unanimous decision in favor of drug manufacturers, finding that certain manufacturer restrictions on the use of contract pharmacies under the 340B drug...more

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Bulletin Concurrence X - Paris │Octobre ● Novembre ● Decembre 2023

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1. CONTENTIEUX - BISPHÉNOL A DANS LES CONTENANTS ALIMENTAIRES : PRÈS DE 20 MILLIONS D’EUROS DE SANCTIONS - Par une décision du 29 décembre 2023, l’Autorité de la concurrence (ci-après l’« Autorité ») a prononcé une...more

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Seventh Circuit Finds the Duty to Warn Can Extend to Packaging Manufactured by Another Company

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Can a company be found liable for failure to warn about hazards of another company’s product used in packaging for its own product?  What about when the company wasn’t warned that packaging could contain anything potentially...more

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Component-Part Manufacturers Are Not Required to Indemnify Retail Sellers Under California’s Song-Beverly Consumer Warranty Act...

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The California Court of Appeal in Mega RV Corp. v. HWH Corp. (2014) 225 Cal.App.4th 1318 held that component-part manufacturers are not obligated to indemnify retail sellers under California Code of Civil Procedure section...more

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Podcast: The Legal Battle Over Mifepristone - Diagnosing Health Care

On April 21, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled to preserve access to the prescription abortion drug mifepristone. However, while the case continues in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, the future of...more

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“If You Don’t Make It There, You Can’t Make It Anywhere:” New York’s Zero Manufacturing Rate Requires New York Property

A New York State administrative law judge (ALJ) found that Raytheon did not qualify for the state’s zero percent tax rate for manufacturers or the reduced tax rate for qualified emerging technology companies (QETCs). ...more

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Joint Compound Manufacturer Files Appeal of $15M Verdict: Key Issues on Appeal

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As previously reported in the Asbestos Case Tracker here, in June 2022 a jury awarded plaintiff Munir Seen $15 million, allocating 70 percent of the fault to joint compound manufacturer Kaiser Gypsum. Following the trial,...more

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PFAS Plaintiff Asserts One of the Largest Class Actions in History

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You read that correctly: A PFAS plaintiff in a case pending in Ohio federal court recently asserted “one of the largest class actions in history,” according to the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, which is currently...more

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Product Liability Update - January 2023

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MASSACHUSETTS - Massachusetts Federal Court Holds State Law Claims Alleging Misleading “Rapid Release” Labeling Of OTC Acetaminophen Tablets Preempted By Federal Food, Drug, And Cosmetic Act, As Tablets’ Dissolution Rate...more

McDermott Will & Emery

This Week in 340B: January 2023 #5

This weekly series provides brief summaries to help you stay in the know on how 340B cases are developing across the country. Each week we comb through the dockets on more than 40 340B cases to provide you with a quick...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Third Circuit Ruling Allows Restrictions on 340B Contract Pharmacies

On January 30, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued a unanimous decision in favor of drug manufacturers, finding that manufacturer restrictions on the use of contract pharmacies under the 340B drug pricing...more

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United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit Holds That Drug Manufacturers Are Not Required to Contract with Unlimited...

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On January 30, 2023, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued its decision in Sanofi Aventis U.S. LLC v. United States Department of Health and Human Services, enjoining the United States Department of...more

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Court Rules in Favor of Manufacturers in 340B Contract Pharmacy Case

Earlier today, the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued a much-anticipated decision in one of the 340B contract pharmacy cases. The decision is a win for drug manufacturers who have sought to restrict access to...more

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2022 Mid-Year Asbestos Filing Update

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Recently, KCIC posted their 2022 Mid-Year Asbestos Filings Update. This update is compiled using information collected through July 31st. This article illustrates some highlights from the update....more

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Manufacturing Process Unit Exemption/RCRA: U.S. EPA Environmental Appeals Board Addresses Applicability Question

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Environmental Appeals Board (“EAB”) issued an August 15th decision interpreting the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (“RCRA”) term “manufacturing process unit”...more

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A New Outlier Expands Manufacturers’ Ability to Litigate Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act Cases in Federal Court

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A recent court decision may alter a product manufacturer’s chance to have a federal court decide certain warranty claims brought against it. Federal laws do not always guarantee that a party may pursue a claim arising under...more

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Ninth Circuit Adheres to Precedent and Finds That Subverting Express Warranties Simply Does Not Compute

On May 19, 2022, in an unpublished decision, a Ninth Circuit panel reaffirmed that under California law manufacturers do not have a duty to disclose defects in their products that manifest after the expiration of the...more

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Is COVID a “Natural Disaster” Under the WARN Act?

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As manufacturing employers are well aware, the COVID pandemic has forced many employers to furlough or layoff employees. Some operations were closed altogether, while others furloughed employees for various periods of time....more

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The Standards of Proof of the “Original Scope” in the Prior-Use-Right Defense

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According to the relevant provisions of the Patent Law of the People's Republic of China, if the same product has been manufactured, the same method has been used, or the necessary preparations have been made for...more

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The Georgia Supreme Court Addresses Product Liability and A User’s Intentional Misbehavior

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In Maynard v. Snapchat, Inc., Case No. S21G0555 (decided March 15, 2022), the Georgia Supreme Court examined whether an injured party could assert a product liability claim when the third-party user of the product had engaged...more

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Will It Travel Downstream? Remote Purchasers and Manufacturers’ Disclaimers of Implied Warranties

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From the perspective of both buyer and seller, warranties are an important part of any commercial transaction. It is well established that the Uniform Commercial Code (the “UCC”) will imply certain warranties into some...more

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Government Appeals Decisions in 340B Contract Pharmacy Litigation

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On December 28, 2021, the federal government submitted notices to appeal three federal district court decisions related to the use of contract pharmacies under the federal 340B drug pricing program. The appeals are the latest...more

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