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Multidistrict Litigation Strict Product Liability

Segal McCambridge

The Evolving Landscape of Federal Preemption in Failure to Warn Claims

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For over three decades, federal preemption of state failure to warn claims has served as a powerful defense in strict liability tort cases. Courts have consistently dismissed lawsuits challenging the adequacy of warnings for...more

Miles Mediation & Arbitration

In RE: Hair Relaxer Marketing, Sales Practices and Products Liability Litigation

In August, Judge Mary M. Rowland dismissed nearly 200 plaintiffs’ cases in the ongoing In RE: Hair Relaxer Marketing, Sales Practices, And Products Liability Litigation [Hair Relaxer], a multidistrict litigation (MDL) that is...more

Proskauer - Minding Your Business

Where Do We Go From Here? Practical Considerations When Multidistrict Litigation Comes to an End

When product liability actions involving one or more common issues of fact (e.g., an allegedly harmful product or chemical) are filed in multiple jurisdictions, they are typically consolidated for pretrial proceedings in a...more

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC

Breast Implant Multidistrict Litigation Claims Pared Down by New Jersey Federal Court

In a mass tort product liability, class action and consumer fraud consolidated litigation involving Allergan's Biocell textured breast implants and tissue expanders, Allergan moved to dismiss plaintiffs' complaints on...more

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