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Chambers Global Practice Guide: Product Liability & Safety

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1. Product Safety - 1.1 Legal Framework - The main laws and regulations governing product safety in the United States include: The Consumer Product Safety Act of 1972, 15 U.S.C. § 2051 et seq, created the Consumer...more

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Sixth Circuit Holds Class Certification On Issues Is Appropriate In Toxic Tort Action

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Seyfarth Synopsis: In a toxic tort class action stemming from automotive and dry cleaning facilities’ alleged contamination of groundwater near Dayton, Ohio, the Sixth Circuit affirmed an Ohio federal district court’s grant...more

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Food & Beverage Litigation Update | June 2018 #3

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Proposal Would Move Food Regulation to USDA - As part of a proposal to reorganize several federal agencies, the Trump administration has recommended that food-safety regulatory oversight be shifted to the U.S. Department...more

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Tenth Circuit Finds Citizen Petition Denial to be "Clear Evidence" of Conflict Preemption

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A U.S. Court of Appeals has held that a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) denial of a citizen petition can be “clear evidence” of conflict preemption under the test set forth by the Supreme Court in Wyeth v. Levine, 555 U.S....more

Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley

Xarelto Litigation – Bellwether Update

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Searcy Denney Mass Tort Unit attorneys Brenda Fulmer and Cal Warriner have filed three more lawsuits on behalf of Florida and North Carolina residents who suffered bleeding in their brains and GI tracts following use of...more

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11th Circuit Upholds Award of Summary Judgment in Mirena Lawsuit

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In March 2014, Jenna Thurmond sued Bayer in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, alleging that her use of the Mirena contraception system caused her to develop pseudotumor cerebri. Her symptoms...more

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