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Product Liability Update - April 2025

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Foley Hoag LLP publishes this quarterly Update primarily concerning developments in product liability and related law from federal and state courts applicable to Massachusetts, but also featuring selected developments for New...more

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Solid Waste Incineration: U.S. District Court Addresses Challenge to Baltimore Ordinance

The United States District Court for the District of Maryland (“Court”) addressed in a March 27th opinion a challenge to Baltimore’s regulation of solid waste incineration facilities in the city. See Wheelabrator Baltimore,...more

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In Reversal, Minnesota Supreme Court Finds State Law Does Not Preempt Proposed City Charter Amendment On Municipal Waste...

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In Jennissen v. City of Bloomington, 913 N.W.2d 456 (2018), the Minnesota Supreme Court recently held that Minn. Stat. § 115A.94 (2016) does not preempt local ordinances concerning municipal waste collection systems, finding...more

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Court Rules Federal Railway Unemployment Insurance Act Completely Preempts Massachusetts Sick Leave Law

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On August 10, 2018, the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts ruled that the federal Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act (RUIA) completely preempts the Massachusetts Earned Sick Time Law (ESTL). ...more

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Texas SWDA Preempts Plastic Bags-Related Ordinance

On August 17, 2016, the Fourth District Court of Appeals sitting in San Antonio held, in a 2 to 1 decision, that a City of Plastic bagsLaredo ordinance prohibiting the distribution of “single use” plastic bags at check-out...more

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