Regulatory Standards, Regulatory Oversight, Appeals

An Insecure Future: Court Ruling Guts USDA Regs On Genetically Engineered Plants

MoFo Life Sciences on 12/9/2024

In a decision that raises significant questions about the future oversight of genetically engineered (GE) plants in the United States, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California on Monday, December 2,...more

Certainty is (Even Closer) on the Horizon for the New York Home Care Industry

Littler on 2/14/2019

The New York home care industry has faced collapse since a series of New York Appellate Division decisions invalidated New York Department of Labor (NY DOL) policy and held that home care attendants working 24-hour shifts who...more

Parent company liability – Court of Appeal upholds decision rejecting jurisdiction over claims brought against Unilever by victims...

Hogan Lovells on 7/5/2018

On 4 July 2018, the Court of Appeal handed down judgment in AAA & Ors. v Unilever PLC and Unilever Tea Kenya Limited [2018] EWCA Civ 1532, dismissing an appeal by victims of the 2007 post-election violence in Kenya....more

FDA proposes streamlining combination product regulations

Hogan Lovells on 5/31/2018

On May 15, 2018, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) proposed amending its product classification rules for combination products, found in 21 CFR Part 3. Generally, the proposed rule purports to clarify language in the...more

Third Circuit Grants Express Preemption in “Hybrid” Medical Device Case

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 3/7/2018

On March 1, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, in Shuker et al. v. Smith & Nephew PLC, affirmed a District Court’s ruling that claims against a medical device manufacturer are expressly preempted by federal law....more

Update on the responsibility to respect human rights and parent company liability: what the Court of Appeal’s judgment in Okpabi...

Hogan Lovells on 2/19/2018

In the last four months, the Court of Appeal has handed down judgment in two important cases relating to parent company liability and jurisdiction over extra-territorial human rights impacts. ...more