Above The Law

APRIL 22, 2025

Gaston Kroub: How do you see your litigation experience coloring your company’s approach to IP issues going forward? Here again, being prepared to restart or intensify efforts when the timing is right is critical, with the odds of success most impacted by the level of preparation achieved by both the litigant and their counsel.

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 3, 2023

Share Purdue Pharma’s bankruptcy deal, which will reach the Supreme Court for oral argument on Monday , is just one of many examples of recent unorthodox civil procedure maneuvers in public harms litigation. But can bankruptcy court solve a public health crisis? As William Harrington, the U.S. Trustee argues is different.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 24, 2025

In 2009, Congress passed the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, which gives the FDA the power to regulate tobacco products and requires manufacturers to obtain the FDAs permission before putting a new tobacco product on the market. What arguments could you raise, she queried, that would be different than the manufacturer?

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FDA Law Blog

APRIL 6, 2025

This opinion, which overrules a Fifth Circuit decision that FDA had acted arbitrarily and capriciously in denying premarket tobacco product applications submitted by manufacturers of flavored e-liquids for open-system e-cigarettes, marks the latest development in the ongoing debate and FDA regulation of flavored vape products. 23-1038 (Apr.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

Earlier this year, Pritzker signed the challenged bill into law, instituting a statewide ban on the sale and manufacture of assault rifles. Known as the Protect Illinois Communities Act (PICA), the law prohibits the sale and manufacturing of assault weapon attachments,50 caliber cartridges, any.50 50 caliber rifle and certain pistols.

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LegalReader

AUGUST 5, 2021

The Mexican government claims that American gun makers have knowingly adopted business practices that facilitate firearms smuggling.

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Mondaq

OCTOBER 2, 2021

As previously reported, a proposed class action proceeding against over 50 generic drug manufacturers was commenced in 2020.

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Mondaq

MARCH 16, 2022

Mark Smyth and Jojo Fan discuss the rapidly increasing developments in climate change and ESG litigation globally including greenwashing, inadequate disclosure and challenges for manufacturing and governments.

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Law 360

APRIL 3, 2025

Overseas food giants Nestl, Danone and Hero can exit a multidistrict litigation alleging baby food tainted with toxic metals caused children to develop autism, a California federal judge has ruled, but domestic subsidiaries who manufactured the products, such as Gerber, Nurture and Beech-Nut, must remain as defendants.

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LawSites

JANUARY 26, 2022

A new product uses historical data, artificial intelligence and predictive analytics to value cases and predict outcomes in automobile warranty litigation, with the goal of helping manufacturers resolve Lemon Law and warranty claims more accurately, more quickly, and at lower cost. billion in just the U.S. founder and CEO.

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JURIST

JANUARY 18, 2023

Kroger, which has a large presence in West Virginia, is the last of the major pharmacies that remain a defendant in the litigation. The litigation against Kroger is scheduled for trial in June. Additionally, Rite Aid agreed to settle for $30 million in August 2022.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 20, 2023

The California law makes it a felony to manufacture, distribute, import, keep for sale or lend assault weapons. There have been other litigation this year after the Bruen ruling challenging state gun laws. The case is in the US District Court for the Southern District of California.

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JURIST

JANUARY 25, 2021

” Euroconsumers is taking action against Apple because it believes that planned obsolescence, the practice of manufacturing a good to become prematurely out-of-date, is a “deliberate unfair practice towards consumers” and “environmentally irresponsible.”

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

” The landscape of opioids and litigation in the US continues to change. This year, the US Supreme Court agreed to hear a case regarding a doctor’s liability for prescribing opioids, and drug manufacturers and distributors paid large settlements and faced liability for their contributions to the opioid crisis.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

This doctrine allows the government to potentially dismiss litigation that would require disclosure of information damaging to national security. involves a complicated copyright dispute between two clothing manufactures. A lawsuit was filed in 2011 but was dismissed based on state secrets privilege. Unicolors, Inc.

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LegalReader

DECEMBER 3, 2021

The state's supreme court noted that state law shields firearms manufacturers from liability except when their products malfunction.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Becerra will be the first Democrat to openly support the Republican-led litigation. The lawsuit alleges that Google has violated Section 2 of the Sherman Antitrust Act due to its exclusionary agreements with device manufacturers like Apple, LG, Motorola, and Samsung, as well as with wireless carriers and browser developers.

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JURIST

JANUARY 18, 2022

Endo will continue litigating other claims not covered by this settlement agreement. Just last month a New York jury found opioid manufacturer Teva Pharmaceuticals USA liable for public nuisance after it inundated the state with pills, killing thousands of people. and Endo Health Solutions Inc.,

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JonathanTurley

JULY 12, 2021

The centerpiece of Cuomo’s plan is a new law to allow victims of gun violence to sue gun manufacturers under a nuisance theory. Indeed, its main component — a law allowing citizens to sue gun manufacturers — will be as productive as trying to win the New York Marathon by running furiously in place. Andrew Cuomo. Of the $138.7

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FDA Law Blog

MARCH 24, 2024

By Faraz Siddiqui — As drug manufacturers battle the Health Resources and Services Administration (“HRSA”) in federal courts over the role of 340B contract pharmacies, an Eighth Circuit decision to uphold a 2021 Arkansas law may render those cases inconsequential in that state. Code Ann. § 23-92-604(c)(1), (2) (Act 1103).

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Law 360

AUGUST 4, 2023

The Joint Panel of Multidistrict Litigation has sent five state cases against insulin manufacturers such as Eli Lilly and pharmacy benefit managers including CVS to the District of New Jersey, ruling the district will allow for efficient pretrial proceedings.

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Law 360

AUGUST 11, 2022

3M's attempt to shift the massive multidistrict litigation over the manufacturer's defective earplugs to a federal bankruptcy court is a deeply troubling move to avoid a fair trial, and should not be allowed to proceed, says Robert Klonoff at Lewis & Clark Law School.

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Law 360

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Following almost nine years of litigation, Georgia manufacturer Universal Alloy Corp. defeated at trial allegations it stole Alcoa's trade secrets and a $200 million contract with Boeing for aircraft wing parts. Here, UAC's lead trial attorneys from Latham & Watkins LLP reveal to Law360 how they did it.

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Patently O

JANUARY 17, 2022

Deepsouth litigated its case to the Supreme Court, and the Court eventually allowed the company to escape some portion of its adjudged liability based upon the territorial limits of U.S. No such signal legitimizes respondent’s position in this litigation.”. manufacturing capability. patent law. Deepsouth Packing Co.

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FDA Law Blog

JANUARY 4, 2022

Many of the updates relate to drug manufacturer practices with regard to speaker events, including meals, choice of venue, and attendance. Although the PhRMA Code is a voluntary code of conduct, drug manufacturers should consider updating their marketing policies and practices to align with the new Code. Other jurisdictions like D.C.

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LegalReader

JUNE 8, 2021

That’s because the manufacturing companies and rideshares have been overly willing to settle these cases outside of court. As of now, very little information is known about what monetary judgements courts will typically reward.

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LegalReader

JUNE 3, 2022

The lawsuit claims that Polyerm80 is driving crime in Baltimore by selling ghost gun kits and components online.

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Attorney at Work

OCTOBER 20, 2022

In the past two months, I’ve heard the following stories from lawyers: A major manufacturer contacted a management-side labor lawyer for a large union-related issue after looking at his bio. A trusts and estates litigator received a call after the prospect did a simple Google search. What You Say and Post Online Does Make a Difference.

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NewmanFerraraLLP

DECEMBER 15, 2022

In litigation filed in both California state and federal courts, plant-based food company, Beyond Meat, was sued by Don Lee Farms, a former collaborator, who alleged BM was guilty of false advertising and contract breach. Parties Get to the Meat of the Matter.

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LawSites

JANUARY 26, 2022

A new product uses historical data, artificial intelligence and predictive analytics to value cases and predict outcomes in automobile warranty litigation, with the goal of helping manufacturers resolve Lemon Law and warranty claims more accurately, more quickly, and at lower cost. billion in just the U.S. founder and CEO.

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Patently O

MARCH 14, 2025

All three cases are part of consolidated multi-district litigation in the Northern District of West Virginia. EYLEA generates approximately $6 billion in annual sales, making the stakes exceptionally high for Regeneron, the biosimilar manufacturers, and patients as well. Each appeal involves the same U.S.

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Conflict of Laws

MAY 20, 2024

It mandates that companies, along with their associated partners in the supply chain, manufacturing, and distribution, must take steps to avoid, halt, or reduce any negative effects they may have on human rights and the environment.

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Law 360

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

In a growing trend, plaintiffs attorneys allege the products contain toxic forever chemicals and that manufacturers misled consumers about it. Smartwatch wristbands, adhesive bandages, tampons and juice containers what do they all have in common?

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 15, 2021

“The same lines of argument that succeeded against the pharmacies here—that there were red flags that compliance systems should have picked up—could work against practices that prescribed large numbers of opioids,” said David Noll, a Rutgers law professor focusing on complex litigation.

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LegalReader

JUNE 9, 2022

Subway shooting survivor pursues legal case claiming manufacturer's marketing campaign creates a 'public nuisance.'.

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Mondaq

AUGUST 5, 2022

Litigation involving drug price reporting under the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program (MDRP)1 has been very active in 2022. Most recently, on August 3, 2022, an Illinois federal jury.

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LegalReader

JANUARY 3, 2023

Toxic sludges released contaminants into the air, suit says.

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